Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Images Gleaned from the Internet

See the file: Images of the Web after Ferndale offshore Earthquake January 9, 2010 (2.1 MB PDF) To obtain permission to view or edit the PowerPoint presentation file at Google docs ask Fred Turner, turner@stateseismic.com 916-263-5506 ext 227.

Situation Summary as of January 13, 2010

As of Sunday 1/10, Humboldt County Emergency Managers (Contact: Jo Wattle, Leslie Lollich) estimate losses at: Date Direct Property Losses # Bldgs Damaged #Injuries #Blds Red Tagged1-10 $12.5 million 271-11 $14.3 1751-12 $22 240 301-13 $28 295 3 Saint Joseph’s Hospital. The worst injury being a hip fracture. Mostly cuts and bruises otherwise. PG&E reports […]

Images & Maps

                                            Figure 1. Eureka 2nd St. and D St. Old Lazio URM building fallen parapet reportedlyfell through the roof below and crushed a car.   Figure 2. Eureka 2nd St. and D St. Old Lazio URM […]

UNOSAT damage assessment: Carrefour, Haiti + Database (ESRI and KML format)

Link for map-downloads: https://unitar.org/unosat/haiti-earthquake-2010-remote-sensing-based-building-damage-assessment-data Damage assessment database including Carrefour and Port-au-Prince in ESRI Geodatabase format (9.3.1) and above damage points as  KML: http://www.unosat.org/unitar/downloads/PDNA_HTI_2010_BuildingDamageAssessment_UNOSAT-JRC-WB_v2_gdb.zip. If using database, please credit: “Damage assessment: UNITAR/UNOSAT”

Photos of buildings with heavy damage

                                               Fig. 1. 5-year-old construction collapsed at 1st-2nd floors. Light concrete frame with masonry infill.    Fig. 2. Partial collapse of unreinforced rubble stone retaining wall.   Fig. 3. Landslides on slopes around […]

Photos of buildings with minor damage

      Fig. 1. Broken window at top.   Fig .2. Minor damage to infill at lower right.   Fig. 3. Concrete collapse in foreground.                                                               […]