Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Community Education & Evacuation Planning Saved Lives

Community Education and Evacuation Planning Saved Lives in Sept. 29 Samoan Tsunami, Researchers Say Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers that traveled to Samoa last month. The team, funded […]

World Housing Encyclopedia Reports for Chile

The WHE Report Database contains 130 reports on housing construction types in 43 seismically active countries contributed by volunteers. Each housing report is a detailed description of a housing type in a particular country. The description is prepared from a number of standard closed-ended questions and some narrative that have been provided by report authors. Each report […]