Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Data Products from Nasa-JPL

View the displacement maps and damage proxy maps: https://aria-share.jpl.nasa.gov/20200106-Puerto_Rico_EQ/. (Read brief descriptions of the maps) On-land deformation map: More infomration on Nasa response and data products: https://disasters.nasa.gov/puerto-rico-earthquake-2020

USGS Event Pages

July 4, 2019 M6.4: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443183/executive July 5, 2019 M7.1: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38457511/executive

Ridgecrest Single-Family Housing Study by Keith Porter

This contains new data about single-family dwellings. I wondered, why was damage to housing relatively modest in Ridgecrest? An understanding of what was there to be damaged could inform the answer. I collected data on a few key housing attributes from 200 houses on 5 residential blocks that I selected as a sort of cross […]

HAZUS Analysis for M7.1 Ridgecrest, CA Earthquake

High-level summary of estimated impacts: $119M in total econ losses, including $112M in Kern County 5,380 damaged structures 4,350 Affected 950 Minor 80 Major <10 Destroyed All Hazus GIS exported data are available here: download the file. USGS  PAGER Report: ci38457511-gsmv5-OnePager (PDF) USGS Hazus-PAGER Report: ci38457511-gsmv5-TwoPager (PDF) Hazus Quick Assessment Report: us_v5_gas (PDF) Earthquake Global Risk Report: us_v5_global (PDF) Direct Economic Losses for Buildings: us_v5_deconbld (PDF) GIS Files: https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/ffx/files/940765_SearlesValley_v5NEIC.gdb.zzz

HAZUS Analysis for M6.4 Ridgecrest, CA Earthquake

High-level summary of estimated impacts (Estimates are based on ground shaking only): $56.2M in total econ losses with the majority ($51.4M) in Kern County 2,670 damaged structures (2,340 Affected, 330 Minor) Data and Report Files: Direct Economic Losses For Buildings (PDF) Hazus Quick Assessment Report (PDF) M6.4 Searles Valley EQ 2pager (PDF) SearlesValleySM.gdb.zip (GIS files)