Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Reconnaissance Field Observations

Day 5: I finally arrived in American Samoa last night – after a five hour flight where I was fortuitously seated next to a large Samoan gentleman who turned out to be the matai (chief) of the village of Leone on the western end of the island. Leone was one of the areas hardest hit […]

Field team survey of a school in Falerone (FM)

  Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date:                                 August 30th 2016 Building typology:         Load-bearing masonry Municipality:                   Falerone (FM) – Don Bosco high-school […]

Damage to transportation infrastructures close to Amatrice (Rieti)

 Damage to transportation infrastructures close to Amatrice (Rieti) Date:                                      06/09/16 Category:                              Damage to transportation infrastructures Typology:                               – Municipality/ Area: :                     Amatrice (Rieti) Distance from epicenter:   […]

Ground failures in Accumoli (Rieti)

Date:                                      06/09/16 Category:                              Ground failures Typology:            – Municipality/ Area:                    Accumoli (Rieti) Distance from epicenter:             about 1 km Damage Typology  The following photos have been taken […]

Slope instability within the Municipality of Accumoli (Rieti)

 Slope instability within the Municipality of Accumoli (Rieti) Date:                                      06/09/16 Category:                              Slope instability Typology:            – Municipality/ Area:                   Accumoli (Rieti) Distance from epicenter:             about 10 km […]

Ground failures in Arquata del Tronto (Ascoli Piceno)

 Ground failures in Arquata del Tronto (Ascoli Piceno) Date:                                      07/09/16 Category:                              Ground failures Typology:            – Municipality/ Area:                   Arquata del Tronto (Ascoli Piceno) Distance from epicenter:           about […]