Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Christchurch Satellite Imagery

   Figure 1.   Figure 1 shows satellite imagery of Christchurch two days after the M6.3 earthquake hit.  To use this imagery, you’ll need to install Google Earth. After you have it installed, open the following files: Central and Northern Christchurch (1KB KMZ) Southern Christchurch (1 KB KMZ) You can turn this image layer on and off […]

Reports from the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission

Read the Reports: The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission – Final Report There are also many technical reports available on this website, written by EERI members and colleagues. These technical reports discuss various structural and geotechnical engineering issues.

Strong Motion Data from K-NET and KiK-net

Download the Strong Motion Data: http://www.kyoshin.bosai.go.jp/cgi-bin/kyoshin/bigeqs/index.cgi?E Read about K-NET and KiK-net: http://www.kyoshin.bosai.go.jp/kyoshin/docs/overview_kyoshin_index_en.html

Pre- and Post-Disaster Imagery in Google Street View

Access Google’s digital archive of Northeastern Japan areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami: Experience the tsunami-affected areas of Japan through Street View (The Google map will automatically start you in street view, so you can click and drag the image to explore the street view.) Compare the street views for before and after the […]