Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

The Mw 8.8 Chile Earthquake of February 27, 2010

From March 6th to April 13th, 2010, a team organized by EERI investigated the effects of the Chile earthquake. The team was assisted locally by professors and students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the Universidad de Chile, and the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. GEER (Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance) contributed geosciences, geology, and […]

Port-au-Prince Earthquake Damage Assessment using Pictometry

The report also contains an assessment of the intersection of the Pictometry‐based study with the GEO‐CAN Phase 2 study, and a suggested extrapolation to estimated overall damage assessment based on this data. It also contains the results of a ground survey conducted by EEFIT in Haiti from 6.4.2010 to 13.4.2010 for comparison with the GEOCAN […]