Masonry Investigation
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Preliminary Study of Earthquake’s Effects on Chile’s Wine Industry
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Reconnaissance Briefing Presentation
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The February 27, 2010 Chile Earthquake
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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 […]
Geotechnical Quick Report on the Affected Region of the 23 August 2011 M5.8 Central Virginia Earthquake near Mineral, Virginia
Read the Report: Geotechnical Quick Report on the Affected Region of the 23 August 2011 M5.8 Central Virginia Earthquake near Mineral, Virginia (28.2 MB PDF)
Post-Disaster Building Damage Assessment Using Satellite and Aerial Imagery Interpretation, Field Verification and Modeling Techniques
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 […]
Building Damage Assessment Report Haiti earthquake 12 January 2010 Post Disaster Needs Assessment and Recovery Framework
Following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, the Government of Haiti is leading the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) process with technical support and facilitation provided by the United Nations (UN), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the World Bank (WB) and the European Commission (EC). A central point in the PDNA […]
Remote Sensing and the GEO‐CAN Community: Lessons from Haiti and Recommendations for the Future
Within two weeks of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake, an innovative use of social networking facilitated the participation by many earthquake experts in the preliminary damage assessment that was submitted to the Government of Haiti. Many agencies were involved in this assessment, including the World Bank, which worked with a network of volunteer collaborators and […]