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Resource Category: Report

A report on the 2012 seismic sequence in Emilia (Northern Italy)

May 2013, University of Pisa, INGV Sezione di Milano, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Pavia, Provincia di Mantova, and INGV – Sezione di Pisa Via U. della Faggiola. The 185-page report describes the findings of a multidisciplinary reconnaissance team sent by EERI’s Learning from Earthquakes program from May 31-June 7, 2015. The thirteen-member international team studied preparedness […]

Preliminary study of Emilia (May 20th 2012) earthquake ground motion records V1.0

On the 20th of May 2012, at 02:0.3:53 (UTC), (04:03:53 Italian time), Emilia region (Northern Italy) was struck by a Magnitude, ML 5.9 (INGV), Mw 6.0 (USGS) earthquake, (lat 44.89, long 11.23, depth 6.3 km). The mainshock was preceded by a 4.1 event on the 19th of May and followed by relevant aftershocks. (Report 1, […]

Issues regarding damaged buildings in Christchurch

The City of Christchurch is facing a number of difficult policy decisions regarding damaged buildings. One is whether to allow home onwners to repair or rebuild their homes in the many areas where there was significant liquefaction damage (the subject of a separate post). Another difficult policy issue comes as a result of the damage to […]

Report from GEER

Read the Report: Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the 2010 Darfield (New Zealand) earthquake (28.6 MB PDF)