Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

GEER Reconnaissance Reports

Read the Reports: April 5, 2011: Geotechnical Quick Report on the Kanto Plain Region during the March 11, 2011, Off Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Japan (6.1 MB PDF) May 2, 2011: Preliminary Observations of Levee Performance and Damage following the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Offshore Earthquake, Japan (2.6 MB PDF) May 17, 2011: Preliminary Observations of the Effects […]

Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011: Lifeline Performance

Damage was extensive… coal, oil and gas-power plants, wastewater treatment plants, substations, water transmission and distribution pipelines, highways, penstocks, telecom, all had various forms of tsunami and shaking damage. Some mitigation measures worked well; others not so much. Rapid response was much improved as compared to Kobe 1995. A 60-page presentation is available for download, […]

IOC UNESCO Bulletin Reports

Read the Bulletins: IOC UNESCO Bulletin No 25 – May 30          (0.37 MB PDF) IOC UNESCO Bulletin No 24 – May 18          (0.36 MB PDF) IOC UNESCO Bulletin No 23 – May 2            (0.27 MB PDF) IOC UNESCO Bulletin No 22 – April […]