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StEER: Structural Extreme Event Reconnaissance Network Palu Earthquake and Tsunami, Sulawesi, Indonesia Field Assessment Team 1 (FAT-1) Early Access Reconnaissance Report (EARR)

On September 28, 2018, at 17:02 local time (10:02 UTC), a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred on September 28, 2018, at 17:02 local time (10:02 UTC), a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred with an epicenter 78km North of Palu, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, at a depth of 10 km. The earthquake was caused by movement on a strike-slip […]

Geotechnical Engineering Reconnaissance of the 30 November 2018 M7.0 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake

Between the dates of December 8 through 15, 2018, the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association (GEER) deployed a multi-disciplinary Phase I team comprised of seven investigators to observe and document the significant geotechnical engineering impacts and lessons learned from this event. The GEER team collaborated closely with other engineering reconnaissance efforts including those led by […]

EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Report: M7.1 Anchorage Earthquake on November 30, 2018

This report is based on a year-long investigation of the earthquake impacts and covers seismology and tectonics, geotechnical impacts on buildings and infrastructures, building codes and their impact on the earthquake damage, structural impacts on buildings, nonstructural damage, performance of instrumented buildings, impacts on schools and hospitals, performance of bridges, and damage to lifelines and […]

Preliminary Observations in the Aftermath of the November 30, 2018 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake

In the days following the November 30, 7.0M Anchorage earthquake, SOM engineering team Samantha Walker and Patrick Murren deployed to Alaska on a reconnaissance effort to chronicle building performance, view damaged buildings, and collaborate with the structural and earthquake engineering communities at large. The team spent several days in Anchorage and south-central Alaska documenting the […]

Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT): Phase 1 Response to M7.0 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake, November 30, 2018

December 2018, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) activated the Immediate Response and created this report collecting data from the damage M7.0 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake Read the Report: Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT): Phase 1 Response to M7.0 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake, November 30, 2018 (5.71 MB PDF)