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 […]
Geotechnical lessons from the Mw 7.1 2018 Anchorage Alaska earthquake
View the Paper: https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930211012013.
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)
StEER & EERI Alaska Earthquake Preliminary Virtual Assessment Team (P-VAT) Joint Report
December 6, 2018, StEER: Structural Extreme Event Reconnaissance NetworkStEER: Structural Extreme Event Reconnaissance Network& Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Read the Report: Alaska Earthquake Preliminary Virtual Assessment Team (P-VAT) Joint Report
Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) Field Report
Evaluation of the Effects of the 1985 Michoacan Earthquake on the Water Systems in Metropolitan Mexico City
This paper investigates the type of damage, taking into consideration the characteristics of the earthquake and the peculiar soil and topographic conditions of the valley where the city is situated. It describes the water systems in the metropolitan area, the main features of the subsoil conditions and the engineering aspects of the earthquake, highlighting their […]