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Resource Category: Report

Observations on the Earthquake in Mexico City from the May 1987 Newsletter

Seven EERI members (five from California) are among a 15-member committee named to guide revision of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Plan, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztecs, was founded in the midst of the lake of Mexico in the Valley of Mexico in 1321. Now […]

Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT): Population Displacement

Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) activated Phase 2 response and created this report focus on collecting data about population displacement after the Palu, Indonesia M7.5 earthquake and tsunami. The report details information about the background, distribution camps, liquefaction & building codes, camp conditions, and more.  Read the Report: Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance TeamVirtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team(VERT): Phase […]

Field survey of Palu Tsunami, 2018-09-28

Information collected from Imamura, Muhari and Arikawa’s field survey. Images before and after the event can be found on this file.  Read the Report: Field survey of Palu Tsunami, 2018-09-28 (5.44 MB PDF)

Earthquake Report: Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

This area of Indonesia is dominated by a left-lateral (sinistral) strike-slip plate boundary fault system. Sulawesi is bisected by the Palu-Kola / Matano fault system. These faults appear to be an extension of the Sorong fault, the sinistral strike-slip fault that cuts across the northern part of New Guinea. There have been a few earthquakes […]

Tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia, triggered by earthquake, landslide, or both

We do know that there was an earthquake with strong ground shaking, which is what we consider to be the warning of a possible tsunami: the ground shaking. The actual tsunami run-up elevations are yet to be determined in a quantitative manner. In the coming weeks post tsunami survey teams will collect these important data […]

Mw 7.5 Earthquake in Indonesia, 28 Sep 2018

The consequent Tsunami that was generated, the humanitarian situation appears severe. The fatalities balance continues to increase; at the time of writing the death toll reached 844 in Donggala, Palu, Parigi Moutong, Sigi; 90 people are missing but search and rescue operations are still ongoing. Some of the remote villages have not yet been reached and […]