Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Rockfall along the road network in province of Ascoli Piceno

 Rockfall along the road Date:                                       9/11/16 Category:                              Rockfall Structural typology:         Road network Municipality-Area:           Provincia di Ascoli Piceno Epicentral distance:         about 30 km […]

Jembatan Siti Nurbaya bridge

Jembatan Siti Nurbaya is the most substantial bridge over the Batang Arau, located at the South of the city center spanning roughly 70m. The bridge is approximately 10m wide and is a standard concrete box girder. The bridge itself faired very well in the September 30th earthquake with no apparent damage. The approaches, which consist […]

Observations from the EERI Bridge Team

The Bridge Team’s goal for today was to determine the geographical extent of bridge damage from the Chilean earthquakes. We did this by driving nearly 450 miles south along Route 5 (the Pan American Highway) from Santiago to Temuco, keeping along the outer edge of the zone of strong shaking (about 50 miles or so […]