Preliminary Study of the 2011 Japan Earhquake (M 9.0) Ground Motion Records
Read the Report: Preliminary Study of the 2011 Japan Earhquake (M 9.0) Ground Motion Records (0.59 MB PDF)
Earthquake Space-Time Sequence Plot
Figure 1. Japan Trench earthquake space-time sequence plot. Download the Plot: Earthquake Space-Time Sequence Plot (0.18 MB PDF)
The M9.0 Japan Earthquake: Lessons for California and San Diego
Video 1. The M9.0 Japan Earthquake: Lessons for California and San Diego from EERI on Vimeo. The video includes the following panel of distinguished speakers who provided an overview and responded to questions at this meeting: Dr. Jorge Meneses (Kleinfelder) – provided an overview of the mega-earthquake and tsunami, and presented his findings and observations from […]
Ground Motion Characteristics in Sendai during the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Comparison of 1978 Miyagiken Oki earthquake at the same observation point
Read the Report: Ground Motion Characteristics in Sendai during the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake (0.37 MB PDF)
Quick observations from the PEER/EERI/GEER/Tsunami Field Investigation Team
Read the Report: Quick observations from the PEER/EERI/GEER/Tsunami Field Investigation Team (0.13 MB PDF)
Historic Earthquakes in Virginia and North Carolina
Figure 1. Source: http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/haz/quake.htm Figure 1 is a map of earthquake epicenters recorded in North Carolina and portions of adjacent states between 1698 and 1997. Epicenters are shown only for labeled states. Major geologic provinces and known major faults exposed at the surface are shown for North Carolina. Faults identified to date in […]
Nuclear Plants
From: “Once-a-century earthquake rattles East Coast”, Reuters, Lily Kuo and Malathi Nayak Nuclear safety fears grew when one of four emergency diesel generators at the North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia stopped working due to the quake. But the plant’s safety systems remained powered by three operating generators, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said. The plant was […]
COSMO-SkyMed SAR pixel offsets Map
Download the Google Earth kmz file: COSMO-SkyMed SAR pixel offsets Map The KMZ file and an image made from it are also available on the GEO Supersite: http://supersites.earthobservations.org/van.php#Fri2 Image caption information: COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) SAR pixel offsets (sub-pixel correlation) map of displacements in the radar line-of-sight (28 degrees from vertical and roughly west). Derived from CSK scenes acquired […]
Maps from USGS
Figure 1. Instrumental Intensity. Figure 2. Earthquake Density map. Figure 3. Probabilistic Intensity map. Figure 4. Historic Seismicity.
2011 Turkey Earthquake Strong Motion Records
See the processed and raw strong-motion data: 2011 Van Earthquake strong motion records (The processed recordings are in SMC format.) Raw data are posted on the Institution website: TR-NSMN Database Information