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Learning From Earthquakes

Learning from Earthquakes – The Mw 5.8 Virginia Earthquake of August 23, 2011 EERI, GEER, and DRCD

Members of the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association team: Russell Green, James Martin, Sissy Nikolaou, and Sam Lasley. Other contributors: Jeff Munsey. Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware team: Yvonne Rademacher, Alex Greer, Laura Keeley, James Kendra, Benigno Aguirre, and Lucia Velotti. December, 2011. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI),  Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance […]

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 […]

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 […]

Alaska Earthquake Center Event Page

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