Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Photos of tsunami impacts

Figure 1. Photo by AP / Kyodo News. Figure 2. Photo by AP / Kyodo News. Figure 3. Photo by AP / Kyodo News.             Figure 1 shows a combination of three photos taken over a six-month period shows aftermath of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and its cleanup progress in Wakabayashi-ward in Sendai, […]

Observations on Structural Damage

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Observations about the tsunami alert

The layover in Honolulu has had some positive outcomes. I was able to visit with Chip McCreery, the geophysicist in charge of Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) and Brian Yanagi of ITIC. I first met Chip in 1997 when I was in Hawaii working on the strategic plan for the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP). He […]

Eye-witness Account from Boat

The most interesting piece of information I’ve gotten in the past day is an account from a family who were in a boat in Pago Pago harbor during the tsunami – courtesy of HSU alum Orion George. The most jarring part of this account to me is the failure to adequately educate people about what to […]

Tsunami Evacuation Homes

  Figure 1. Typical tsunami evacuation home designed by Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.     Pariaman has a very high tsunami risk and there are no roads leading to high ground, which is 4-5 km away.  Therefore, DKP and the local government provided these homes for poor people who lost their homes during […]

Photos of Talcahuano and Concepcion

Figure 1. After the tsunami at Talcahuano 2. Figure 2. Base isolated wharf at Coronel – from below.         Figure 3. Base isolated wharf at Coronel. Figure 4. Bridge at Concepcion.         Figure 5. Container yard at Coronel port. Figure 6. Glazing damage at Concepcion.         […]

Photos of earthquake impacts

Figure 1. Damage to wine tank, Curico. Figure 2. San Francisco church, Curico. Figure 3. Independency square, Concepcion.             Figure 4. Collapse of steel silos in Concepcion. Figure 5. Confined masonry construction in Curepto. Figure 6. Heavy structural damage to factory in Parral             Figure 7. Collapsed bridge in Tubul. Figure 8. Partial […]