By Diego C. F. Lo Presti, Mauro Sassu, Lucia Luzi, Francesca Pacor, Doriano Castaldini, Giovanni Tosatti, Claudia Meisina, Davide Zizioli, Francesco Zucca, Giuliano Rossi, Gilberto Saccorotti, and Davide Piccinini.
May 2013, University of Pisa, INGV Sezione di Milano, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Pavia, Provincia di Mantova, and INGV – Sezione di Pisa Via U. della Faggiola.
The 185-page report describes the findings of a multidisciplinary reconnaissance team sent by EERI’s Learning from Earthquakes program from May 31-June 7, 2015. The thirteen-member international team studied preparedness steps Nepal had taken prior to the event, the extent of damage caused by the earthquake series, and the unfolding process of recovery. Working in partnership with Nepal’s National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET), team members coordinated with nearly thirty other reconnaissance efforts.
The report’s chapter topics include seismology and geotechnical issues; damage to lifelines, buildings, and Nepal’s cultural monuments; building code issues; emergency response and post-earthquake safety evaluations; seismic retrofitting; social, psychological, and cultural factors; and EERI’s new initiatives to document information with remote curators and reconnaissance team collaborators.
Read the Report: A report on the 2012 seismic sequence in Emilia (Northern Italy) (3.9 MB PDF)
