Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report

The EERI reconnaissance team members included: • Jim Taylor, EERI Team Leader, Technical Manager at ABS Consulting • Mehmet Çelebi, Sr. Research Civil Engineer at United States Geological Survey• Alex Greer, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Political Science at Oklahoma State University• Ezra Jampole, Associate at Exponent • Armin Masroor, Senior Analyst at Arup • Steven Melton, Graduate Research Assistant at Oklahoma State University• Derek Norton, Graduate Research Assistant at Oklahoma […]

News Articles

News on 6: Earthquake Causes Major Damage In Downtown Cushing The Oklahoman (NewsOK): 5.0 magnitude quake hits Cushing, rumbles central Oklahoma NBC News: State of Emergency Declared in Oklahoma After Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake NBC News: Strong Oklahoma Earthquake Felt From Nebraska to Texas ABC News: Record-Tying Oklahoma Earthquake Felt as Far Away as Arizona 60 […]

Preliminary Report on Damage Caused in Mexico City by the September 19, Puebla-Morelos, Mw 7.1 Earthquake, Documented from October 14 to 17, 2017

The report is hosted in PDF form on Zenodo at the following link: https://zenodo.org/record/1039321 (the corresponding photograph set is hosted on Zenodo at the following link: https://zenodo.org/record/1036840). This report documents reconnaissance activities in Mexico City from the afternoon of October 14 through the evening of October 17, documenting observations about (1) structural performance and (2) issues pertaining to […]