Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Map action – Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami 2018

Situation and Damage  Orientation and Reference Affected Population  Health and Hygiene Water Sanitation Logistics Environmental Aspects Who-What-Where   To visit the site: https://maps.mapaction.org/event/indonesia2018.

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 […]

Lessons from Post-Earthquake Inspections

These presentation slides relfect on lessons learned from conducting post-earthquake building inspections following the November 30, 2018 Anchorage Earthquake. View the Presentation: Lessons from Post-Earthquake Inspections  

EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Report: M7.1 Anchorage Earthquake on November 30, 2018

This report is based on a year-long investigation of the earthquake impacts and covers seismology and tectonics, geotechnical impacts on buildings and infrastructures, building codes and their impact on the earthquake damage, structural impacts on buildings, nonstructural damage, performance of instrumented buildings, impacts on schools and hospitals, performance of bridges, and damage to lifelines and […]