Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

USGS Event Page

November 30, 2018 M7.0: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000hyfh/executive

News Articles

Midtown Anchorage commercial center temporarily closed due to earthquake damage by Anchorage Daily News (January 30, 2019) Alaska DOT identifies 100 areas of earthquake damage by KTVA (December 13, 2018) Post-quake structural damage isn’t so much a building problem as a ground problem, engineers say by Anchorage Daily News (December 12, 2018) Extensive earthquake damage […]

CHUGACH – outages map

The images below are screenshots of the map taken at 13:53 pm PST, 2018-11-30 To see the map: CHUGACH – outages map CHUGACH Twitter account       

Observations on the Earthquake in Mexico City from the May 1987 Newsletter

Seven EERI members (five from California) are among a 15-member committee named to guide revision of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Plan, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztecs, was founded in the midst of the lake of Mexico in the Valley of Mexico in 1321. Now […]

Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT): Population Displacement

Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) activated Phase 2 response and created this report focus on collecting data about population displacement after the Palu, Indonesia M7.5 earthquake and tsunami. The report details information about the background, distribution camps, liquefaction & building codes, camp conditions, and more.  Read the Report: Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance TeamVirtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team(VERT): Phase […]