The Tohoku, Japan, Tsunami of March 11, 2011: Effects on Structures
Read the Report: The Tohoku, Japan, Tsunami of March 11, 2011: Effects on Structures (5.8 MB PDF)
The Japan Tohoku Tsunami of March 11, 2011
Read the Report: EERI/ERI/ITST Report on Japan Tohoku Tsunami (9.2 MB PDF)
Effects of the 2011 Tohoku Japan Earthquake on Steel Structures
US Team James M. Ricles, Professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA (Group Leader) Dimitrios G. Lignos, Assistant Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Jay Love, Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, CA, USA Japan Team Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan Taichiro Okazaki, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan […]
Map of Damage in Fredericksburg
See the Map: Earthquake Damage Fredericksburg, VA. Read the Patch article: Mapping Quake Damage in FredericksburgFredericksburg Figure 1. Mapping Quake Damage in Fredericksburg.
Historic Earthquakes in Virginia and North Carolina
Figure 1. Source: http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/haz/quake.htm Figure 1 is a map of earthquake epicenters recorded in North Carolina and portions of adjacent states between 1698 and 1997. Epicenters are shown only for labeled states. Major geologic provinces and known major faults exposed at the surface are shown for North Carolina. Faults identified to date in […]
Louisa County High School Damage
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Residential & Business Damage
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Geosciences report from UNAVCO
UNAVCO stands ready to support responses to this event. Current actions include: Recent satellite SAR (ENVISAT) data acquisitions have been confirmed and future acquisitions (ENVISAT and TerraSAR-X) have been requested covering the region near the epicenter. WInSAR users will have access to ENVISAT data. Detailed information will be posted in the forums. Campaign GPS systems […]
Telecommunications
From: “Why didn’t cellphones work?”, Politico, David Saleh Rauf The technological traffic jam that rendered cellphones useless in the wake of Tuesday’s temblorhas officials pondering a scary question: What happens if a real disaster strikes the nation’s capital? While police and firefighters in and around the capital apparently communicated just fine after the 5.8-magnitude earthquake, the rest […]
Damage to Monuments
From: “Earthquake reported along the East Coast”, Washington Post The National Park Service says the Washington Monument may have suffered cracks near its top during Tuesday’s earthquake, and the monument could be closed indefinitely. Park service spokesman Bill Line said there appear to be cracks “at the very, very top” of the 555-foot tall structure, and […]