This summary presentation from the EERI Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) summarizes the impacts to the region. This multi-disciplinary report summarizes the earthquake effects in the region on a variety of different topics including earthquake characteristics and aftershocks, impacts to the built environment, and consequences for community functions including housing and schools. This report is based on publicly available data within 48 hours of the events. The assessment provided in the report is performed by the judgment of the authors with limited access to ground-truthing.
EERI, 2020.
Authors: Mohammed Alam, Yolanda Alberto, Chrysl Aranha, Victor Calderon, DiegoMohammed Alam, Yolanda Alberto, Chrysl Aranha, Victor Calderon, DiegoCordero-Carballo, Guillermo Diaz-Fanas, Wilfrid Djima, Erica Fischer, Mikael Gartner, MannyHakhamaneshi, Ana Gabriela Haro, Wael Hassan, Preetish Kakoty, Said Maalouf, AmoryMartin, Harish Mulchandani, Sissy Nikolaou, Angel Perez-Irizarry, Jenny Ramirez, ChristopherSegura, Mehmet Unal, Hartanto Wibowo, and David Yoo
Read the Report: Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT): Phase 1 Response to Indios, Puerto Rico M6.4 Earthquake
Access the Report through DesignSafe: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.published//PRJ-2673
The EERI Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) is a team of volunteers that activate after major earthquakes to curate reports on the impact to the community. VERT activates in a series of phases after an earthquake to assist in-field teams with data-driven reconnaissance.
