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Registration is now OPEN for a new one-day EERI technical seminar:
Seismic Design and Performance of Nonstructural Elements
Funded by FEMA/Department of Homeland Security
https://www.eeri.org/registration/tech-seminar.php
- Thursday, October 27: San Francisco, California
- Friday, October 28: Seattle, Washington
- Thursday, November 3: Los Angeles, California
- Friday, November 4: San Diego, California
Learn about the performance of nonstructural elements in recent earthquakes, current large-scale experimental research, present code requirements, the updated and newly released FEMA E-74 guide on nonstructural design, and implementation of new requirements for equipment certification.
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At 1:51 EDT on Tuesday, August 23rd, a M5.8 earthquake with its epicenter in Northern Virginia shook most of the east coast with people reporting shaking between Georgia and Canada. There were no reported fatalities or serious injuries. The 5.8 earthquake caused minimal damage but resulted in significant business interruptions from New York City in the north to Richmond, Virginia, in the south. Unreinforced masonry walls, gable walls, and chimney collapses were the most common failures, with some historic buildings losing architectural parapets. Ceiling tile failures and falling furniture in one Virginia school and objects falling from shelves in homes and businesses added to the damage and disruption. The earthquake resulted in the shutdown of the nuclear reactors at the North Anna Power Station (7 miles from epicenter) which used backup generators to keep spent nuclear fuel cooled and to remove residual heat from the reactor. The earthquake tied up phone and internet connections, disrupted rail lines, and caused extensive traffic delays. A day after the event many public buildings and Washington, D.C., area schools remain closed. The earthquake surprised many and according to news reports, caused widespread confusion between the public and emergency personnel on how to respond.
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Click here to view video
EERI
member Shunsuke Otani facilitated EERI's acquisition of a one hour,
unedited video of the tsunami warning and the tsunami itself at Kamaishi
Port. Footage provided courtesy Kamaishi Port Office, Ministry of
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Additional video
from Kamaishi port and Kuji port will be available in the next few
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A
23-page report by an EERI reconnaissance team on the Societal Dimensions
of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami
is now available online at http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-03-11-sendai/files/2011/03/Japan-SocSci-Rpt-hirez-rev.pdf (7MB).
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EERI and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are pleased to announce that the May 2011 issue of the EERI journal Earthquake Spectra is a special issue devoted to the USGS-led 2008 Southern California ShakeOut Scenario and Exercise, which hypothesized the occurrence and effects of an Mw7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault. Created by the USGS Multi Hazard Demonstration Project, the ShakeOut Scenario is novel in employing both multidisciplinary cutting-edge research and broadly accepted professional practice. The ShakeOut special issue communicates how science can enhance community resilience and has relevance far beyond California for earth sciences, earthquake engineering, preparedness, mitigation, emergency response, decision-making, and public policy. To place an order ($50 for EERI members, $75 for nonmembers), visit https://www.eeri.org/cds_publications/catalog/ and look under "New Products."
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A briefing on the Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake of February 22, 2011, was jointly organized by EERI's Learning from Earthquakes Program and the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), and co-sponsored by GEER. |
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