August 15, 2007

USGS EARTHQUAKE LIST FOR 2007

EERI sends team

• Press Release

RECONNAISSANCE ACTIVITIES

• EERI Reports
• Learning from Earthquakes: The Pisco, Peru Earthquake of August 15, 2007Preliminary Reconnaissance Report by EERI team

 

• Reports
• Behavior of Earthen Buildings A preliminary report by Marcial Blondet of the Catholic University of Peru (PUCP)
• GEER preliminary report A preliminary report of the Geo-Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Team
• EEFIT Preliminary Reconnaissance Report Link to Preliminary report by the European Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EFFIT)
• Quick Building Damage Report Quick Report by Japan Building Research Institute (2.5mb)
• Damage to Adobe Houses Quick Report on Performance of Model Houses by Japan Building Research Institute
• Preliminary Report on Damage from the Japan-Peru Center for Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation (3.5mb)
• Photo Gallery
• Selected Photos Preliminary photos from reconnaissance team
• Selected photos from team Georeferenced photos on Google Map (can also be viewed in Google Earth)
• Photos of tsunami run-up and inundation from Fritz, Kalligeris, Ortega, and Broncano
• View of tsunami inundation an almost 360 degree view from the small headland tip at Lagunilla (Photo compiled by Nikos Kalligeris).
• Links
• United Nations OCHA's ReliefWeb (situation reports, statistical updates, maps, information)
• CERESIS (El Centro Regional de Sismología para América del Sur):
• Additional news stories
• Photos from The Washington Post



• Tsunami Links
• ITIC Tsunami Bulletin Board - Some photos taken in the La Punta district of Callao, near Lima, 4 hours after the earthquake
• Tide gauge data, earthquake information, a travel time map, an interactive map and displays of nearby tsunami and earthquake
• The "Addl Tsu Info" and "Addl EQ Info" links in the comments sections for all tsunami source and significant earthquake events provide a display of nearby events.
  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/tsu_db.shtml
  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1
  
• More info from the ITIC Tsunami Bulletin Board http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/2005/tsunamis/Peru_2007/index.html