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Post-Earthquake Investigation Field Guide

The latest edition of the LFE field guide covers a great variety of subjects from geosciences to engineering, emergency management, and social sciences. It emphasizes careful advance planning, outlines procedures for team coordination, describes responsibilities of project participants, and offers guidelines for specific data collection in the field. It contains various forms, international information sources and contact names, pre-departure checklist, and recommendations for further research. Although prepared primarily for EERI reconnaissance teams, the guide can be a useful tool for anyone involved in post-earthquake investigation. Loose-leaf publication with a specially created binder. September 1996, 196 pp. ISBN 0-943198-54-2.


The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is currently updating this guide. The 1996 publication sections are as follows:

 
 
  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 1/30

    Damaged building, Bailu, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: V. Cedillos, Project Manager, GeoHazards Intl]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 2/30

    Ground settlement in Bailu, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: V Cedillos, GeoHazards Intl]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 3/30

    Fault rupture at Bailu Middle School did little damage to new building (left), Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 4/30

    Temporary housing in Bailu, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: V Cedillos, GeoHazards Intl]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 5/30

    Timber lace construction, Bailu, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: V Cedillos, GeoHazards Intl]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 6/30

    Bridge, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 7/30

    Collapsed spans of reinforced concrete arch bridge, Xiao Yu Dong [photo: Build Change]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 8/30

    GaoYuan Bridge [photo: Build Change]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 9/30

    Han Wang High School shear wall, external view [photo: Build Change]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 10/30

    Adjacent bldgs may have averted collapse of 5-story masonry bldg in Dujiangyan [photo: Build Change]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 11/30

    Ground floor column failure (see previous image) [photo: Build Change]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 12/30

    6-story unreinforced masonry bldg with precast concrete plank floors, Dujiangyan [photo: Build Change]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 13/30

    Precast concrete plank rubble, collapsed unreinforced masonry bldg, Dujiangyan [photo: Build Change]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 14/30

    Damaged multistory building, Dujiangyan, Wenchuan [photo: V Cedillos, GeoHazards Intl]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 15/30

    Damaged 6-story residential bldg, Dujiangyan, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 16/30

    Temporary housing, Dujiangyan, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: V Cedillos, GeoHazards Intl]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 17/30

    Dujiangyan Shelter, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 18/30

    Shelter in Dujiangyan, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 19/30

    Reconnaissance team near Gaoyuan Village, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 20/30

    Damaged buildings at Lidui Park, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 21/30

    Residential building, Phoenix Lane, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 22/30

    Shenxigou, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 23/30

    Tonji Middle School, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 24/30

    Xiaoyudong Bridge damaged by fault rupture thrusting abutment, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 25/30

    Collapse of bldgs straddling fault running through town of Xiaoyudong, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 26/30

    Damaged aluminum plant at Xuankou, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 27/30

    Landslide in Yinchanggou, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 28/30

    Damaged building in Yingxiu, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 29/30

    Interview with local colleague in Yingxiu, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

  • China Wenchuan earthquake, 30/30

    Extensive damage in Yingxiu, Wenchuan 2008 [photo: M Lew]

Additional images avalable on CD-ROM
  • El Salvador 2001, 1/6

    Church in town of Santa Cruz Analquito not damaged at all in January and seriously damaged in February

  • El Salvador 2001, 2/6

    Seriously damaged church in Sonsonate

  • El Salvador 2001, 3/6

    View of a destroyed adobe house in Candelaria

  • El Salvador 2001, 4/6

    Damage to house in Cojutepeque

  • El Salvador 2001, 5/6

    Significant lateral spreading on banks of Rio Lempa

  • El Salvador 2001, 6/6

    Corroded pilings at the Port of Triunfo fell during the earthquake

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