On November 2, 2017, EERI hosted the Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Central Italy Earthquake Sequence Webinar as a part of its Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) program. A recording of the webinar presentations and PDFs of presentation slides are now available on the Central Italy Earthquakes Virtual Clearinghouse Website.

Webinar recordings include the following presentations:

• Geographic and Temporal Distribution of Ground Motions and Damage by Paolo Zimmaro, UCLA/GEER
• Retrofits and Retrofit Policy by Silvia Mazzoni, UC Berkeley
• Case Studies of Critical Facilities by Carmine Galasso, University College London
• Emergency Response and Recovery by Jay Wilson, Clackamas County Emergency Management

View the full webinar video playlist.

On July 15, 2016, EERI hosted the Ecuador Earthquake Reconnaissance Briefing Webinar as a part of the Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) program. A recording of this webinar and PDFs of presentations for download are now available: https://www.eeri.org/2016/07/ecuador-briefing-webinar-video-now-available

Members of the EERI and GEER-ATC reconnaissance teams that traveled to Ecuador to study the April 16, 2016 earthquake presented their observations and key insights into initial response, the various aspects of shaking characteristics, damage to housing and hospitals, and an overview of geotechnical impacts.

Learn more about the webinar and the Muisne, Ecuador earthquake at the EERI Virtual Clearinghouse website for the event: http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2016-04-16-muisne

On April 19, 2016, EERI hosted a special webinar reconnaissance briefing on the Meinong, Taiwan earthquake of February 6, 2016. Researchers from multiple teams who traveled to the impacted region collaborated to share observations and provide key insights into the various aspects of shaking characteristics, earthquake damage, response, and performance of pre-event mitigation measures. A recording of the webinar is now available:

Watch the Taiwan Earthquake Briefing Webinar

Topics and speakers included: Geology and Seismology (Kevin Clahan, Lettis Consultants International); Ground Response (Joseph Sun, PG&E); Liquefaction Impacts and Other Geotechnical Effects on Buildings and Infrastructure (Tara Hutchinson, Professor, UC San Diego); Building Response (Jiun-Wei Lai, Degenkolb Engineers); and Infrastructure Response in a Resiliency Context (Kevin S. Moore, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger).

EERI thanks the speakers and the teams from Degenkolb, the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, and Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger for their participation and cooperation in creating this special briefing, and to all other teams who collaborated with EERI and shared their findings with the seismic safety community.

Professional Development Hours (PDHs) are available to webinar attendees and an email with instructions on reporting PDH certification has been sent to all registered participants. For questions or more information on PDH credit for this webinar, please contact Shizza Fatima (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

More reconnaissance reports, maps, geotagged data and photos, and other information on the earthquake can be found on EERI's Southern Taiwan Earthquake Virtual Clearinghouse website.

On August 13, 2015, a live briefing webcast on the Nepal Earthquake attracted over 600 viewers from around the world. Emailed questions came in during the event from as far away as Nepal and New Zealand, as representatives from EERI, the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) and the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association gave presentations on reconnaissance findings. Topics ranged from the geotechnical to the structural to the psychological with speakers from both professional practice and academia sharing findings from the April 25, 2015 earthquake and aftershocks.

A copy of the webinar will be posted on the PEER website soon. An EERI Briefing Video Series on the Nepal Earthquake, with nearly five hours of findings from the EERI reconnaissance trip, is now available for viewing on Nepal Earthquake Virtual Clearinghouse.

An EERI Briefing video series about the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake is now available online at the Nepal Earthquake Virtual Clearinghouse website. The video playlist features an introduction on EERI's response to the event, presentations in different topic areas by each member of the reconnaissance team that visited Nepal in June, and a summary of the mission's findings. Briefing videos range in duration from 10 to 35 minutes, and can be watched individually or in a series.

Learn more and watch the EERI Briefing Videos

As part of EERI's Learning from Earthquakes program, a 13-member international team of experts visited urban and rural sites in Nepal following the M7.8 earthquake on April 25, 2015. Working in partnership with Nepal's National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET), and coordinating with nearly 30 other reconnaissance efforts, EERI's multidisciplinary team examined topic areas that included seismology and ground motion; building performance; healthcare facility performance; societal, psychological, and cultural factors; geotechnical engineering and geosciences; emergency response; performance of cultural heritage structures; building codes; lifelines; and community resilience. The briefing videos represent the first published findings from the EERI team.

"These briefing videos from the Nepal reconnaissance team mark the beginning of a new chapter in the long history of EERI's Learning from Earthquakes program," said EERI Board president Mary Comerio (M. EERI, 1988). "I believe the accessibility, scale, and scope of these presentations—nearly five hours of findings from the trip—represent a terrific benefit to EERI members."

EERI's reconnaissance team welcomes questions regarding any of the briefing videos or the mission as a whole, with answers to be posted on a page of the Nepal Earthquake Virtual Clearinghouse. Submit your questions to the team before Wednesday, August 19, 2015, by emailing EERI Program Manager Heidi Tremayne at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.