General (Top of page)

 

• Richard Hughes, Zygmunt A Lubkowski. The Survey of Earthquake Damaged Non Engineering Structure. A Field Guide by Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), The Institution of Structural Engineers.
• Janise E. Rodgers, Ahmet K. Sanli, and Mehmet Celebi, (2004). Seismic Response Analysis of a 13-story Steel Moment-framed Building in Alhambra, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1338. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Disaster Resistant Construction Practices  - Government of Tamil Nadu. Report available from The United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support UNTRS).
• Guidelines for Reconstruction of Houses (General and Public Buildings - RCC) - Government of Tamil Nadu. Report available from The United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).
• Guidelines for Reconstruction of Houses (General and Public Buildings - Masonry) - Government of Tamil Nadu. Report available from The United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).
• Guidelines for Retrofitting of Buildings - Government of Tamil Nadu, India. Available from The United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).
• Guidelines For Reconstruction of Houses Affected by Tsunami in Tamilnadu, India - Revenue Administration, Disaster Management & Mitigation Department, Government of Tamil Nadu Available from The United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS).

 

Algeria (Top of page)

May 21, 2003 Boumerdes Earthquake

 

• Fouad Bendimerad, (2004). The 21 May 2003 Boumerdes Earthquake: Lessons Learned and Recommendations. 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Risk Management Solutions, Inc., California.
• Algeria Boumerdes Earthquake May 21, 2003 - Short Report. 1st Reconnaissance Team from JAEE, JSCE, JGS, & AIJ. Yozo GOTO, NIED-EDM Kawasaki Laboratory, Takashi TAZOH, Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Chile (Top of page)

Nov. 14, 2007 Antofagasta Earthquake

• Christian Ledezma, (2007). Preliminary overview report. UC Berkeley. 

El Salvador (Top of page)

 

Jan. 13, 2001 Off the Coast of El Salvador Earthquake

 

• The January 13, 2001 Off the Coast of El Salvador Earthquake. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Greece (Top of page)

 

August 14, 2003 Lefkada Island (Western Greece) Earthquake

• EERI Special Earthquake Report, (2003). Preliminary Observations on the August 14, 2003, Lefkada Island (western Greece) Earthquake.

India (Top of page)

January 26, 2001 Bhui Earthquake

 

• Bhuj (India) Earthquake of 26 January 2001: The powerful earthquake that struck the Kutch area in Gujarat at 8: 46 am on 26 January 2001 has been the most damaging earthquake in the last five decades in India. The M7.9 quake caused a large loss of life and property. Over 18,600 persons are reported to be dead and over 167,000 injured; the number of deaths is expected to rise with more information coming in. The estimated economic loss due to this quake is placed at around Rs.22,000 Crores (~US$5 billions).
• Lucian Chiroiu and Gilles P. Andre, (2001). Damage Assessment Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery: Application to 2001 Bhuj, India, Earthquake. The authors were able to quickly estimate the physical damage and human casualties after the Bhuj, India, earthquake of January 26, 2001, by applying a multidisciplinary approach based on high resolution satellite data and earthquake engineering and propose this approach as a useful tool for rescue teams deployed immediately after a catastrophe.Available from Risk World.
• D. Abrams, M. Aschheim, P. Bodin, S. Deaton, S. Dotson, D. Frost, S.K. Gosh, S. Horton, A. Johnston, J. Nichols, T. Rossetto, M. Tuttle, and M. Withers, (2001). The Bhuj Earthquake of 2001. Board of Trustees at the University of Illinois.
• The 2001 Kutch Earthquake, Gujarat State, India - Investigation into Damage to Civil Engineering Structures. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Indonesia (Top of page)

May 27, 2006 Java Earthquake

 

• Mw 6.3 Yogyakarta (island of Java, Indonesia) earthquake report, Mid-America  Earthquake Center.
• Amr S. Elnashai, Sung Jig Kim, Gun Jin Yun, Djoni Sidarta, (2006). The Yogyakarta Earthquake of May 27, 2006. MAE Center Report No. 07-02. Mid-America Earthquake Center, Newmark Civil Engineering Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Provisional Report of the May 27, 2006 Mid Java Earthquake, Indonesia. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Architectural Institute of Japan.

 

Dec. 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Island Earthquake (Indian Ocean Tsunami)

 

• The Damaged induced by Sumatra Earthquake and associated Tsunami of December 26, 2004. A Report of the Reconnaissance Team of Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Iran (Top of page)

 

Dec. 26, 2003 Bam (Southeastern Iran) Earthquake

 

·         Preliminary Report on December 26, 2003 Iran Bam Earthquake. Prepared by JSCE Iran Bam Earthquake Disaster Investigation Team.

 

June 22, 2002 Western Iran - Changureh (Avaj) Earthquake

 

·         Provisional Report of the June 22, 2002, Changureh (Avaj) Earthquake, Iran. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Italy (Top of page)

April 11, 2003 Sant' Agata Fossili Earthquake

 

• John Adams, (2003). Report on field visit damage from the magnitude 4.9, Sant'Agata Fossili, Italy, earthquake of 2003 April 11. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1789. Ontario. Available from Earthquakes Canada.

 

Mexico (Top of page)

 

Sept. 19, 1985 Guerrero- Michoacan (Mexico City) Earthquake

 

·         S. Suzuki and A.S. Kiremidjian, (1986). The Mexico Earthquake of September 1985 - A Preliminary Report. Report TR77. The John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Stanford University.

 

Pakistan (Top of page)

October 8, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake

 

• Ahmad Durrani, Amr Elnashai, Youssef Hashash, Sung Jig Kim, and Arif Masud, (2005). The Kashmir Earthquake of October 8, 2005: A Quicklook Report. MAE Center Report 05-04. Mid-America Earthquake Center, Newmark Civil Engineering Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Dr. Navin Peiris, Dr Tiziana Rossetto, Dr Paul Burton, Mr Suqlain Mahmood. EEFIT Mission: October 8, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake. Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), The Institution of Structural Engineers.
• Learning from Earthquakes: First Report on the Kashmir Earthquake of October 8, 2005, EERI special Earthquake Report, Dec. 2005. Available from EERI.
• C. Scawthorn. Report from Pakistan, University of Kyoto . Available from EERI.
• Durgesh C. Rai, C.V.R. Murty. Preliminary Report on the 2005 North Kashmir Earthquake of October 8, 2005.
  Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Available from  EERI.
• Dr. A. Naeem, Dr. Qaisar Ali, Muhammad Javed, Zakir Hussain, Amjad Naseer, Syed Muhammad Ali, Irshad Ahmed, Muhammad Ashraf. A Summary Report on Muzaffarabad Earthquake, Pakistan. Earthquake Engineering Center at the Department of Civil Engineering, N-W.F.P. University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. Available from  EERI.
• Amita Sinvhal, Ashok D. Pandey, Sachin M. Pore. Report on the 8th October 2005 Kashmir Earthquake. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. Available from  EERI.
• T. Schacher, (2005). Observations on the Situation in the Kagan Valley, Pakistan, hit by the 8 October 2005 Earthquake. Available from EERI.
• A Preliminary Geoseismological Report on Kashmir Earthquake of 8th October 2005. Geological Survey of India Northern Region. Available from EERI.
• A. Hussain. A Segment of Main Boundary Thrust Triggered October 8, 2005 Earthquake, Pakistan. Available from EERI.

 

Peru (Top of page)

 

August 15, 2007 near the Coast of Central Peru Earthquake

 

• Learning from Earthquakes: The Pisco, Peru Earthquake of August 15, 2007. EERI Special Earthquake Report, October 2007. Available from EERI.
• Fabio Taucer, Dr. John Alarcon, Emily So, (2007). European Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) Preliminary Report. 2007 August 15 Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake near the Coast of Central Peru. Available from EERI.
• Quick Report of Building Damages in 2007 Peru Earthquake. Taiki Saito Building Research Institute, 24th August 2007. Available from BRI.
• Carlos Zavala, Miguel Estrada, Patricia Gibu, Leslie Chang, Lourdes Cardenas. Reporte Preliminar de Danos en Estructuras debido al Sismo del 15/08/2007. Universidad Nacional De Ingenieria Lima-Peru, Facultad de Ingenieria Civil. Centro Peruano Japones De Investigaciones Sismicas Mitigation De Desastres - Cismid. Available from EERI.

 

June 23, 2001 Arequipa Earthquake

 

·         The June 23, 2001 Atico Earthquake, Peru. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Taiwan (Top of page)

 

Sept. 21, 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake

 

·         Ji-Ji (Taiwan) Earthquake. Investigate into Damage to Civil Engineering Structures. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Turkey (Top of page)

May 1, 2003 Bingol Earthquake

 

• Frederick Ellul and Dina D_Ayala, (2003). The Bingol, Turkey Earthquake of The 1st of May 2003. A Field Report by Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), The Institution of Structural Engineers. University of Bath, Architecture and Civil Engineering Department.
• O. Aydan , R. Ulusay, M. Miyajima, (2003). The Bingol Earthquake of May 1, 2003. Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

April 10, 2003 Urla-Izmir Earthquake

 

• Report on April 10, 2003 Urla-İzmir (Turkey) Earthquake. Department Of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Istanbul.

 

January 27, 2003 Pulumur-Tunceli Earthquake

 

• Report on Jan 27, 2003 Pülümür-Tunceli (Turkey) Earthquake. Department Of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Istanbul.

 

February 3, 2002 Sultandagi Earthquake

 

• M. Erdik, E.Uckan, K. Sesetyan, M.B. Demircioglu, U.Celep, Y.Biro, (2002). Report on February 3, 2002 Sultandaği (Turkey) Earthquake. Department Of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Istanbul.
• Report on Jan 27, 2003 Pülümür-Tunceli (Turkey) Earthquake. Department Of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Istanbul.

 

August 17, 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake

 

• Mustafa Erdik. Comprehensive report on 1999 Kocaeli and Düzce (Turkey) Earthquakes. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Istanbul.
• Kocaeli (Turkey) Earthquake. Investigate into Damage to Civil Engineering Structures. Available from Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

 

U.S.A. (Top of page)

December 22, 2203 San Simeon Earthquake

 

• San Simeon Earthquake Emergency Response Report: On December 22, 2003, Paso Robles residents experienced the devastating impacts of a magnitude 6.5 earthquake. The successful emergency response required an “all-hands” effort from City employees. This report details the work conducted over the first few days following the quake, and suggestions for improving future responses to like disasters. Available from City of Paso Robles Official website.

 

 

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