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1906 San Francisco Earthquake - http://americahurrah.com/USGS/Intro.htm
Images from the 1907 U.S. Geological Survey report.

ABAG Data on Earthquakes and Housing - http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqhouse.html
Videos and other information on typical building damage.

Applied Technology Council (ATC) - http://www.atcouncil.org/
Information on engineering applications to mitigate the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment.

Architectural Surety Projects - http://www.sandia.gov/archsur/
Sandia National Laboratories program to make buildings more resistant to earthquakes and other natural and man-made insults.

Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) - http://www.bssconline.org/index.html
The Council develops and promotes earthquake risk mitigation regulatory provisions for the nation.

California Earthquake Authority (CEA) - http://www.earthquakeauthority.com/
The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage.

California Seismic Safety Commission (CSSC) - http://www.seismic.ca.gov/
Information on seismic risk mitigation and data on economic impact of events.

Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW) - http://crew.org/
A not-for-profit corporation of private and public representatives of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and California communities informs on its activities to reduce the effects of earthquake events.

Center for Earthquake Research and Information (ERI) - http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/
Research center at the University of Memphis is focusing on the earthquake activities and campus vulnerability studies.

Damage of Steel Piers at Kobe Earthquake (Japan) - http://www.daido-it.ac.jp/~doboku/miki/kobe1.html
Information about damage of steel piers by focusing on column and beam members with variable cross-sections.

Disaster of Kobe City (Japan) - http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/15/020/quake/index.html
The 1995 earthquake records of damage and rehabilitation.

Earthquake and Housing Impacts for Bay Area - http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/shelpop/bldg.html
Seismic analysis of the extensive Bay Area housing stock including buildings that are broadly classified according to their basic characteristics.

Earthquake Country Handbook (SCEC) - http://www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/
Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.

Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA) - http://nisee.berkeley.edu/eea.html
A database of 100,000 records covering the world literature in earthquake engineering since 1971, searchable by author, title, keyword, and date. Produced by the National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE).

Earthquake Engineering and Geosciences Division, Army Corps of Engineers - http://geoscience.wes.army.mil/
Information on the ability of the Army to perform earthquake engineering and geosciences research.

Earthquake Engineering and other Research Projects - http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/CME_research.htm
California State University, Northridge research projects in the area of earthquake, wind and terrorist blast protection.

Earthquake Engineering Projects Summaries (NIST) - http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/
Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST.

Earthquake Engineering Research Center - EERC - http://eerc.berkeley.edu/
Conducts research and public service programs aimed at protecting the public and its property from the destructive effects of earthquakes. Includes online searcheable library. University of California, Berkeley.

Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC) - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/eerc/
Research, teaching and commercial activities at the University of Bristol (UK).

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) - http://www.eeri.org/
Activities of the national society of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials, and social scientists related to earthquake exposure, risk and protection of lifelines and building structures.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (UT Austin) - http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sald/studentorgs/vieworgs.php?org=1473
University of Texas, Austin provides links to Student Chapters of EERI.

Earthquake Engineering Technology of New Zealand - http://www.earthquakeengineering.com/
Information and services available through the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Technology Business Cluster.

Earthquake Research Institute (Japan) - http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Links to Divisions and Research Centers of the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo.

Earthquake Resistance Committee (Japan) - http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/earth/index-e.html
Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special Task Committee of Earthquake Resistance of Civil Engineering Structures' activities information.

Earthquake Resistant Building Construction - http://www.geocities.com/gurubhag/home.htm
Explains about using reinforced hollow concrete block masonry to protect a building from this disaster. Includes a FAQs page and photos of this technique.

Earthquakes Resistant Structures - http://www.geocities.com/eqdeak/
Includes information on crashworthiness of structures, predictions, earthquakes, volcanoes, analysis, design, and foundations.

EqTAP Digital City Tool Box - http://eqtap.edm.bosai.go.jp/
Multi-lateral research project. Features objectives, research, participants, publications, and case studies.

Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (Japan) - http://www.kajima.co.jp/tech/hanshin_earthquake/index.html
Special report.

Hot Topics in Earthquake, Wind and Blast Protection Engineering - http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/Hot_Topics.htm
The site contains research papers which are developed at CSUN and presented in a brief and visual format.

http://www.curee.org/ - http://www.curee.org/
Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.

Indian Institute of Technology: Department of Earthquake Engineering - http://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/EQ/pages/
The department is engaged in research and development in the fields of structural and soil dynamics, seismology, seismotectonics and instrumentation.

International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) - http://www.iaee.or.jp/
Links and publications in the field of earthquake engineering for interchange of knowledge, ideas, results of research and practical experience.

John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center (Stanford University) - http://blume.stanford.edu/
News and reports on the advancement of research, education and practice.

Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering - http://www.civil.ntua.gr/earthquake_gr
Conduct seismic tests with a 6 degree freedom mechanical shaking table simulator, research and structural analysis with the help of reaction and shear walls. Includes research activities and publications. National Technical University Athens.

Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series in Earthquake Engineering - http://www.nd.edu/~linbeck/
Online broadcast and archived lectures.

MAST Laboratory, University of Minnesota - http://nees.umn.edu/
Earthquake simulation research laboratory specializing in testing the durability of large-scale structural components. A participant in the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES).

Mid-America Earthquake Center - MAE - http://mae.ce.uiuc.edu/
Research and education center focusing on earthquake hazards mitigation for the low-frequency, but high consequence seismic events that are possible in Mid-America. Includes calendar of events and webcasts. University of Illinois.

Middle East Seismological Forum - MESF - http://www.meseisforum.net
Non-profit scientific forum that provides a source for authoritative earthquake information on the middle eastern region’s seismicity, seismologists and ongoing scientific activities .

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) - http://mceer.buffalo.edu/
Description of activities focusing on reduction of earthquake damage and losses through research, development and application of new knowledge and advanced technologies.

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE) - http://nisee.berkeley.edu/
Information resources, including an online bibliographic database, slides and photographs, selected papers, related websites, software and data.

National Strong-Motion Program (NSMP) - http://agram.wr.usgs.gov/
Information and data for significant siesmic events from the U.S. Geological Survey

NEES@Buffalo - http://nees.buffalo.edu
University at Buffalo's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory, a key node in the National Science Foundation's "George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation" (NEES).

Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) - http://www.eng.nsf.gov/nees/
Headlines of a major earthquake engineering research equipment project of the National Science Foundation.

Niscally Earthquake, Feb. 28, 2001 - http://www.kirotv.com/video/3012994
Seattle television news presentation from the day of the earthquake. Shows effects of shaking.

NZSEE Home page - http://www.nzsee.org.nz/
The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering electronic newsletter and other information.

Out-of-Plane Seismic Resistance of Masonry Walls - http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/jee/05/0502/S1363246901000340.html
Online publication at WorldSciNet.

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center - http://peer.berkeley.edu/
Research center's activities focusing on earthquake issues for the U.S. West Coast.

PEER Strong Motion Database - http://peer.berkeley.edu/smcat/
Relational database providing information about and access to strong motion recordings. Available in both java and text versions.

PEER: Tall Buildings Initiative - http://peer.berkeley.edu/tbi/
Project aimed at developing design criteria that will ensure safe and usable tall buildings following future earthquakes.

Portland State University: infraStructure Testing and Applied Research (iSTAR) Lab - http://www.istar.cee.pdx.edu/
Offers a wide range of seismic, structural, and vibration evaluations utilizing one of the largest shake tables in the Northwest as well as other analytical techniques like finite element analysis.

Progress and Challenges in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering - http://www.nd.edu/~linbeck/krawinkler.htm
Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series online.

Public Roads On-Line (Summer 1994) - http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer94/p94su26.htm
The Northridge Earthquake: Lessons learned and progress made in seismic-resistant bridge design.

Seismic Design and Construction - http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/steelstuff/seismic.htm#top
AISC information on the design and construction of fabricated structural steel buildings.

Seismic Design Review - http://www.seismicreview.com/
Offer courses for the special civil/seismic principles portion of California Civil Professional Engineers examination. Includes course schedule, and instructor details.

Seismic Isolation of Buildings - http://members.shaw.ca/olegcher
Information on reinforced concrete base isolation systems designed by the Kazakh Research and Experimental Design Institution.

Seismic Resistance Experiment Center (Japan) - http://www.aitech.ac.jp/seirex/
Aichi Institute of Technology presentation.

Seismo-Watch - EQNews - http://www.seismo-watch.com/EQNEWS/EQNEWS.html
All earthquake news, all the time. Nothing else.

Shake Table - http://www.jclahr.com/science/earth_science/shake/index.html
Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking.

ShakeZone for Kids - http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm
Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models.

Shaking Table Laboratory (Japan) - http://www.kajima.co.jp/tech/katri/facility/cont/facility-15.html
The high-fidelity shaking table, which can simulate any type of movement, at Kajima Technical Research Institute.

Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) - http://www.scec.org/
Participants in research on earthquake hazards from nine institutions transfer earthquake information to the public.

Statistical Ground Motion Models - http://www.duke.edu/%7ehpgavin/groundmotions/
This site provides information and software useful to generate a large number of earthquake ground motions representative of a particular hazard level for a few particular geophysical areas of the United States.

Structural Dynamics Laboratory - Kyoto University - http://eqgate.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html
Research unit specializing in the issues associated with the seismic design of civil engineering structures. Includes staff details and research topics.

Structural Engineering Earthquake Simulation Laboratory - http://civil.eng.buffalo.edu/seesl/computing.html
Includes a 12 X12 foot seismic shaking table simulator, and an 18" thick concrete "strong floor" which covers an overall area of 3400 square feet. Offers material testing equipment for both static and dynamic loading systems; a structural models laboratory; a concrete laboratory; and a multi-story testing bay for testing full-scale components. At the University of Buffalo in New York.

Structural Systems and Engineering (SSE) - http://www.eng.nsf.gov/cms/sse.htm
Information on National Science Foundation research program to support development of new design concepts and technologies for improving the behavior of structural systems subject to natural hazards.

The Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (AEES) - http://www.aees.org.au/
A technical society of the Australian Institution of Engineers presents its earthquake related activities.

The CASCADE Project - http://cascade.eerc.bris.ac.uk/
Promotes collaboration and co-operation between earthquake engineering facilities within the European Union. The site is a resource allowing publication of reports covering comparison of facilities, standardisation of test procedures and quality assurance systems.

The George Housner Earthquake Engineering Collection - http://library.caltech.edu/collections/earthquake.htm
Supports research in the field of structural engineering related to earthquakes, especially the construction of buildings and infrastructure to withstand earthquakes. Lab reports available to all for download and links to related databases.

UALR Arkansas Earthquake Center - http://quake.ualr.edu/
Information concerning earthquakes, related campus research, design and preparedness.

USC Strong Motion Research Group - http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/
Research on earthquake response of man-made structures, aiming to improve seismic design procedures and to reduce earthquake risks. Located at the University of Southern California.

USGS - National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project - http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov/
Access to probabilistic ground motion hazard maps, faults with slip rates and building code maps.

Visual Seismic Analysis animated samples - http://www.holmesgroup.com/animation.html
Holmes Consulting Group presentation.

World Housing Encyclopedia - http://world-housing.net/
Web-based encyclopedia of housing construction types in seismically-prone areas of the world.

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