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• - Video footage: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center at UC Berkeley investigates the progressive collapse of reinforced concrete buildings during earthquake imitations.
  
• - Information resources, including an online bibliographic database, slides and photographs, selected papers, related websites, software and data.
  
• - 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).
  
• - 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.
  
• - Participants in research on earthquake hazards from nine institutions transfer earthquake information to the public.
  
• - 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.
  
• - California Program presentation.
  
• - Images from the 1907 U.S. Geological Survey report.
  
• - The site contains research papers which are developed at CSUN and presented in a brief and visual format.
  
• - Searchable database containing links related to Earthquake Engineering and a variety of categories in emergency management.
  
• - News and reports on the advancement of research, education and practice.
  
• - Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking.
  
• - Information concerning earthquakes, related campus research, design and preparedness.
  
• - A five-year collaborative project to create a better, more effective real-time earthquake information system for Southern California. It will incorporate new technologies to provide vital information within minutes of an earthquake.
  
• - The high-fidelity shaking table, which can simulate any type of movement, at Kajima Technical Research Institute.
  
• - Links to Divisions and Research Centers of the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo.
  
• - The Wessex Institute of Technology (UK): Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation.
  
• - Information and services available through the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Technology Business Cluster.
  
• - A technical society of the Australian Institution of Engineers presents its earthquake related activities.
  
• - Research center's activities focusing on earthquake issues for the U.S. West Coast.
  
• - Information about damage of steel piers by focusing on column and beam members with variable cross-sections.
  
• - Special report.
  
• - Sandia National Laboratories program to make buildings more resistant to earthquakes and other natural and man-made insults.
  
• - The Northridge Earthquake: Lessons learned and progress made in seismic-resistant bridge design.
  
• - The Council develops and promotes earthquake risk mitigation regulatory provisions for the nation.
  
• - This library of the California Institute of Technology supports research in the field of earthquake engineering.
  
• - Links to the web sites dealing with earthquakes and earthquake engineering.
  
• - Information on reinforced concrete base isolation systems designed by the Kazakh Research and Experimental Design Institution.
  
• - Information on seismic risk mitigation and data on economic impact of events.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Relational database providing information about and access to strong motion recordings.
  
• - All earthquake news, all the time. Nothing else.
  
• - AISC information on the design and construction of fabricated structural steel buildings.
  
• - Seattle television news presentation from the day of the earthquake. Shows effects of shaking.
  
• - Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.
  
• - Aichi Institute of Technology presentation.
  
• - 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 m
  
• - Includes information on crashworthiness of structures, predictions, earthquakes, volcanos, analysis, design, and foundations.
  
• - Headlines of a major earthquake engineering research equipment project of the National Science Foundation.
  
• - Information and data for significant siesmic events from the U.S. Geological Survey
  
• - Seismic analysis of the extensive Bay Area housing stock including buildings that are broadly classified according to their basic characteristics.
  
• - Searchable database of strong motion ground records processed by Dr. Walt Silva.
  
• - Research, teaching and commercial activities at the University of Bristol (UK).
  
• - Events calendar and information on guest speakers and the shake table.
  
• - Online broadcast and archived lectures.
  
• - Description of activities focusing on reduction of earthquake damage and losses through research, development and application of new knowledge and advanced technologies.
  
• - Explains about using reinforced hollow concrete block masonry to protect a building from this disaster. Includes a FAQ's page and photos of this technique.
  
• - California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG) provides possibility to view/download strong motion data.
  
• - Links and publications in the field of earthquake engineering for interchange of knowledge, ideas, results of research and practical experience.
  
• - Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special Task Committee of Earthquake Resistance of Civil Engineering Structures' activities information.
  
• - Research center at the University of Memphis is focusing on the earthquake activities and campus vulnerability studies.
  
• - EERI/IAEE project: Web-Based Encyclopedia of Housing Construction Types in Seismically-Prone Areas of the World.
  
• - California State University, Northridge research projects in the area of earthquake, wind and terrorist blast protection.
  
• - Information on the ability of the Army to perform earthquake engineering and geosciences research.
  
• - Information on engineering applications to mitigate the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment.
  
• - Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST.
  
• - Database of activities.
  
• - 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 1995 earthquake records of damage and rehabilitation.
  
• - Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series online.
  
• - 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).
  
• - Research activities at Caltech.
  
• - Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models.
  
• - 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 assuranc
  
• - The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage.
  
• - Holmes Consulting Group presentation.
  
• - Research and education center at University of Illinois activities focusing on earthquake hazards mitigation for the low-frequency, but high consequence seismic events that are possible in Mid-America.
  
• - Online publication at WorldSciNet.
  
• - Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.
  
• - The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering electronic newsletter and other information.
  
• - Videos and other information on typical building damage.
  
• - Announcement on the California Civil P.E. Examination courses for the Special Civil/Seismic Principles portion.
  
• - University of Texas, Austin provides links to Student Chapters of EERI.
  
• - Links on prediction of liquefaction resistance.
  
• - 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.