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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. |
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Earthquake Engineering Projects Summaries (NIST) - http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/
Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST. |
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California Earthquake Authority (CEA) - http://www.earthquakeauthority.com/
The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) - http://www.bssconline.org/index.html
The Council develops and promotes earthquake risk mitigation regulatory provisions for the nation. |
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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). |
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ABAG Data on Earthquakes and Housing - http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqhouse.html
Videos and other information on typical building damage. |
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John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center (Stanford University) - http://blume.stanford.edu/
News and reports on the advancement of research, education and practice. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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UALR Arkansas Earthquake Center - http://quake.ualr.edu/
Information concerning earthquakes, related campus research, design and preparedness. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 . |
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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. |
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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. |
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Seismic Resistance Experiment Center (Japan) - http://www.aitech.ac.jp/seirex/
Aichi Institute of Technology presentation. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Earthquakes Resistant Structures - http://www.geocities.com/eqdeak/
Includes information on crashworthiness of structures, predictions, earthquakes, volcanoes, analysis, design, and foundations. |