Earthquake Engineering Websites

Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models.

Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking.

Information resources, including an online bibliographic database, slides and photographs, selected papers, related websites, software and data.

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.

Information on seismic risk mitigation and data on economic impact of events.

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.

News and reports on the advancement of research, education and practice.

Participants in research on earthquake hazards from nine institutions transfer earthquake information to the public.

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.

Relational database providing information about and access to strong motion recordings. Available in both java and text versions.

Links and publications in the field of earthquake engineering for interchange of knowledge, ideas, results of research and practical experience.

A technical society of the Australian Institution of Engineers presents its earthquake related activities.

Links to Divisions and Research Centers of the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo.

Seismic analysis of the extensive Bay Area housing stock including buildings that are broadly classified according to their basic characteristics.

Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series online.

The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering electronic newsletter and other information.

Information and services available through the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Technology Business Cluster.

AISC information on the design and construction of fabricated structural steel buildings.

Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST.

Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.

Aichi Institute of Technology presentation.

Information concerning earthquakes, related campus research, design and preparedness.

Online broadcast and archived lectures.

Research center at the University of Memphis is focusing on the earthquake activities and campus vulnerability studies.

Information about damage of steel piers by focusing on column and beam members with variable cross-sections.

Online publication at WorldSciNet.

Videos and other information on typical building damage.

Special report.

The site contains research papers which are developed at CSUN and presented in a brief and visual format.

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.

The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage.

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.

California State University, Northridge research projects in the area of earthquake, wind and terrorist blast protection.

Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.

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, teaching and commercial activities at the University of Bristol (UK).

Non-profit scientific forum that provides a source for authoritative earthquake information on the middle eastern region’s seismicity, seismologists and ongoing scientific activities .

Offer courses for the special civil/seismic principles portion of California Civil Professional Engineers examination. Includes course schedule, and instructor details.

Web-based encyclopedia of housing construction types in seismically-prone areas of the world.

Project aimed at developing design criteria that will ensure safe and usable tall buildings following future earthquakes.

The department is engaged in research and development in the fields of structural and soil dynamics, seismology, seismotectonics and instrumentation.

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.

The Northridge Earthquake: Lessons learned and progress made in seismic-resistant bridge design.

Description of activities focusing on reduction of earthquake damage and losses through research, development and application of new knowledge and advanced technologies.