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EERI Sends Investigation Team to Chile
March 2010 - A large team
of EERI members and colleagues will be traveling to Chile next week
to document the effects of the massive 8.8 earthquake that struck that country
on February 27th. Under the leadership of Professor Jack Moehle of UC Berkeley,
EERI is sending this team to bring back lessons for practice and academia in
both the U.S. and
Chile. Joining Moehle in providing
leadership for the overall reconnaissance effort are EERI member Professor
Rafael Riddell of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and Professor
Ruben Boroschek of the University of Chile. The team is organized under the
umbrella of EERI's Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) Program, which is supported
by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Many partnering organizations are
providing travel support for the LFE team members. The team will regularly post
field observations and photographs on EERI's Chile Clearinghouse site: http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/20100227-chile/
FEMA E-74 Available Online
March 2010 - FEMA 74 explains the sources of earthquake damage that can occur in
nonstructural components and provides information on effective methods
for reducing risk associated with nonstructural earthquake damage. It
is intended for use by a non-engineer audience that includes building
owners, facility managers, maintenance personnel, store or office
managers, corporate or agency department heads, and homeowners. The
reference material contained within the third edition of FEMA 74 is now
approaching 20 years old. A considerable amount of new information now
exists as a result of ongoing National Earthquake Hazard Reduction
Program (NEHRP) activities, local and state government programs,
private sector initiatives, and academic work focused on reducing the
potential for nonstructural earthquake damage.