Niigata-ken Chuetsu earthquake, Japan, October 23, 2004 (Mw = 6.6)   

Online preliminary reconnaissance reports of EERI/NSF - GEER

Hokkaido earthquake, Japan, September 26, 2003 (Mw = 8)    

Preliminary information available from USGS and COSMOS .
Report by Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Acceleration recorded by DPRI (in Japanese)
Report on source mechanism by Hi-net (in Japanese)
Report on Tsunami height (in Japanese)

Algeria Boumerdes earthquake, May 21, 2003 (Mw = 6.8 )

Online Reconnaissance report available in pdf format. Report compiled by
Yozo GOTO, and Professor Takashi TAZOH.  


Colima, Mexico earthquake, January 21, 2003 (Mw = 7.8, USGS)

Website summarizing the the findings of the NSF-sponsored reconnaisance
team on the geotechnical aspects of the event. Available by the
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Server.

Denali Fault ALASKA earthquake, Sunday, November 3, 2002, (M = 7.9)

Photos provided by Shannon & Wilson. Also includes photos of liquefaction
with gravel ejecta.

Information provided by the Alaska Earthquake Information Center,
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks  

Geotechnical Engineering Reconnaissance of the November 3, 2002 Mw7.9
Denali Earthquake, Alaska,  prepared by Robert Kayen, Nicholas Sitar, Gary
Carver, Brian Collins, Robb Moss. supported by NSF, UC Berkeley and USGS.
Available by the EERC website.

Molise earthquake, 2002 Italy, (10-31-2002 // 11-01-2002)

Photos available from different impacted areas,provided by Professor Filippo
Santucci de Magistris, University of Napoli Federico II, Science and
Technology College.
Seismicity and other information regarding the Molise earthquake, provided
by the Instituto Nazionale di Geophysica i Vulcanologia. Professor Filippo
Santucci de Magistris informed us about the existence of the site.

Bhuj, India 2001

Mw 7.7 earthquake in India on January 26, 2001,NSF Reconnaisance team
Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering server)

Nisqually Earthquake, Washington, 2001 (28-2-2001)

Some Observations of Geotechnical Aspects of the February 28, 2001,
Nisqually Earthquake in Olympia, South Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington, A
report sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Pacific Earthquake
Engineering Research Center. Link suggested by Annie Kammerer

Mexico 1999

Preliminary report on the geotechnical engineering aspects of the June 15
and June 21, 1999, Mexico, Earthquakes of the churches, J. M. Pestana, M. J.
Mendoza, J. M. Mayoral, R. E. S. Moss, R.B. Sancio, R. B. Seed, J. D. Bray, and
M. P. Romo.

Kocaeli, Turkey 1999

Ms 7.8 earthquake in Turkey on August 17, 1999 ,NSF Reconnaisance team
Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering server)

Izmit, Turkey Earthquake 1999

Mw 7.1 earthquake in Turkey on November 12, 1999, NSF Reconnaisance
team Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
server)

Ji-Ji Taiwan Earthquake 1999

Ms 7.6 earthquake in Taiwan on September 21, 1999, NSF Reconnaisance
team Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
server)

Athens, Greece Earthquake 1999

The Athens (Greece) Earthquake of September 7, 1999: Preliminary Report
on Strong Motion Data and Structural Response, by Institute of Engineering
Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ITSAK)

Loma Prieta Earthquake , California, USA 1989

Engineering Aspects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. A collection of papers.
Available by the NISEE website.

The Managua Earthquake , Nicaragua, December 23, 1972

Photo gallery at the Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies website
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