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Applied Technology Council (ATC) 
Information on engineering applications to mitigate the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment.
http://www.atcouncil.org/
Architectural Surety Projects 
Sandia National Laboratories program to make buildings more resistant to earthquakes and other natural and man-made insults.
http://www.sandia.gov/archsur/
CUREE 
Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.
http://www.curee.org/
Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW) 
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.
http://crew.org/
Disaster of Kobe City (Japan) 
The 1995 earthquake records of damage and rehabilitation.
http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/15/020/quake/index.html
Earthquake Country Handbook (SCEC) 
Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.
http://www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA) 
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).
http://nisee.berkeley.edu/eea.html
Earthquake Engineering Research Center - EERC 
Conducts research and public service programs aimed at protecting the public and its property from the destructive effects of earthquakes. Includes online searcheable library. University of California, Berkeley.
http://eerc.berkeley.edu/
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 
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.
http://www.eeri.org/
Earthquake Resistance Committee (Japan) 
Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special Task Committee of Earthquake Resistance of Civil Engineering Structures' activities information.
http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/earth/index-e.html
Earthquake and Housing Impacts for Bay Area 
Seismic analysis of the extensive Bay Area housing stock including buildings that are broadly classified according to their basic characteristics.
http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/shelpop/bldg.html
EqTAP Digital City Tool Box 
Multi-lateral research project. Features objectives, research, participants, publications, and case studies.
http://eqtap.edm.bosai.go.jp/
Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering 
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 reasearch activities and publications. National Technical University Athens.
http://www.civil.ntua.gr/earthquake_gr
MAST Laboratory, University of Minnesota 
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).
http://nees.umn.edu/
Mid-America Earthquake Center - MAE 
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.
http://mae.ce.uiuc.edu/
Middle East Seismological Forum - MESF 
Non-profit scientific forum that provides a source for authoritative earthquake information on the middle eastern region’s seismicity, seismologists and ongoing scientific activities .
http://www.meseisforum.net
NZSEE Home page 
The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering electronic newsletter and other information.
http://www.nzsee.org.nz/
PEER Strong Motion Database 
Relational database providing information about and access to strong motion recordings. Available in both java and text versions.
http://peer.berkeley.edu/smcat/
Public Roads On-Line (Summer 1994) 
The Northridge Earthquake: Lessons learned and progress made in seismic-resistant bridge design.
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer94/p94su26.htm
Seismic Design Review 
Offer courses for the special civil/seismic principles portion of California Civil Professional Engineers examination. Includes course schedule, and instructor details.
http://www.seismicreview.com/
Seismic Design and Construction 
AISC information on the design and construction of fabricated structural steel buildings.
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/steelstuff/seismic.htm#top
Seismic Isolation of Buildings 
Information on reinforced concrete base isolation systems designed by the Kazakh Research and Experimental Design Institution.
http://members.shaw.ca/olegcher
Seismo-Watch - EQNews 
All earthquake news, all the time. Nothing else.
http://www.seismo-watch.com/EQNEWS/EQNEWS.html
Shake Table 
Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking.
http://www.jclahr.com/science/earth_science/shake/index.html
ShakeZone for Kids 
Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models.
http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm
Shaking Table Laboratory (Japan) 
The high-fidelity shaking table, which can simulate any type of movement, at Kajima Technical Research Institute.
http://www.kajima.co.jp/tech/katri/facility/cont/facility-15.html
Structural Dynamics Laboratory - Kyoto University 
Research unit specializing in the issues associated with the seismic design of civil engineering structures. Includes staff details and research topics.
http://eqgate.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html
Structural Engineering Earthquake Simulation Laboratory 
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
http://civil.eng.buffalo.edu/seesl/computing.html
Structural Systems and Engineering (SSE) 
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.
http://www.eng.nsf.gov/cms/sse.htm
The CASCADE Project 
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
http://cascade.eerc.bris.ac.uk/
The George Housner Earthquake Engineering Collection 
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.
http://library.caltech.edu/collections/earthquake.htm
USC Strong Motion Research Group 
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.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/
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