10/05/2017

Taking Lessons From Deadly Earthquakes

Experts are investigating what happened following the Sept. 19 earthquake in Central Mexico

Following the devastating Central Mexico earthquake, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is on the ground gathering information, which it hopes will be used to reduce risk.

As part of its Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) program, a team of seismologists and social scientists from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is on the ground in Central Mexico trying to make sense of what happened following the Sept. 19 earthquake that toppled numerous buildings and killed more than 350 people.

EERI, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials and social scientists, established the program back in 1973 to both reduce the loss of life and infrastructure during earthquakes and boost community resilience during these disasters. To achieve this goal, LFE seeks to collect data from its own field reconnaissance as well as its collaborations with other organizations. It then disseminates the main takeaways with professionals ranging from city planners to architects.

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