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Information on seismic risk mitigation and data on economic impact of events.
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California Seismic Safety Commission Commission makes no warranties as to the suitability of this product for any purpose. Get Adobe Reader The mission of theiSeismic Safety Commission is to provide decision makers and the general public with cost effective recommendations to reduce earthquake losses...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.
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: Home Site Map|Media|Links Home Membership News CDsPublications Learning From Earthquakes About EERI Committees Bylaws 5 Year Plan Progress Report Honors Awards Fellowships...California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG) provides possibility to view/download strong motion data.
http://docinet3.consrv.ca.gov/csmip/
News and reports on the advancement of research, education and practice.
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Blume Center Home Page University is devoted to the advancement of research, education and practice in earthquake engineering. The Blume Center, part of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has a strong commitment to serve the profession and the community in reducing earthquake...Research and education center at University of Illinois activities focusing on earthquake hazards mitigation for the low-frequency, but high consequence seismic events that are possible in Mid-America.
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http mae.cee.uiuc.edu Home Forms Calendar MAELive MAE Center About MAE Core Institutions Mission Resources Contacts MAE Staff Program Coordinators Principal Investigators Leadership Team Institutional Reps Executive Board Interinst. Committee Guest Registration Core Research Overview Research Groups Framework Development Damage Synthesis Consequen. Minimization...Information and data for significant siesmic events from the U.S. Geological Survey
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U.S. Geological Survey National Strong-Motion Program NSMP L of this page is http nsmp.wr.usgs.gov Web site maintained by Kent Fogleman Site last modified October 25, 2005 (KF) USGS Privacy Statement USGS Accessibility Statement...Research center's activities focusing on earthquake issues for the U.S. West Coast.
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Welcome to PEER Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Products home news calendar search sitemap Submitting a PEER Final Report NEWS/EVENTS 5th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways September 18-20, 2006 San Francisco, CA PEER is awarded $2,250,000 contract from Caltrans Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) was...Participants in research on earthquake hazards from nine institutions transfer earthquake information to the public.
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Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Home Page Home Quick Links Featured Item Recent Items Read Summaries of other SCEC News Myths Facts EQNET: links to other earthquake Organizations Copyright 2005 Southern California Earthquake Center at the University of Southern California. All RIGHTS RESERVED. Privacy Policy...Relational database providing information about and access to strong motion recordings.
http://smdb.crustal.ucsb.edu/
Information on the ability of the Army to perform earthquake engineering and geosciences research.
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Geotechnical, Earthquake, and Geosciences Division, Geotechnical Laboratory, WES, ERDC Newsletter contains article about USACE Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program Report Seismic Remediation at Corps Dams Engineering Geology ERDC Geotechnical and Materials Expertise Applicable to Abandoned Mine Lands Capability Package Groundwater Modeling System Land Loss Mapping Sediment Monitoring Modeling Project, Fort Leonard...This library of the California Institute of Technology supports research in the field of earthquake engineering.
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Caltech Library System Special emphases are strong-motion accelerogram data and disaster-related topics including public policy not limited to earthquakes. The collection includes the major technical report collections in the field, as well as slide collections and videotapes. This collection was originally a component...Links on prediction of liquefaction resistance.
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Domain Name Renewal and web hosting from Network Solutions If you are the current registrant for this domain name* and wish to continue the registration on the domain, you must immediately renew the domain to ensure the name is not deleted from your account Once a domain name has...Searchable database of strong motion ground records processed by Dr. Walt Silva.
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PEER Strong Motion Database: Introduction Engineering using publicly available data from Federal, State, and private providers of strong motion data. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the California Energy Commission, and the California Department of Transportation have sponsored the development of the strong motion database...Images from the 1907 U.S. Geological Survey report.
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake Fire Images of a ten day cruise to the Mexican Riviera City of San Francisco Municipal Reports on the Earthquake and Fire (return link) The U. S. Geological Survey Report on the San Francisco Earthquake of April 18, 1906 Preface to...Information resources, including an online bibliographic database, slides and photographs, selected papers, related websites, software and data.
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NISEE: National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Visual Resource Databases William Godden Structural Engineering Slide Library EQIIS and Karl Steinbrugge Image Database The Jan Kozak Collection of Historical Earthquakes V. V. Bertero's Introduction to Earthquake Engineering Images of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (1.9 MB...Searchable database containing links related to Earthquake Engineering and a variety of categories in emergency management.
http://www.fema.gov/gems/
Links to the web sites dealing with earthquakes and earthquake engineering.
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EQNET: Earthquake Information Network Created and maintained by MCEER Recent Significant Disaster Events: October 8, 2005 Pakistan Earthquake August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina June 14, 2005 Northern California Earthquake June 13, 2005 Tarapaca, Chile Earthquake March 28, 2005 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Earthquake March 21,...Links and publications in the field of earthquake engineering for interchange of knowledge, ideas, results of research and practical experience.
http://www.iaee.or.jp/
The Council develops and promotes earthquake risk mitigation regulatory provisions for the nation.
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BSSC S develops and promotes building earthquake risk mitigation regulatory provisions for the nation. You can now renew your membership online! 2005 Annual Meeting presentations USGS Seismic Hazard Maps 2003 NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other...Database of activities.
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CAEE: Canadian Earthquake Engineering Research Database Please note that the url of the CAEE Research Database website is case sensitive. The actual website you have been looking for is located at http www.cee.carleton.ca/caee. You'll be automatically redirected to the website, if your browser supports that feature....A technical society of the Australian Institution of Engineers presents its earthquake related activities.
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The Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Society aims to promote the practice of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology. 2005 Annual Conference Download the Call For Papers form as a PDF or Word document Download the Conference Registration form (PDF) The Society Newsletters Executive The (new) constitution...Information on engineering applications to mitigate the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment.
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ATC: Structural engineering applications for earthquake, wind, flood, and man-made hazard mitigation Applied Technology Council A Nonprofit Corporation Advancing Engineering Applications for Hazard Mitigation California Washington, DC Area tr hei...Video footage: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center at UC Berkeley investigates the progressive collapse of reinforced concrete buildings during earthquake imitations.
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Shaking Table Testing Tests are currently being conducted at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center's Earthquake Simulator Lab at UC Berkeley to investigate the progressive collapse of reinforced concrete buildings during earthquakes. The specimen being tested on the shake table is a half-scale...Sandia National Laboratories program to make buildings more resistant to earthquakes and other natural and man-made insults.
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Sandia National Laboratories Architectural Surety For additional information call Rudy Matalucci, 505-844-8804 or email Rudy Matalucci Donna Bruce Last modified:August 30, 2001...Headlines of a major earthquake engineering research equipment project of the National Science Foundation.
http://www.eng.nsf.gov/nees/
Links to Divisions and Research Centers of the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo.
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Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo Now there is no recruitment Earthquake Volcano Pakistan Earthquake (2005/10/08 2005/10/13] Northern Peru Earthquake (2005/09/26 2005/09/30] Report of air inspection of Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands in August 2005 [2005/09/01] Miyagi-Oki Earthquake (2005/08/16 2005/08/16] Off the Coast of Northern California...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).
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Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA) Access to world literature in earthquake engineering since 1971 is now available as part of the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) internet database service. Faculty, Staff and Students within the University of California, click here to access EEA through the California...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
Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series online.
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Krawinkler Center has set the objective to develop procedures, knowledge, and tools that will provide the foundation on which to base the implementation of PBEE in engineering practice. The approach is aimed at improving decision-making about seismic risk by making the...The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering electronic newsletter and other information.
http://www.nzsee.org.nz/
Information and services available through the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Technology Business Cluster.
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Earthquake Engineering New Zealand Section to be updated with the latest changes We are a network of New Zealand consultants, device manufacturers, researchers and educators, able to deliver to you the world's best practice in earthquake engineering, seismology, and related services. Every care has...Seattle television news presentation from the day of the earthquake. Shows effects of shaking.
http://www.seattleinsider.com/pa...tv/news/2001/02/28/video_56.html
Announcement on the California Civil P.E. Examination courses for the Special Civil/Seismic Principles portion.
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FURNITURE SALE Please click on the links below to view pictures of the items available Dining set Entertainment Center Barstools This page has been accessed times. This page was last updated on October 22, 2005...California Program presentation.
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dmg/shezp/
AISC information on the design and construction of fabricated structural steel buildings.
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Seismic Design and Construction Wind controls over earthquake (with R taken as equal to or less than 3 for design purposes) and the building is designed to meet the provisions in the AISC LRFD Specification for Structural Steel Buildings using structural steel systems of...Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST.
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Building and Fire Research Laboratory Enable scientific and technology-based innovation to modernize and enhance the performance of construction materials and systems. Fire Loss Reduction: Enable engineered fire safety for people, products, facilities; and enhanced firefighter effectiveness with 50% reduction in fatalities. Enhanced Building Performance: Provide...A five-year collaborative project to create a better, more effective real-time earthquake information system for Southern California. It will incorporate new technologies to provide vital information within minutes of an earthquake.
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Untitled Document It has been replaced by the following web sites: www.cisn.org general statewide earthquake information www.quake.ca.gov earthquake information and strong motion data from CGS pasadena.wr.usgs.gov earthquake information from southern California www.scsn.org information about the Southern California Seismic Network. www.data.scec.org earthquake catalogs...Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.
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CUREE Homepage Awards see complete listing] CUREE Bylaws Change and Board of Directors Election view results] UPDATE New CUREE phone number 510) 665-3529 [see complete listing] 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference to co-convene with other events taking place including EERI 8th U.S. National...Holmes Consulting Group presentation.
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Holmes Consulting Group Visual Seismic Analysis animated samples At every one hundredth of a second during each simulated earthquake, the forces and stresses in the structure are measured and displayed. This time history analysis takes into account the accumulated effect of weakened members that occurred at the early...Aichi Institute of Technology presentation.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/seirex/
Information concerning earthquakes, related campus research, design and preparedness.
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UALR Arkansas Earthquake Center Home Page Public Earthquake Information, School Resources, Business Continuity, Government Policy, Engineerng Design, Seismic Research General information on earthquakes, the New Madrid Fault, maps, preparedness and response. Hazard Mitigation. Hazard Mitigation Plans for the State of Arkansas and Clay County, Arkansas. Business Employee guides; crisis communication, business continuity, and disaster recovery plans; post-disaster business loans...Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special Task Committee of Earthquake Resistance of Civil Engineering Structures' activities information.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS JAPAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS JAPAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS SPECIAL TASK COMMITTEE OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES Home Page Collapse of a 635-m section of single-piered bridges Source:Records of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Edited by...The Northridge Earthquake: Lessons learned and progress made in seismic-resistant bridge design.
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PUBLIC ROADS On-Line (Summer 1994 The Northridge Earthquake: Progress Made, Lessons learned in Seismic-Resistant bridge Design Northridge section of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, Calif. The earthquake had a Richter magnitude of 6.7. Its epicentral region was the same area that had been rocked during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. Fifty-seven people lost their...Online broadcast and archived lectures.
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Linbeck Bringing together practitioners and researchers to tackle the challenges of protecting our nation's infrastructure against seismic hazards Featured Lecturers, Topics, and Archived Webcasts ____________________ Earthquake Engineering Laboratories at Notre Dame ____________________ Sponsor and Coordinator Information ____________________ Download Printable Poster University...Information about damage of steel piers by focusing on column and beam members with variable cross-sections.
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Toshihiro MIKI (Kobe Earthquake) Earthquake occurred at the northern part of Awaji Island near Kobe. It was a Richter magnitude 7.2. In the modern elevated bridges of highway, many steel piers were significantly damaged. This page shows the earthquake damage of steel piers by...Online publication at WorldSciNet.
http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/jee/05/0502/S1363246901000340.html
Videos and other information on typical building damage.
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Damage statistics from past California earthquakes (from ABAG Shaken Awake! report) How Large Will Housing Losses Be? 2003 ABAG estimates of uninhabitable housing units based on earthquake scenarios issued by USGS in April 2003 (Adobe Acrobat file) Location of Damage...The high-fidelity shaking table, which can simulate any type of movement, at Kajima Technical Research Institute.
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KaTRI's Possessing Technologies Japan is confronted with the problem of earthquakes. Contemporary structures are becoming more cpmplex, and more required of these structures in terms of their functions, so the role of shaking table test is increasingly important in assuring the aseismatic performance...Special report.
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Hanshin Earthquake Special Earthquake which struck at 05:46 in the morning of January 17th visited unprecedented damage to the Hanshin area. Kajima established disaster headquarters in the head office, the Osaka branch (currently the Kansai branch) and the Kobe district office immediately after...The 1995 earthquake records of damage and rehabilitation.
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Seismo-Watch EQNews! All earthquake news, all the time. Nothing else! This site has been discontinued following the September 2003 hacking of seismo-watch.com Sorry for the inconvenience. Charles Watson Seismo-Watch To get rapid worldwide earthquake news, try the following link: Google earthquake news search refine your search by adding key words,...The site contains research papers which are developed at CSUN and presented in a brief and visual format.
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Hot Topics This page was last updated on 01 May 2005...Offers a wide range of seismic, structural, and vibration evaluations utilizing one of the largest shake tables in the Northwest as well as other analytical techniques like finite element analysis.
http://www.ce.pdx.edu/star/
Explains about using reinforced hollow concrete block masonry to protect a building from this disaster. Includes a FAQ's page and photos of this technique.
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This is the personal web page of Mr Guru Bhagavan This is the personal web page of Mr. N.G.Bhagavan, a Civil Structural engineer where his twenty years of experience is unfolded into a pack of semi-technical information capsules on innovative building construction technologies, particularly on a disaster resistant construction system...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.
http://civil.eng.buffalo.edu/seesl/computing.html
The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage.
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California Earthquake Authority Acrobat reader is required to view the documents listed below. To download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat reader, please click here. CEA Meetings Schedules Attachments Public Meeting Advisory Panel October 27, 2005 Listen to CEA Governing Board Meetings LIVE!...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 assurance systems.
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Cascade: Cascade Union funded project and is a network for collaboration in Earthquake Engineering. The network has been formed from 6 Large Infrastructures and 8 other laboratories involved in structural dynamics. Read the partners list here. There are four principle objectives of...Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking.
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SHAKE TABLE A shake table can be used to test the resistance of structures to seismic shaking. It can also be used to demonstrate the sensitivity of structures of different heights to the frequency of the ground motion. The shake table pictured...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
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.
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USC Earthquake Engineering Strong Motion Group Interdisciplinary research, with focus on i) earthquake strong ground motion for engineering applications, and (ii) earthquake response of man made structures, aiming to improvement of the seismic design procedures and earthquake risks reduction. The group operates the Los Angeles and...California State University, Northridge research projects in the area of earthquake, wind and terrorist blast protection.
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CE Research Page Engineering research project CME-C1. Project title Structural Control for Housing Projects Investigators: S. Gadomski, V. Shustov CME-C2. Project title Code of Seismic Performance: A New Concept Investigators: R. DiJulio, V. Shustov CME-C3. Project title Building Code Earthquake Insurance Investigators: S....Includes information on crashworthiness of structures, predictions, earthquakes, volcanos, analysis, design, and foundations.
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Earthquakes Resistant Structures and More Site presents views of the Author. All Copyrights. This site is of a practicing Structural Consultant. B.Tech Civil M.Tech Structural Engg and Ph.D Structural Crashworthiness With extensive industrial and academic experience and expertise in Structural Engineering. Click on this line...Information on reinforced concrete base isolation systems designed by the Kazakh Research and Experimental Design Institution.
http://members.shaw.ca/olegcher
University of Texas, Austin provides links to Student Chapters of EERI.
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute UT Austin Institute is an interdisciplinary student organization concerned with the effects of earthquakes and earthquake hazard reduction. EERI SEMINAR:(Tuesday, Oct. 25) Dr. Guney Ozcebe of Middle Eastern Technical University (METU Ankara, Turkey will be presenting a seminar on AN OVERVIEW ON...Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.
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Putting Down Roots In Earthquake Country Know what it takes when the earth shakes! Home News Calendar Catalog Contact Us The Alliance Featured Resource Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country Southern California version Read online Download PDF Request hard copy San Francisco Bay Region version Putting...Events calendar and information on guest speakers and the shake table.
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) University of Minnesota (U of MN) Student ChapterM The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the 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).
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NEES Minnesota T control pod to undergraduate assistant Welcome to the MAST Laboratory The Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) Laboratory, located on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, comprises one node of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering...Access to probabilistic ground motion hazard maps, faults with slip rates and building code maps.
http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov/
Research, teaching and commercial activities at the University of Bristol (UK).
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/eerc/