[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] Fw: EERI Briefing on Christchurch, New Zealand, Earthquake

Wed Apr 6 19:10:38 UTC 2011

Greetings, all.

The 2011 Christchurch earthquake is especially relevant to the central US setting and risk exposures.  This EERI webinar should be of interest to everyone interested in the earthquake issue here.

Thanks.

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                  Reminder - Briefing on 
                  Christchurch, New Zealand, Earthquake 

                          VIEW ONLINE OR IN PERSON. REVISED AGENDA BELOW.

                        A briefing on the Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake of February 22, 2011, is being jointly organized by EERI's Learning from Earthquakes Program and the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), and co-sponsored by GEER.

                        Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
                        Time: 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME
                        Location: Auditorium in Room 310, Sutardja Dai Hall (CITRIS Building), UC Berkeley Directions Here

                        Briefing Agenda:

                        Introductions & Darfield Earthquake (5 min)
                             Ron Mayes, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger      

                        Earthquake experience, spectral demands, critical building project (15 min)
                             Ken Elwood, Univ. of British Columbia (EERI Reconnaissance Team Co-Leader) 

                        Structural performance observations (15 min)
                             Russell Berkowitz, Forell/Elsesser

                        Performance of unreinforced masonry buildings, focus on retrofits (15 min)
                             Fred Turner, California Seismic Safety Commission

                        Geotechnical observations / engineering geology (10 min)           
                             Donald Wells, AMEC Geomatrix (GEER)

                        Liquefaction (by video conference) (15 min)
                             Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

                        Social Impacts (15 min)
                             Anne Wein, U.S. Geological Survey

                        University, housing, policy, and recovery issues (15 min)  
                             Mary Comerio, Univ. of CA, Berkeley (EERI Reconnaissance Team Co-leader) 

                        Questions & Discussion

                        How can I attend this seminar? 
                        1.        Attend in person at Auditorium in Room 310, Sutardja Dai Hall (CITRIS), UC Berkeley 
                        2.        Watch remotely via Webcast live at 3 pm April 6, 2011 by clicking on this link: mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/PEER.  The webcast will become available at 2:45 pm. It should load automatically, but if you have problems, make sure your computer has the latest version of Windows Media Player, RealPlayer or QuickTime installed. 
                        3.        Videos of the presentations will be posted at http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2011/03/briefing-on-christchurch-new-zealand-earthquake/ for viewing after April 16th. 

                        This seminar is hosted by:
                        • Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER)
                        • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
                        • Geo-Engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)

                        For more information about the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand, visit http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-02-22-christchurch/.   

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