Applied Technology Council (ATC)
- Information on engineering applications to mitigate the effects of natural
and other hazards on the built environment.
Architectural Surety Projects
- Sandia National Laboratories program to make buildings more resistant
to earthquakes and other natural and man-made insults.
Brown Center
for Innovation (BCI): Virtual_Tour - Welcome to fascinating trips to
the planets of Solar System, the world of Earthquake Engineering, secrets
of the Global Weather Machine and more.
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.
CUREE - Consortium of Universities
for Research in Earthquake Engineering.
Current PEER/UC Berkeley
Shaking Table Testing - Video footage: Pacific Earthquake Engineering
Research Center at UC Berkeley investigates the progressive collapse of
reinforced concrete buildings during earthquake imitations.
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.
Earthquake Country
Handbook (SCEC) - Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in
Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October
of 1995.
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).
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.
Earthquake
Resistance Committee (Japan) - Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special
Task Committee of Earthquake Resistance of Civil Engineering Structures'
activities information.
Encyclopedia of Housing (EERI/IAEE)
- Construction Types in Seismically-Prone Areas of the World (for viewing
requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher).
Examination: Seismic Principles
- Announcement on the California Civil P.E. Examination courses for the
Special Civil/Seismic Principles portion.
Global Emergency Management System
- Searchable database containing links related to Earthquake Engineering
and a variety of categories in emergency management.
Global
Seismisity Map - Interactive educational display developed by IRIS
Consortium, U.S. Geological Survey.
ICBO Code Central - International
Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) provides information on its development
of the International Building Code, Uniform Building Code and related codes
for earthquake design and construction.
Make-a-Quake
(TLC): an interactive animation on engineering a building to outlast
the "Big One" by Patrick J. Kiger.
Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Center
- 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.
Shake
Table at a Classroom - How to build a shake table to test the resistance
of structures to earthquake shaking.
Shake Table Experiments
- Three action exhibits on earthquakes are on public display now at the
Denver Federal Center's Earth Science Information Center.
ShakeZone for Kids - Classroom exercises and
video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building
models.
Shaking
Table Laboratory (Japan) - The high-fidelity shaking table, which can
simulate any type of movement, at Kajima Technical Research Institute.
Strong Motion Database (SCEC)
- Relational database providing information about and access to strong
motion recordings.
Structural Systems
and Engineering (SSE) - Information on a NSF research program to support
development of new design concepts and technologies for improving the behavior
of structural systems subject to natural hazards.
TriNet: The Seismic System for Southern
California - 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.
Editor: Dr. Valentin Shustov 
SEISMIC CONTROL DIRECTORY