Related EERI Publications

EERI members can download the following publication at no charge from the members-only area of the web site http://www.eeri.org/site/membership/membership-renewal. A limited number of printed versions are available free-of-charge to members and nonmembers by calling 510-451-0905 or e-mailing EERI Here.

Recent Italian Earthquakes: Examination of Structural Vulnerability, Damage, and Post-Earthquake Practices, by Joe Maffei, Paolo Bazzurro, Joshua Marrow, and Agostino Goretti. Italy has comprehensive systems in place for the collection of earthquake damage data and the prediction of building vulnerability. Published in 2006, this 180-page report capitalizes on the “living laboratory” of earthquake damage experience and research in Italy, where sophisticated methods of damage and vulnerability assessment have been developed over the last 30 years. The report explores the distinctive Italian practices from several angles: by reviewing Italian damage and vulnerability assessment procedures in general, by studying specific buildings, by examining the uniquely detailed Italian methods of classifying construction types, and by reporting findings based on Italian data collection.

EERI members can download the following special issue of Earthquake Spectra originally published in July 2004 (http://scitation.aip.org/vsearch/servlet/VerityServlet?KEY=EASPEF&ONLINE=YES). It is also available to members and nonmembers for $25 plus shipping from http://www.eeri.org/cds_publications/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_26&products_id=246

2002 Molise, Italy, Earthquake Reconnaissance Report, Paolo Bazzurro and Joe Maffei, tech. eds. On October 31 and November 1, 2002, two magnitude Mw 5.7 earthquakes struck the rural Molise region in southeastern Italy, killing 30 people, 27 of whom were children trapped in the collapse of an elementary school. This 360-page report covers the findings of ongoing studies of the technical and social lessons afforded by the disaster. In 1998 the area was declared a medium seismicity zone, but an administrative delay in updating the seismic zonation meant that up until the time of the earthquake, there were no seismic requirements for new construction