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Chile Earthquake 2010 – Magnitude 8.8

March 1, 2010 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Chile Earthquake 2010 – Magnitude 8.8

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile on Saturday, centered about 200 miles southwest of the capital, Santiago and 70 miles north-northeast of Concepcion, one of the worst hit areas. According to the USGS event page, […]

Preparing for the Big One: Assessing American Building Codes
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Preparing for the Big One: Assessing American Building Codes

June 21, 2010 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Preparing for the Big One: Assessing American Building Codes

Audio files and PowerPoint presentations from an ENR-moderated panel discussion on June 8, 2010 discussing US seismic codes in the context of the observations made from the recent Haiti and Chile earthquakes. The 2010 earthquakes […]

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Italy to use UAV to Monitor Volcano

November 16, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards 1

Italy’s University of Bologna recently made the debut flights of a Raven unmanned air vehicle or UAV intended for use in low altitude monitoring of volcanos. Read on for more details. (Photo of Raven UAV in use by Australian Military, by OzStryker)

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