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	Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) URL: http://www.scec.org/ ODP description: Participants in research on earthquake hazards from nine institutions transfer earthquake information to the public. Page title: Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Home Page Page description: SCEC is a consortium of over 600 scientists at over 55 research institutions, headquartered at the University of Southern California, that work together to study all aspects of earthquake science.
	Earthquake Engineering Projects Summaries (NIST) URL: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/ ODP description: Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST. Page title: Building and Fire Research Laboratory Page description: Major goals of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) are to improve the productivity of the U.S. construction industry, which now faces stiff competition from overseas firms, and to reduce the human and economic losses resulting from fires, earthquakes, winds, and other hazards. Through performance prediction and measurement technologies, as well as technical advances, the laboratory works to improve the life-cycle qual...
	California Earthquake Authority (CEA) URL: http://www.earthquakeauthority.com/ ODP description: The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage.
	National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE) URL: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/ ODP description: Information resources, including an online bibliographic database, slides and photographs, selected papers, related websites, software and data. Page title: Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC): University of California, Berkeley
	Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) URL: http://mceer.buffalo.edu/ ODP description: Description of activities focusing on reduction of earthquake damage and losses through research, development and application of new knowledge and advanced technologies. Page title: MCEER, from Earthquake Engineering to Extreme Events \| Home Page Page description: MCEER is a national center of excellence dedicated to the discovery and development of new knowledge, tools and technologies that equip communities to become more disaster resilient in the face of earthquakes and other extreme events. MCEER accomplishes this through a system of multidisciplinary, multi-hazard research, education and outreach initiatives. Headquartered at the University at Buffalo, MCEER comprises a consortium of researchers...
	Earthquake Research Institute (Japan) URL: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ ODP description: Links to Divisions and Research Centers of the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo. Page title: Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
	Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center URL: http://peer.berkeley.edu/ ODP description: Research center's activities focusing on earthquake issues for the U.S. West Coast. Page title: Welcome to Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center - PEER Page description: The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is a nine-campus research center headquartered at the University of California, Berkeley, working to develop, validate, and disseminate performance-based seismic design technologies for buildings and infrastructure to meet the diverse economic and safety needs of land owners and society. PEER is administered under the National Science Foundation's Engineering Centers Program.
	Center for Earthquake Research and Information (ERI) URL: http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/ ODP description: Research center at the University of Memphis is focusing on the earthquake activities and campus vulnerability studies. Page title: Center for Earthquake Research and Information
	Earthquake Country Handbook (SCEC) URL: http://www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/ ODP description: Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995. Page title: Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country
	Applied Technology Council (ATC) URL: http://www.atcouncil.org/ ODP description: Information on engineering applications to mitigate the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment. Page title: ATC: Structural engineering applications for earthquake, wind, flood, and man-made hazard mitigation
	PEER Strong Motion Database URL: http://peer.berkeley.edu/smcat/ ODP description: Relational database providing information about and access to strong motion recordings. Available in both java and text versions. Page title: PEER Strong Motion Database: Introduction
	International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) URL: http://www.iaee.or.jp/ ODP description: Links and publications in the field of earthquake engineering for interchange of knowledge, ideas, results of research and practical experience. Page title: IAEE
	CUREE URL: http://www.curee.org/ ODP description: Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering. Page title: CUREE Homepage
	ShakeZone for Kids URL: http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm ODP description: Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models. Page description: Video footage of earthquake damage and of shake table testing of building models.
	Mid-America Earthquake Center - MAE URL: http://mae.ce.uiuc.edu/ ODP description: Research and education center focusing on earthquake hazards mitigation for the low-frequency, but high consequence seismic events that are possible in Mid-America. Includes calendar of events and webcasts. University of Illinois. Page title: Mid-America Earthquake Center
	John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center (Stanford University) URL: http://blume.stanford.edu/ ODP description: News and reports on the advancement of research, education and practice. Page title: Blume Center Home Page
	Earthquake and Housing Impacts for Bay Area URL: http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/shelpop/bldg.html ODP description: Seismic analysis of the extensive Bay Area housing stock including buildings that are broadly classified according to their basic characteristics. Page title: ABAG Quake Info - Impacts of Earthquakes on Buildings from Shaken Awake!
	USC Strong Motion Research Group URL: http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/ ODP description: 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. Page title: USC Earthquake Engineering - Strong Motion Group
	USGS - National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project URL: http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov/ ODP description: Access to probabilistic ground motion hazard maps, faults with slip rates and building code maps. Page title: National & Regional Seismic Hazard Maps Page description: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards
	Seismic Design Review URL: http://www.seismicreview.com/ ODP description: Offer courses for the special civil/seismic principles portion of California Civil Professional Engineers examination. Includes course schedule, and instructor details. Page title: Seismic Design Review Home