06/04/2020
Monte Cristo Earthquake fault still active with 6,500 aftershocks | University of Nevada, Reno University geoscience teams monitoring, finding, mapping damage and surface ruptures
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute - University of Nevada, Reno Student Chapter
06/04/2020
Monte Cristo Earthquake fault still active with 6,500 aftershocks | University of Nevada, Reno University geoscience teams monitoring, finding, mapping damage and surface ruptures
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06/04/2020
Earthquake: 5.5 quake strikes near Ridgecrest and shakes Southern California
Earthquake: 5.5 quake strikes near Ridgecrest and shakes Southern California A late aftershock to last summer's Ridgecrest earthquakes has shaken up Southern California
Amazing Sky Vision video of earthquake damage and repairs done on U.S. 95 in central Nevada
Amazing Sky Vision video of earthquake damage on U.S. 95 in central Nevada Check out this amazing Sky Vision video of damage to U. S. 95 from Friday morning's magnitude 6. 5 earthquake in remote western Nevada. According to the U. S. Geological Survey, the temblor was reported at 4:03 a. m. about 35 miles outside Tonopah, just east of the Sierra Nevada range. The Esmeralda...
05/15/2020
Large historical earthquakes and associates surface ruptures (red lines) in the area of the M6.5 Tonopah event (red star). Orange lines show Quaternary faults with a latest Pleistocene or younger age of most recent movement; all other Quaternary faults shown in black.
05/15/2020
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near Tonopah, Nevada, near the California-Nevada border and about 120 miles southeast of Carson City, early this morning on May 15, 2020, at 4:03 am local time (11:03:27 UTC).
Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake in Nevada Seismic instruments indicate the earthquake originated at a depth of 1.7 miles (2.8 km). The quake occurred as the result of strike slip faulting in the shallow crust of the North America plate.The earthquake struck about 34.7 miles (56 km) west of Tonopah, Nevada, and about 120 miles south east of....
05/15/2020
Foundation Professor M. “Saiid” Saiidi to retire
Foundation Professor M. “Saiid” Saiidi to retire | University of Nevada, Reno After 41 years of a distinguished career in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saiidi will retire at the end of this semester
10/24/2019
College of Engineering to test soil/building interaction in world-renowned earthquake engineering lab | University of Nevada, Reno New capabilities for the seismic analysis of nuclear facilities funded by the DOE
09/25/2019
"With the awarding of a GAANN grant to the CEE deparment, the University of Nevada, Reno, joins the ranks of our nation's most accomplished research universities including Duke University, Penn State University and the University of California, Davis," said David Zeh, Dean of the Graduate School.
GAANN grant helps graduate students with fellowships | University of Nevada, Reno Provided by the Department of Education, the department of civil and environmental engineering will use the grant for Ph.D. students
09/16/2019
Call for papers / organized sessions: 17WCEE -17th WORLD CONFERENCE ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING- Call for papers / organized sessions: 17th WORLD CONFERENCE ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
FREE WEBINAR: Don't miss this great learning opportunity — join us for an informative session 9/12 on earthquake resilience and earthquake engineering with David Bonowitz, coordinated by EERI Younger Members Committee.
08/29/2019
Apply now for the EERI Annual Undergraduate Student Paper Competition. Application deadline Oct. 15.
Are you an undergraduate student or know of one? Apply now for the EERI Annual Undergraduate Student Paper Competition. Share your knowledge and get recognized in the field! Application deadline Oct. 15. Learn more + apply: bit.ly/EERI-Undergrad-Paper