Seismic Design Review
- Offer courses for the special civil/seismic principles portion of California Civil Professional Engineers examination. Includes course schedule, and instructor details.
- http://www.seismicreview.com/

Structural Dynamics Laboratory - Kyoto University
- Research unit specializing in the issues associated with the seismic design of civil engineering structures. Includes staff details and research topics.
- http://eqgate.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html

Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering
- Conduct seismic tests with a 6 degree freedom mechanical shaking table simulator, research and structural analysis with the help of reaction and shear walls. Includes reasearch activities and publications. National Technical University Athens.
- http://www.civil.ntua.gr/earthquake_gr

EqTAP Digital City Tool Box
- Multi-lateral research project. Features objectives, research, participants, publications, and case studies.
- http://eqtap.edm.bosai.go.jp/

Middle East Seismological Forum - MESF
- Non-profit scientific forum that provides a source for authoritative earthquake information on the middle eastern region’s seismicity, seismologists and ongoing scientific activities .
- http://www.meseisforum.net

Mid-America Earthquake Center - MAE
- 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.
- http://mae.ce.uiuc.edu/

Earthquake Engineering Research Center - EERC
- Conducts research and public service programs aimed at protecting the public and its property from the destructive effects of earthquakes. Includes online searcheable library. University of California, Berkeley.
- http://eerc.berkeley.edu/

Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC)
- Research, teaching and commercial activities at the University of Bristol (UK).
- http://www.bristol.ac.uk/eerc/

USGS - National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project
- Access to probabilistic ground motion hazard maps, faults with slip rates and building code maps.
- http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov/

MAST Laboratory, University of Minnesota
- Earthquake simulation research laboratory specializing in testing the durability of large-scale structural components. A participant in the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES).
- http://nees.umn.edu/

Earthquake Country Handbook (SCEC)
- Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.
- http://www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/

Seismic Isolation of Buildings
- Information on reinforced concrete base isolation systems designed by the Kazakh Research and Experimental Design Institution.
- http://members.shaw.ca/olegcher

Earthquake Engineering and other Research Projects
- California State University, Northridge research projects in the area of earthquake, wind and terrorist blast protection.
- http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/CME_research.htm

ShakeZone for Kids
- Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models.
- http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm

USC Strong Motion Research Group
- 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.
- http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/

Structural Systems and Engineering (SSE)
- Information on National Science Foundation research program to support development of new design concepts and technologies for improving the behavior of structural systems subject to natural hazards.
- http://www.eng.nsf.gov/cms/sse.htm

Shake Table
- Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking.
- http://www.jclahr.com/science/earth_science/shake/index.html

The CASCADE Project
- Promotes collaboration and co-operation between earthquake engineering facilities within the European Union. The site is a resource allowing publication of reports covering comparison of facilities, standardisation of test procedures and quality assuranc
- http://cascade.eerc.bris.ac.uk/

California Earthquake Authority (CEA)
- The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage.
- http://www.earthquakeauthority.com/

Structural Engineering Earthquake Simulation Laboratory
- Includes a 12 X12 foot seismic shaking table simulator, and an 18" thick concrete "strong floor" which covers an overall area of 3400 square feet. Offers material testing equipment for both static and dynamic loading systems; a structural m
- http://civil.eng.buffalo.edu/seesl/computing.html

Hot Topics in Earthquake, Wind and Blast Protection Engineering
- The site contains research papers which are developed at CSUN and presented in a brief and visual format.
- http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/Hot_Topics.htm

Seismo-Watch - EQNews
- All earthquake news, all the time. Nothing else.
- http://www.seismo-watch.com/EQNEWS/EQNEWS.html

Disaster of Kobe City (Japan)
- The 1995 earthquake records of damage and rehabilitation.
- http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/15/020/quake/index.html

Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (Japan)
- Special report.
- http://www.kajima.co.jp/tech/hanshin_earthquake/index.html

Shaking Table Laboratory (Japan)
- The high-fidelity shaking table, which can simulate any type of movement, at Kajima Technical Research Institute.
- http://www.kajima.co.jp/tech/katri/facility/cont/facility-15.html

ABAG Data on Earthquakes and Housing
- Videos and other information on typical building damage.
- http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqhouse.html

Out-of-Plane Seismic Resistance of Masonry Walls
- Online publication at WorldSciNet.
- http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/jee/05/0502/S1363246901000340.html

Damage of Steel Piers at Kobe Earthquake (Japan)
- Information about damage of steel piers by focusing on column and beam members with variable cross-sections.
- http://www.daido-it.ac.jp/~doboku/miki/kobe1.html

Center for Earthquake Research and Information (ERI)
- Research center at the University of Memphis is focusing on the earthquake activities and campus vulnerability studies.
- http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/

Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series in Earthquake Engineering
- Online broadcast and archived lectures.
- http://www.nd.edu/~linbeck/

Public Roads On-Line (Summer 1994)
- The Northridge Earthquake: Lessons learned and progress made in seismic-resistant bridge design.
- http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer94/p94su26.htm

Earthquake Resistance Committee (Japan)
- Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special Task Committee of Earthquake Resistance of Civil Engineering Structures' activities information.
- http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/earth/index-e.html

UALR Arkansas Earthquake Center
- Information concerning earthquakes, related campus research, design and preparedness.
- http://quake.ualr.edu/

Seismic Resistance Experiment Center (Japan)
- Aichi Institute of Technology presentation.
- http://www.aitech.ac.jp/seirex/

Visual Seismic Analysis animated samples
- Holmes Consulting Group presentation.
- http://www.holmesgroup.com/animation.html

CUREE
- Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.
- http://www.curee.org/

Earthquake Engineering Projects Summaries (NIST)
- Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST.
- http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/

Seismic Design and Construction
- AISC information on the design and construction of fabricated structural steel buildings.
- http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/steelstuff/seismic.htm#top

Earthquake Engineering Technology of New Zealand
- Information and services available through the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Technology Business Cluster.
- http://www.earthquakeengineering.com/

NZSEE Home page
- The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering electronic newsletter and other information.
- http://www.nzsee.org.nz/

Progress and Challenges in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
- Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series online.
- http://www.nd.edu/~linbeck/krawinkler.htm

Earthquake and Housing Impacts for Bay Area