Earthquakes

Photo finish: Sloanies team up to create Bounce ImagingLow-cost camera targeted for first responders, military

Researchers find building seismic strain in AzerbaijanDeformation caused by colliding tectonic plates may threaten Azerbaijani capital, oil supplies to Europe.

MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative focuses on reconstructionA series of focused efforts in disaster resiliency

Confronting global disasters from afarCreative responses to devastation

MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative receives grantProject prepares for year two in its response to Japan's disaster.

Robert Whitman, longtime CEE professor, dies at 84World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.

Learning the lessons of FukushimaJapan’s nuclear meltdowns provide valuable lessons for the design of future nuclear powerplants.

Putting the pieces togetherMIT researchers reconstruct Baja California’s 2010 ‘Easter Earthquake.’

Pedro Reis, of CEE and MechE, attends NAE's Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Hotspot in the hot seatNew seismic imaging alters the picture beneath Hawaii.

Social entrepreneur and Build Change founder honored for earthquake-resistant housing innovation$100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability Awarded to Dr. Elizabeth Hausler for Culturally Accepted, Sustainable Reconstruction in Developing Countries

Explained: Measuring earthquakesHow do scientists measure jolts such as the recent disaster in Japan? Hint: They don’t use the Richter scale.

Japan’s supply chain ripple effectsMIT researchers assess how the crisis has affected the flow of goods to and from the island nation.

Seeing through the cracksIn the wake of Japan’s largest earthquake, MIT scientists look for geological clues to explain its devastating magnitude

The nuclear crisis and Japan’s governmentAt MIT forum, experts analyze the country's response to the crisis, and give first-hand account of what it was like in Tokyo as the earthquake hit.

What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactorsPanel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

In wake of Japan disaster, MIT community mobilizes for events, fundraising

Letter to the community from President Hockfield on JapanCommunity members in MIT Japan program are accounted for and safe

MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers provide support to the U.S. Haiti relief effort

3 Questions: Eduardo Kausel on Chile’s massive earthquakeHow stringent building codes limited damage in Chile, and why there’s cause for concern in parts of the U.S.

Rebuilding HaitiMIT scholars with ties to Haiti discuss the country's future

3 Questions: Bradford Hager on Haiti’s coming quakesThe MIT geophysicist expects more earthquakes could hit the region relatively soon.

3 Questions: Lawrence Vale on rebuilding HaitiAn MIT urban design expert explains why devastated cities are nearly always rebuilt — but why Haiti faces special challenges to reconstruction.