Earthquakes

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.