NERC Newsletter - July 2018

National Earthquake Resiliency Coalition Newsletter

Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2018

Coalition News


FEMA Senior Geophysicist Michael G. Mahoney receives the prestigious 2018 Alfred E. Alquist Special Recognition Award and Medal for lifetime achievement. Photo by Marshall Lew

Announcement - 2018 Alfred E. Alquist Special Recognition Award and Medal

Recognizing a lifetime of Earthquake Engineering Achievement

On June 28, 2018 our friend and colleague Michael "Mike" Mahoney of the Risk Management Directorate, Building Science Branch, received the 2018 Alfred E. Alquist Special Recognition Award and Medal for lifetime achievement.

Presented by David A. Friedman, President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), at the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, in Los Angeles, California, the award recognizes Mike's exceptional contributions to advancing seismic risk reduction through a career dedicated to designing and supporting FEMA projects that have led to major advances in professional practices, the development of influential risk mitigation resources, and enhanced seismic safety both in the United States and internationally. Read More >

Upcoming Events & Disaster Conference News

2018 FEMA Ready Business - QuakeSmart Workshop Schedule

FEMA and FLASH will present free Ready Business - QuakeSmart Workshops in the following locations during 2018. Representatives from businesses, cities, corporations, counties, organizations, private sector partners, tribal governments, and others looking to prepare for earthquakes

are all invited.

July 31, 2018 - Fajardo, Puerto Rico
August 2, 2018 - Puerto Rico
September 19, 2018 - Golden, CO
October 3, 2018 - Jackson, WY
October 11, 2018 - Benton, AR
October 18, 2018 - Albuquerque, NM

Ready Business - QuakeSmart Workshops are free, but registration is required. Click here to register.

If you would like to learn more about these valuable workshops featuring the Ready Business - QuakeSmart Toolkits , expert speakers, and local risk information, contact Mike Rimoldi at [email protected] today.

Please help us share and promote these workshops through your networks.

September 15 - 23, 2018 - AEG 61st Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress - San Francisco, California
October 18, 2018 - International ShakeOut Day
November 7 - 9, 2018 - FLASH National Disaster Resilience Conference-Clearwater Beach, FL
November 12 - 14, 2018 - 17th U.S. - Japan-New Zealand Workshop on the Improvement of Structural Engineering and Resilience (ATC-15-16)
March 5-8, 2019 - EERI 2019 Annual Meeting - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Save the Date)

Partner Profile


Kate Long

Partner Profile - Kate Long

1. What is the background/history of your organization?

I'm currently a partner in the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, along with Dr. Jones and two other close colleagues. Coming from separate agencies/areas - science, emergency management, business resilience, community engagement - the four of us had collaborated over the past decade on projects at the nexus of scientific advancement and use of that science by policy makers and practitioners to improve disaster resilience. We'd had both good success and a good time doing it. (As our friend Dr. Dennis Mileti puts it: "The most interesting work is always at the margins between the disciplines.") We formed The Center to continue the long handshake that transforms science-based information into programs and practices that serve societal needs and improve both disaster resilience as a foundational component of overall community resilience.

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New Articles, Findings & Reports

Sarah Ellis. May 31, 2018. SC isn't known for earthquakes, but this small town has had 3 in 6 months. Whats up?
Ashley Ellis. June 1, 2018. Oklahoma study reveals possible, previously unknown sources of earthquakes.
Scott McLean, et al. June 5, 2018. Earthquakes rock Kilauea's summit, lava covers nearly 5,000 acres.
The Associated Press. June 6, 2018. Alaska researchers aim to predict earthquake activity.
June 11, 2018. Washington Planning Second Large-Scale Earthquake Drill.
June 11, 2018. 3D-printed earthquake fault model "shakes" up Congressional meeting.
Rob Lenihan. June 12, 2018. Man-made quakes shake up modeling.
Rong-Gong Lin II. June 13, 2018. From earthquake's destruction, a new San Francisco rises three decades later.
Deborah Wang. June 13, 2018. Portland Moves One Step Closer to Mandating Seismic Retrofits.
Thomas Fuller. June 14, 2018. At Risk in a Big Quake: 39 of San Francisco's Top High Rises.
June 14, 2018. Study Suggests Heat, Drought Triggered 2014 Napa Valley Earthquake.
Annie Roth. June 18, 2018. No, World Cup Fans Didn't Trigger an Earthquake. Here's why.
Jason Plautz. June 18, 2018. Nearly 40 San Francisco buildings at risk in earthquake.
Geological Society of America. June 19, 2018. Site of the next major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault?
Nina Godlewski. June 20, 2018. Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Update: USGS Map, New Fissures, Earthquake, Overnight Explosion.
June 26, 2018. Scientists Fear 'Slow Earthquakes' Will Lead To The Next Big California Quake.
Lois Yoksoulian. June 27, 2018. Study yields a new scale of earthquake understanding.
Thomas Fuller. June 27, 2018. A Seismic Change in Predicting How Earthquakes Will Shake Tall Buildings.
Thomas Fuller and Matt Stevens. June 29, 2018. California Today: Making Earthquake Safety More Intelligible.
June 29, 2018. Earthquake Warning App in Early Testing from Santa Monica-Based Company.
James D. Goltz. July 2, 2018. What was learned from the Osaka earthquake?
Thomas Fuller and Matt Stevens. July 6, 2018. California Today: How Much is a Safe Building Worth?
Kenny Walter. July 10, 2018. Researchers Use Supercomputers to Assess Earthquake Risk.

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