Assessing Conditions And Assisting The Public As Needed.

On January 7th, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook the southern coast of Puerto Rico. It damaged 10 percent of buildings in the area and collapsed several schools. The people of Puerto Rico haven’t experienced an earthquake in 100 years but are still recovering from Category 5 Hurricane Maria in 2017. Frequent tremors have people terrified and sleeping outdoors in fear of more collapses.

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Morocco and Turkey’s Tragic Lesson: Disaster Prevention Needs a Stronger Foundation

Friday’s devastating earthquake in Morocco took the country – and world – by surprise. At 6.8 magnitude, it is the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1900 and has highlighted major weaknesses in the country’s infrastructure, particularly in rural communities. Unfortunately, as we have already seen this year in Turkey and Syria, this devastating […]

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Recent Success: SESH and USAID/BHA KUAT Collaboration in Indonesia

A group of 13 students from Cal Poly’s Structural Engineering Students for Humanity (SESH) joined the USAID/BHA Komunitas Perkotaan Untuk Aksi Tangguh (KUAT) Activity to identify structural/urban risks in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia in response to recurring floods and the threat of an earthquake in the region. They collaborated with 23 local university students from Bandung […]

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