Earthquake risk reduction

News and Updates

NIST Earthquake Engineering Group Members Conduct a Preliminary Earthquake Reconnaissance Mission to Turkey

August 31, 2023

In the early morning hours of February 6, 2023, a M W 7.8 earthquake occurred in Turkey, followed by four additional earthquakes throughout the day with MW of 5

Building that has been destroyed by a tornado

NIST, NSF Award More Than $7.6 Million to Support Disaster Resilience Research

May 4, 2022

The agencies are funding 20 projects to be conducted across 24 institutions through the Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) program, which they manage

A steel column with a deep web on the left and a steel column with a shallow web on the right.

Proposed Updates to Steel Building Standard Could Enhance Earthquake Resilience

January 7, 2022

Since the mid-1990s, a type of steel column that commonly features slender cross-sectional elements has become more prevalent in buildings along the West Coast

Projects and Programs

Functional Recovery of Buildings and Lifelines

Ongoing

Objective The Functional Recovery project is designed to improve the time for recovery of key social functions by strengthening the built environment to withstand earthquake impacts. Our efforts will advance measurement science for the assessment and design of buildings and lifelines, contribute in

Reliability of Fiber Reinforced Composite Systems in Resilient Infrastructure

Ongoing

Objective - Develop methodologies to determine the resilience increase or loss of infrastructure by the application of FR composites to structural components. What is the technical idea? FR composites have been used in infrastructure applications to repair, retrofit (defined as strengthening and/or

Options for Improving Post-Earthquake Re-Occupancy and Functional Recovery Time

Ongoing

Objective - To develop a report that details the recommended options for improving the built environment and critical infrastructure to reflect performance goals stated in terms of post-earthquake reoccupancy and functional recovery time. What is the new technical idea? The technical idea for

Performance Criteria Development

Ongoing

Objective To advance component-level seismic performance criteria in current design standards by conducting focused experimental tests and analytical studies. Technical Idea In the following, the technical idea for each of the RTs is presented separately: RT1: High-Strength Reinforcement in

Publications

Infographic on Post-Earthquake Functional Recovery Performance

February 10, 2025

Author(s)

Katherine Johnson, Siamak Sattar, Dustin Cook

In the U.S., building codes and standards have been developed to reduce the likelihood of building collapse but do not address the loss of building functions or

Reconnaissance-informed Post-Earthquake Functional Recovery: Observations and Challenges

February 1, 2025

Author(s)

Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili, Matthew Speicher

Data-Driven Insights into Post- Earthquake Reconnaissance Findings: 2023 Turkiye Earthquake Sequence

February 1, 2025

Author(s)

Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili, Siamak Sattar

ICSSC Biennial Progress Report for 2024: Report on Progress Towards Implementation of Executive Order 13717: Establishing a Federal Earthquake Risk Management Standard - Reporting Period: February 2, 2022 to February 1, 2024

January 23, 2025

Author(s)

John Harris, Steven McCabe

Executive Order (EO) 13717: Establishing a Federal Earthquake Risk Management Standard establishes minimum seismic requirements for new and existing buildings