Friday, 13 November 2020
Cost: Free

This webinar, hosted by the EERI San Diego regional chapter, was a follow-up discussion to the San Diego Earthquake Scenario that was released in March, 2020. The webinar focused on how to prepare, conduct outreach, develop a group of stakeholders, and identify short-term and long-term goals for San Diego.

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Cost: Free

This webinar, hosted by the EERI Washington State regional chapter, covered the history of seismic resilience and resilience planning at the state and local levels, reviewed tools and guidance that EERI has recently developed for Citizen Advocacy, and discussed what the membership can do today for a safer Washington State. Building on efforts of the past that planned for a Resilient Washington State, the webinar encouraged new and existing members of the Washington State regional chapter to engage with representatives and advocate for seismic and tsunami safety.

Thursday, 19 November 2020
Cost: Free

This webinar, hosted by the EERI Northern California regional chapter, focused on how the current COVID-19 pandemic can affect the earthquake community. This webinar featured a panel discussion on the impacts of earthquakes on infection rates and actions immediately following earthquakes in Europe (Portugal and Croatia). Attention was placed on lessons learned that may be important for the United States. Two panelists gave a brief summary of their recent article in Earthquake Spectra titled, “Potential Impact of Earthquakes during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic” and two additional panelists were in Zagreb during the March 2020 earthquake (M5.5) and provided eye-witness accounts.

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Cost: Free

This webinar focused on the emerging concept of functional recovery as a key element of resilience-based design in Southern California communities. Designing new and improving existing buildings and infrastructure for limited downtime (or a quick functional recovery) is a necessary tool for achieving community-wide earthquake resilience. The webinar began with an abbreviated presentation by David Bonowitz of his 2020 EERI Distinguished Lecture, “Functional Recovery: What it Means to Design for Community Resilience”. Bonowitz was then be joined by local experts Craig Davis, Susan Dowty, Henry Burton, and Christine Goulet, who presented and discussed aspects of functional recovery and resilience in Southern California, including references to the City of LA’s “Resilient Los Angeles” report.

Thursday, 4 February 2021
Cost: Free

This webinar, hosted by the EERI Northern California Regional Chapter, focused on the December 29, 2020, Croatia earthquake. The M6.4 quake was the strongest recorded in Croatia in 140 years and struck about 30 miles southeast of the capital Zagreb. The earthquake caused widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure, killed at least seven people, and affected hundreds of thousands. This quick briefing provided an overview of the earthquake and first-hand accounts of its aftermath.