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Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
A searchable database of world literature in earthquake engineering since 1971, with bibliographic information and abstracts of over 100,000 items.
http://nisee.berkeley.edu/eea.html|

EQNET: Earthquake Information Network
The Earthquake Information Network (EQNET) Web site is sponsored by a consortium of state and national organizations in the United States that disseminate earthquake-related information. Its purpose is to provide links to authoritative Internet resources about earthquakes and the issues surrounding them. It includes information on structural and geotechnical engineering in earthquake zones.
http://www.eqnet.org/|

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
The main goal of IIEES is seismic risk reduction and mitigation in the Middle East region by promoting research and education in science and technology related to seismotectonics, seismology and earthquake engineering.
http://www.iiees.ac.ir/English/eng_index.html|

OpenSees: Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
OpenSees is a software framework for developing applications to simulate the performance of structural and geotechnical systems subjected to earthquakes.
http://opensees.berkeley.edu/index.php|

World Housing Encyclopedia
This site contains an interactive web based encyclopedia of housing construction types in earthquake prone areas of the world, developed by over 180 engineers and architects from 50 countries. The encyclopedia is in the form of a searchable database of characteristic housing construction types in various countries with emphasis on earthquake related features, including strength and vulnerabilities. Each housing construction type has been described in a standard form using over 60 different pieces of information, including architectural and structural features, socio-economic, seismic features, performance in past earthquakes, codes and construction practices, and known seismic strengthening techniques used in a particular country. In addition to the text and numerical information, several illustrations are also included in the database.
http://www.world-housing.net/|

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