14
OCT
2013

The 2011 Van (Eastern Turkey) earthquake: deep failure leaves shallow hazard

By John Elliott (University of Oxford) Recently published work shows that there is significant remaining seismic hazard at the city of Van resulting from the relatively deep rupture of the previous earthquake from 2011. In October 2011 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the cities...
14
OCT
2013

Governing Earthquake Risk Reduction in Nepal and the Indian State of Bihar – Some Preliminary Reflections on our Research Findings

Katie Oven and Samantha Jones Over the past six months Sam and Katie have been engaging in research to examine how earthquake risk reduction (EQRR) is governed in Nepal and the Indian State of Bihar.   A series of interviews and focus group discussions have been undertaken with a...