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The Cure for Catastrophe?
![Robert Muir-Wood](/sites/default/files/content/author/field_image/2020-01/robert-moir.jpeg)
On August 24, 2016 – just a few weeks ago – an earthquake hit a remote area of the Apennine mountains of central Italy in the middle of the…
Searching for Clues After the Ecuador Earthquake
![Senior Product Manager, Model Product Management, RMS](/sites/default/files/content/author/field_image/2020-01/Justin%20Moresco.jpeg)
Reconnaissance work is built into the earthquake modeler’s job description – the backpack is always packed and ready. Large earthquakes are…
A Perennial Debate: Disaster Planning versus Dis...
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In May we saw a historic first: the World Humanitarian Summit. Held in Istanbul, representatives of 177 states attended. One UN chief…
Cultivating Resilience Through Catastrophe Modeling
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Through our partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative, RMS is tasked with helping cities around the world…
Liquefaction: A Wider-spread Problem Than Might ...
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Everyone has known for decades that New Zealand is at serious risk of earthquakes. In his famous Earthquake Book, Cuthbert Heath, the…
Harnessing Your Personal Seismometer to Measure ...
![Robert Muir-Wood](/sites/default/files/content/author/field_image/2020-01/robert-moir.jpeg)
It’s not difficult to turn yourself into a personal seismometer to calculate the approximate magnitude of an earthquake that you experience. I…
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