History is full of tragic events all over the globe associated with earthquakes. The following presents some information about past events, particularly about their effects due to the inadequate behaviour of buildings and infrastructures.

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Emilia-Romagna - Italy  2012 Earthquake.

• Wikipedia post
• EERI Clearinghouse (Italian version)
  
• EERI Clearinghouse (English version) 
  
• INGV Earthquake Sequence
• European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
  
• Cellule post-sismique française - INSU-CNRS
• Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale - Geological Report
• ReLUIS information collection on Emilia earthquake sequence 
• The Emilia Thrust Earthquake of 20 May 2012 (Northern Italy): Strong Motion and Geological Observations - National Civil Protection Department, Geosis-Lab Unichieti, University of Trieste, Regione Umbria - Regional Civil Protection
• World Heritage Mission Report - UNESCO World Heritage Centre 

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Van - Turkey 2011 Earthquake

• Wikipedia post
  

• EERI Clearinghouse
  

• Geotechnical reconnaissance report - GEER
  

• Earthquake field investigation report - Miyamoto International 
  

• EERI Special Earthquake Report
  

• Earthquake reconnaissance data - Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Management, Istanbul Technical University
  

• Earthquake reconnaissance report - Istanbul Technical University
  

• Earthquake reconnaissandce report - Middle East Technical University and Earthquake Engineering Research Center
  

• Earthquake reconnassandce report - Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute 
  

• Earthquake reconnassandce report - International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
  

• Human and economic losses report - Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM)
  

• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series

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Tohoku - Japan 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami.

• Wikipedia post
• PEER reconnaissance reports 
  
• CUEE Clearinghouse - Tokyo Institute of Technology 
  
• Dr. Miyamoto presentation - Miyamoto International 
  
• Earthquake field investigation reports - Miyamoto International  
  
• EERI Clearinghouse
• Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Archive - EERI  
  
• MCEER reconnaissance report 
  
• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #1
• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #2
  
• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #3
  
• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #4 - three months later
  
• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #5 - one year later  
  
• Japan, one year later - Photos from Reuters/Kyodo

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Lorca - Spain 2011 Earthquake

• Wikipedia post
• Centre Sismologique Euro-Méditerranéen
  
• Report from the Spanish Geological institute (Spanish)
• IGME (Spanish)

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Christchurch - New Zealand 2011 Earthquake 

• Wikipedia post
• Earthquake report
• MCEER reconnaissance report
• Geotechnical reconnaissance report - GEER
• Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Archive - EERI
• Earthquake field investigation report - Miyamoto International  
  
• PEER reconnaisance reports
• The Performance of Earthquake Strengthened URM Buildings - Royal Commisison Canterbury Earthquakes
• The Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Swarm -  Royal Commission Canterbury Earthquakes
• Heritage Buildings, Earthquake Strengthening and Damage: The Canterbury Earthquakes September 2010-January 2012: Technical report by Robert McClean and NZHPT  -  Royal Commission Canterbury Earthquakes 
  
• EERI Clearinghouse
• Briefing on the New Zealand Canterbury (Darfield) Earthquake - PEER

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Maule - Chile 2010 Earthquake 

• Preliminary reconnaissance report - Building Research Institute of Japan
• Geotechnical reconnaissance report - GEER
• EERI Clearinghouse
• Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Archive - EERI
• PEER reconnaisance reports 
  
• MCEER reconnaissance report
• MAE reconnaissance report
  
• EERI Special Earthquake Report - June 2010
• Denverpost - Photo Series
• The Big Picure - Boston Globe - Photo Series 

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Haiti 2010 Earthquake

• Wikipedia post
  
• PEER reconnaisance reports
• Facts, Engineering, Images & Maps - MCEER
  
• USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team Report
  
• Geotechnical reconnaissance report - GEER   
  
• EERI Clearinghouse
• Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Archive - EERI  
  
• Earthquake field investigation reports - Miyamoto International
• Report of Landslides Triggered by the January 12, 2010, Haiti Earthquake - USGS
  
• Field observations report - State of Alaska, USA
  
• The Big Picure - Boston Globe - Photo Series#1    
  
• The Big Picure - Boston Globe - Photo Series#2 - 70 days later 
  
• Preserving Haiti’s Gingerbread Houses: 2010 Earthquake Mission Report - World Monuments Fund/ICOMOS
  

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L'Aquila - Italy 2009 Earthquake

• Wikipedia post  
  
• PEER reconnaisance reports
  
• MCEER reconnaissance report
• Geotechnical reconnaissance report - GEER 
  
• EERI Clearinghouse
• Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Archive - EERI    
  
• Earthquake field investigation report - Miyamoto International  
  
• The Big Picure - Boston Globe - Photo Series  
• Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale Geological - Report

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Sichuan - China 2008 Earthquake 

• Wikipedia post
  
• Earthquake reconnaissance report - Federal Highway Administration - United States Department of Transportation
  
• Earthquake field investigation report - Miyamoto International  
  

• Earthquake reconnaissance report - National Center for Research of Earthquake Engineering - Taiwan 
• Quick reconnaissance report - Yan Xiao - University of Southern California

• Preliminary earthquake reconnaissance report - MCEER
  

• University of California reconnaissance team presentation
  

• Report on the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake - United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
  
• EERI Special Earthquake Report
  

• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #1
  
• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #2
  

• The Big Picture - Boston Globe - Photos Series #3 - six months later

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General

• Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Archive - EERI
  

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