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Are we ready for an earthquake in Adelaide?

Earthquake damage. This special Research Tuesdays Forum will be asked 'Are we ready for an earthquake in Adelaide?'
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Four South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n earthquake experts will discuss Adelaide's risk of a major earthquake, the likely impact and how we can be safer, at a special '' event at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide on Tuesday 14 August.

'Quaking with Fear' is a free public forum reviewing Adelaide's earthquake risk in light of the lessons learned from Christchurch's devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake in February 2011.

Topics covered will include:

• How Adelaide's risk compares with Christchurch;
  
• What it was like in Christchurch after the earthquake and living under constant threat of another one;
  
• How different types of buildings coped in Christchurch, and how they are likely to cope in Adelaide in a major earthquake;
  
• What we can do to improve safety around the home;
  
• How to stay safe during and after an earthquake; and
  
• The research being done to assess the earthquake resistance of our brick and stone buildings and to develop strengthening techniques and design tools for engineers.

The panellists:
Professor Michael Griffith, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, leads research into the earthquake vulnerability of unreinforced masonry buildings and how best to strengthen them. He sits on Standards ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Earthquake Loading Code committee.

David Love is a Seismologist with the Geological Survey, Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy. He has been involved in earthquake loading codes since the Newcastle earthquake of 1989.

Peter McBean is a Director of engineering firm Wallbridge & Gilbert. He is Structural Engineering Design Director for the New Royal Adelaide Hospital, and was part of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Urban Search and Rescue team sent to Christchurch.

Lisa Moon is a PhD student in Structural Engineering at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide. She has worked as a structural engineering consultant in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and New Zealand and spent most of 2011 in Christchurch on damage assessments.

The Forum will be facilitated by former Lord Mayor of Adelaide Michael Harbison.

WHAT: Research Tuesdays Forum: Quaking with Fear
WHERE: Scott Theatre, North Terrace Campus, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide
WHEN: 5:30pm to 7pm, Tuesday 14 August
COST: Free - but registration is essential: online at ; phone 8313 3692 or email research.tuesdays@adelaide.edu.au

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