The M w 6.6 Lake Grassmere earthquake on the 16th of August 2013, located near Seddon, Marlborough, New Zealand, caused significant damage to the stainless steel wine sto [...]

The M7.8 Gorkha earthquake that occurred in Nepal in April 2015 and its resulting aftershocks caused extensive widespread damage to numerous built-up urban centers. One e [...]

The April 2015 M7.8 Gorkha Earthquake and its aftershocks caused extensive damage to numerous cultural heritage sites throughout Nepal. While many structures experienced [...]

Losses generated by major catastrophes are generally estimated from a characterization of the damages caused by the (primary) event (an earthquake) without fully modeling [...]

This paper discusses recent work on estimating tsunami risk, with a focus on the coastline of the Western U.S. It is a summary of on-going research, starting with the met [...]

With four major storms making landfall in Florida and Alabama in the space of six weeks, the 2004 season has highlighted the potential for hurricanes to exhibit spatio-te [...]

This paper introduces the concept of creating an ‘ensemble’ set of weighted hazard footprints in realtime for the assessment of financial losses. This ensemble set ca [...]