Earthquake Reconnaissance: Indonesia
Degenkolb Engineers’ designer and Indonesian national, Nick Alexander will be joining the EERI led team on a reconnaissance trip to Padang. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake devastated the western region of Indonesia. A mall and two hospitals collapsed trapping thousands of people. The death toll is expected to triple as rescuers called off the search for survivors.
EERI reconnaissance trips are funded by a grant from the US National Science Foundation. Updates will be posted on EERI’s website www.eeri.org
