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Overall Goals

Communicate the science of earthquakes to the greater community in a way that is effective to them. (outreach and resources)
Understand effects of shaking at a both a soil and building level from ground motions at a single location

Date	Event	Speaker	Content	Location
15-Nov	Launch Meeting		USER kickoff
20-Nov	Guest Lecture	John Hopkins
TBC	Guest Lecture	Tom Wilson
TBC	Guest Lecture	Sarah Beaven
TBC	Fieldtrip	Chris Massey and more	Kaikoura Fieldtrip	Kaikoura (trip information to be provided later)

Analyse and draw conclusions from plots / animations from the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake
Determine the effects of ground motion at a point
- Use Seisfinder to retrieve ground motion data from a site closest to UC
- Ground Effects
  - Geospatial liquefaction (Zhu et al)
  - Liquefaction Calculation
- Shaking on a building
  - OpenSees model for (1, 3, 10, 20 story building)