Miyamoto International to Showcase Innovative GIS Technology at SEAOC 2024
Miyamoto International is thrilled to announce the participation of Dr. Kit Miyamoto and Amir Gilani at the Structural
Anatomy of Failure: Turkey Earthquake Disaster
As I sit on the 11-hour overnight local bus to Istanbul, my mind is still deep in the magnitude of the disaster I have just witnessed in the Syria-Turkey border area. The destruction is beyond anything I have seen in my 20 years of disaster response work.
Anatomy of Failure: The Turkey Earthquake Disaster
Kit Miyamoto, the founder of Miyamoto International, reflects after touring of disaster zone from the February 6 quake
Why buildings in Turkey collapsed like a ‘pack of cards’ after earthquakes?
Two powerful earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.5 magnitudes have turned thousands of buildings into rubble and dust in Turkey this week. But can the temblors alone be blamed?
Earthquake Structural Engineers Dispatched to Turkey Earthquake Disaster
In response to the devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and neighboring Syria today, Miyamoto International has dispatched its earthquake structural engineering and humanitarian assistance experts from its Istanbul and California offices to provide support. The earthquakes, with magnitudes of 7.8, have claimed over 6000 lives so far and injured hundreds of thousands, with the toll expected to rise.
Destruction in Izmir: October 30th Earthquake
Turkey, October 30, 14:51 — An earthquake strikes in the epicenter of the Izmir-Seferihisar, 17:26 km from the