EEFIT MISSION TO HAITI FOLLOWING THE MAGNITUDE 7 EARTHQUAKE OF 12 JANUARY 2010

总部设在英国的地震工程实地调查队(EEFIT)将对太子港和海地周边地区进行一次侦察任务，以研究2010年1月12日发生的7.0兆瓦地震的影响。此次考察的目的是深入了解建筑物和基础设施在地震中的表现及其对当地社区的影响。为了做到这一点，一个由四个人组成的团队将花费大约5天的时间在现场收集数据。由于当地的情况，预计这次海地任务将与其他EEFIT任务有很大不同。因此，该小组限于四名成员，目前正在进行广泛的任务前规划。在小组成员返回后，将使用新的灾害管理工具对实地数据进行分析，这些工具将作为项目的一部分加以开发，并将研究结果分发给研究人员和专业工程师。这项拨款申请寻求为EEFIT小组的三名学术成员提供财政援助，以参与这项任务。

The UK based Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) will be conducting a reconnaissance mission to the Port-Au-Prince and the surrounding areas in Haiti to study the effects of the Mw 7.0 earthquake that occurred on the 12th January 2010. The purpose of this mission is to gain insight into how buildings and infrastructure performed during this earthquake and the consequent effect on the local community. To do this a team of four people will spend approximately 5 days in the field collecting data. It is anticipated that th Haiti mission is going to be very different to the other EEFIT missions due to conditions on the ground. The team was therefore limited to four members and extensive pre-mission planning is being carried out. On the return of the team members, the field data will be analysed using novel disaster management tools that will be developed as part of the project and the findings disseminated to both researchers and professional engineers. This grant application seeks financial assistance for the three academic members of the EEFIT group to participate in this mission.