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The Tōhoku Earthquake, Part 1: The Anatomy of Failure
March 16, 2011November 13, 2018
Case StudiesEarthquake Field ReportsJapan

The Tōhoku Earthquake, Part 1: The Anatomy of Failure

Nepal Earthquake: What Happened in the Kathmandu Disaster?
April 29, 2015October 18, 2018
Nepal

Nepal Earthquake: What Happened in the Kathmandu Disaster?

Sichuan China 2008 Earthquake Journal, Part 1
May 18, 2008October 18, 2018
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Sichuan China 2008 Earthquake Journal, Part 1

August 16, 2017October 25, 2018

Where’s Kit? Yangon, Myanmar

Myanmar
This post is part of a series called Miyamoto in Myanmar YANGON, Myanmar–We are driving up to a destroyed water pipeline on a bumpy, 200-year-old, British-made highway. I am in the middle of the Myanmar jungle. It is about 40°C (104°F). It’s dusty, and it’s hot. It’s still the dry season here, and both sides of the highway are lined with low-lying bushes, palm trees and occasional villages with a golden pagoda. The people are friendly and quick to smile. Our team is part of a government mission to investigate an earthquake-damaged water supply chain. A municipal engineer informed us…
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Posted in Myanmar
Kit Miyamoto
April 27, 2016February 4, 2019

Ecuador Day 2: Into the Red Zone

Earthquake Field ReportsEcuador
This post is part of a series called 2016 Ecuador Earthquake Journals PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador–I awake to pounding on the thin wooden door of my jungle hotel room. It’s 7:02 a.m. As I groggily open the door, I’m met by a slender woman in a gray dress standing outside. Her hair is wet. “The mayor is waiting for you. You have to see him at 8 o’clock,” she says, in a mix of English and Spanish. “Levántate!” calls out my roommate, Juan. We had no prior contact with the mayor of Portoviejo, one of the worst damaged cities in Ecuador, but…
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Posted in Earthquake Field Reports, Ecuador
Kit Miyamoto
April 26, 2016October 18, 2018

Ecuador Day 1: Journey to Manta Earthquake Devastation

Earthquake Field ReportsEcuador
This post is part of a series called 2016 Ecuador Earthquake Journals QUITO, Ecuador–It’s 11:12 a.m., as we fly into the capital of Ecuador, the high mountain scene opens up below. Wispy clouds drift over patches of vivid green fields. My eyes are tired from the 10-hours “red eye” flight from San Francisco, but the beauty of the Cordillera de los Andes mountains is undeniable. They remind me of ragged mountain ranges that I’ve seen many times before. This is earthquake country. We step into a new, modern airport; clean but not too busy. The people look Spanish with Inca…
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Kit Miyamoto
May 26, 2015October 30, 2018

One Way Ticket: Haiti, New York, Dubai, Kathmandu, Nepal

Guest Journals
This post is part of a series called 2015 Nepal Earthquake Journals Guest Blog by Sabine Kast KATHMANDU, Nepal–It’s 1AM. Dogs are barking outside. I am super tired. Four weeks ago, in the wee hours of a Haitian Saturday morning while I was fending off insects and obsessively trying to get through the last pages of my book, an earthquake struck Nepal. My phone lit up with the news, and a ping notified me of an email, which read: “This is a big one. Are you ready?” It was from Kit. Ten days later, I was one-way flight to Kathmandu.…
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Kit Miyamoto
May 26, 2015October 18, 2018

Nepal Earthquake: Burning Roadblocks, Flattened Schools and Everest

Earthquake Field ReportsNepal
This post is part of a series called 2015 Nepal Earthquake Journals KATHMANDU, Nepal–We are driving fast through burning roadblocks. People are upset and demonstrating. Food and water has not reached this remote part of country yet. It is one of the least developed districts in Nepal. When one of the roadblocks forces us to stop, one of protesters approaches me to apologize. “I am so sorry to stop the traffic. But we are making a statement to the government. We need food, water and tents as soon as possible.” Then he invited me to his camp, to share his…
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Kit Miyamoto
May 4, 2015October 18, 2018

Godawari: Damage Assessment of an Orphanage, and Tea

Earthquake Field ReportsNepal
This post is part of a series called 2015 Nepal Earthquake Journals KATHMANDU, Nepal–I am sleeping average of 2.5 hours for the last four days. We start early and end super late. Then people in the U.S. wake up and there are daily Skype interviews and reports to write until after midnight. It’s a battlefield of adrenaline. I don’t feel much fatigue. From 7:35 and on we spend all morning with meetings. The whole country seems to know about our presence. The Nepal Engineering Association initiated damage assessment with its 400 volunteer members. They need technical and funding support. Our…
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Posted in Earthquake Field Reports, Nepal
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