Lessons for humanitarian responders: Earthquakes

Bridging science and governance for earthquake resilience in Malawi: A perspective from the Southern East African Rift System

This paper argues that earthquake resilience in Malawi is constrained less by scientific uncertainty than by challenges in integrating existing hazard knowledge into governance, planning, and preparedness.

• Research and Studies

Real time evaluation: Myanmar earthquake response

This real-time evaluation examines the first three months of the response to the March 2025 Myanmar earthquake, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and lessons for future humanitarian action in complex emergency settings.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Türkiye earthquakes lessons learned workshop report

This report captures key achievements, challenges, and lessons learned from IFRC and Turkish Red Cross' response to the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Synthesis and meta-analysis of findings from crisis-specific inter-agency humanitarian evaluations covering the period 2015-2025

The IAHE Synthesis exercise pulls together the findings from seven interagency humanitarian evaluations (IAHEs) covering nine different crisis contexts between 2015 – 2025.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Whenever someone wanted something, everyone helped out. I truly understood the value of community.

This report centres community perceptions in earthquake-affected areas in Mandalay and southern Shan, Myanmar.

• Research and Studies

Voices that shape humanitarian responses: Advancing accountability to affected people in northern Syria

This brief is intended for practitioners and policymakers and captures key lessons and promising AAP practices from northern Syria - one of the first settings globally to implement a comprehensive interagency AAP system.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

“How can we rebuild when our best efforts are just washed away?”

This report centres community perceptions in earthquake-affected areas in Sagaing, Myanmar.

• Research and Studies

Final evaluation of the DEC Turkiye-Syria earthquake appeal

This final evaluation assesses the performance and quality of IR’s earthquake response across Phase 1 and 2, using OECD DAC criteria.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

The role of the Afghan diaspora in mobilising support to emergency and recovery efforts

• Research and Studies

نظرة عامة على التقييم: التقييم الإنساني المشترك بين الوكالات للاستجابة للزلازل في تركيا وسوريا

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the collective response of IASC members in meeting the needs of communities affected by the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria (Arabic version).

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Inter-agency humanitarian evaluation of the response to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the collective response of IASC members in meeting the needs of communities affected by the 2023 earthquakes.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Değerlendirmeye genel bakiş: Türkiye ve Suriye'deki depremlere müdahaleye ilişkin kuruluşlar arası insani yardım değerlendirmesi

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the collective response of IASC members in meeting the needs of communities affected by the 2023 Türkiye and Syria earthquakes (Turkish version).

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

“Many families marry their daughters off at the age of 10”: Supporting women through the impacts of natural hazards in Afghanistan

Case studies of the drought in Faryab, the flood in Baglan, and the earthquake in Herat.

• Research and Studies

Qualitative guide to run focus group discussions (FGD) with communities and local authorities on early warning systems

• Guidance and Tools

Humanitarian aid through a queer lens: LGBTI+ and refugee rights in crisis

• Research and Studies

Final evaluation of multi-sectoral support to earthquake-affected communities in North West Syria

Multi-sectoral support to earthquake-affected communities in North West Syria

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Two years on: Reflecting on the Türkiye-Syria earthquake humanitarian response

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

The mediating roles of perceived social support and resilience in the relationship between earthquake anxiety and traumatic experiences among earthquake survivors in Turkey

• Research and Studies

Survivor community led response (sclr) - Impact study (Türkiye)

This study evaluates Support to Life's sclr projects’ impact and their potential integration with Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in Türkiye after the 2023 earthquake.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Disaster losses and damages data: A review of existing applications and use cases

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned