Estimation of Strong Motion During the 2011 Northern Nagano Earthquake and an Associated Building Damage Survey

In the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, the Futagawa fault zone and the Hinagu fault zone were active in some sections, causing severe damage in neighboring areas along the faults. We conducted a detailed investigation of the surface earthquake fault, building damage, and site amplification of shallow ground within about 1 km of the neighboring areas of the fault. The focus was mainly on Kawayou district, Minamiaso village and Miyazono district, Mashiki town, and locations that suffered particularly severe building damage. We explored the relationship between local strong motion and building damage caused in areas that were in the immediate vicinity of the active fault.

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Temporary Seismic Stations Installation and Building Damage Assessment of December 7th, 2016 Earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh, Indonesia

Jurnal Geofisika ◽

10.36435/jgf.v16i1.50 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Zulfakriza Z. ◽

Andri D. Nugraha ◽

M. Ridwan ◽

Kadek P. Hendrawan ◽

Muksin Umar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Damage Assessment ◽

Building Damage ◽

Earthquake Source ◽

The Other ◽

Alluvial Deposits ◽

Damage Survey ◽

Seismic Stations ◽

Other Hand

A signicant Mw 6.5 earthquake occurred in Pidie Jaya, Aceh on December 7th, 2016. The event affected104 people death and more than 1000 people suered injuries due to the rubble of the building. Geologically, the region is composed by of Quaternary alluvial deposits. This is one of factor that amplication occurred in some area. On the other hand, an understanding of the source and mechanism of the earthquake needs to be done. A few days after the earthquake, we deployed 9 seismometers that covered the area of Pidie, Pidie Jaya and Bireuen. This experiment aims to record the aftershock and understanding of earthquake source and mechanism. In addition, we conducted building damage survey to know the pattern of distributionof building damage.

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Field Survey of Mw8.8 Feb. 27, 2010 Chile Earthquake and Tsunami

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.250-253.2102 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 250-253 ◽

pp. 2102-2106 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rui Zhi Wen ◽

Bai Tao Sun ◽

Bao Feng Zhou

Keyword(s):

Preliminary Analysis ◽

Field Survey ◽

Strong Motion ◽

Building Damage ◽

Great Earthquake ◽

Chinese Scientist ◽

Yushu Earthquake ◽

Motion Data ◽

Chile Earthquake ◽

China Earthquake

In this paper, it is a brief summary for the field survey on the 27 February, 2010 Malue mega-earthquake, Chile by a Chinese scientist team. This mission is to investigate the reason why such a great earthquake caused less causalities, less loss compared with Chinese Wenchuan and Yushu earthquake. This survey was sponsored by China Earthquake Administration and this paper focused on the strong motion data analysis, some building damage observation and tsunami. We gave a preliminary analysis for the strong motions characteristic and some typical building damage. The understanding of this great earthquake could be improved our knowledge for advancing societal resilience.

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Reconnaissance Report on the 31 March 2002 Earthquake on the East Coast of Taiwan

Earthquake Spectra ◽

10.1193/1.1598438 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 531-556 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

C. H. Loh ◽

K. C. Tsai ◽

L. L. Chung ◽

C. H. Yeh

Keyword(s):

Earthquake Engineering ◽

East Coast ◽

Strong Motion ◽

Building Damage ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Typical Situation ◽

Taipei Basin ◽

Basin Effects ◽

Motion Characteristics ◽

Taiwan Earthquake

On 31 March 2002, an earthquake of magnitude ML=6.8 occurred in northeastern Taiwan that caused five deaths and damage to more than 300 buildings. The earthquake left some important lessons; these lessons were not considered after the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake but must be taken into account for the management of a similar situation in the future. This article first presents the strong motion characteristics found from the ground accelerations recorded from this event. In particular, the basin effects on the distribution of ground motion intensities observed in Taipei Basin are critically reviewed. Observations of some severe building damage following the earthquakes are then summarized. The building damage modes for this event, particularly due to the basin effect, are explored in detail. The characteristics of the building disaster reflected a typical situation that can occur in cities located in high seismic risk. Finally, the collapse of the two tower cranes on, and its impact on, the Taipei Financial Center construction site are described in detail. This article presents the main lessons learned from this earthquake in the light of work performed by the research team for natural disaster from the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan.

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Building damage survey and microtremor measurements for the source region of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake

Earth Planets and Space ◽

10.1186/s40623-016-0483-4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Masumi Yamada ◽

Takumi Hayashida ◽

Jim Mori ◽

Walter D. Mooney

Keyword(s):

Source Region ◽

Building Damage ◽

Damage Survey ◽

Nepal Earthquake ◽

Microtremor Measurements ◽

2015 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake

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Transect Survey as a Post-Disaster Global Rapid Damage Assessment Tool

Earthquake Spectra ◽

10.1193/070113eqs185m ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 2443-2457 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lisa Moon ◽

David Biggs ◽

Jason Ingham ◽

Michael Griffith

Keyword(s):

Emergency Response ◽

Damage Assessment ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Building Damage ◽

Damage Survey ◽

Simple Tool ◽

Similar Survey ◽

Collapsed Buildings ◽

Damage Condition ◽

Post Disaster

Following a damaging earthquake, the immediate emergency response is focused on individual collapsed buildings or other “hotspots” rather than the overall state of damage. This lack of attention to the global damage condition of the affected region can lead to the reporting of misinformation and generate confusion, causing difficulties when attempting to determine the level of post-disaster resources required. A pre-planned building damage survey based on the transect method is recommended as a simple tool to generate an estimate of the overall level of building damage in a city or region. A methodology for such a transect survey is suggested, and an example of a similar survey conducted in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the 22 February 2011 earthquake is presented. The transect was found to give suitably accurate estimates of building damage at a time when information was keenly sought by government authorities and the general public.

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Building Damage Inspection Analysis in the 2007 Niigata Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake, Kashiwazaki: Self-Inspection Analysis for Damage Evaluation

Journal of Disaster Research ◽

10.20965/jdr.2008.p0372 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 372-380 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Satoshi Tanaka ◽

Keyword(s):

Local Governments ◽

Building Damage ◽

Damage Evaluation ◽

Key Factors ◽

Temporary Housing ◽

Damage Survey ◽

Disaster Victims ◽

Important Type ◽

Inspection Data

This paper analyzes the building damage inspection in the 2007 Niigata Chuetsu-Oki earthquake and proposes a building damage inspection by disaster victims themselves. It is well known that the building damage is important in estimating the amount of damage brought by disasters. One important type of damage survey is loss evaluation, conducted by local governments for determining the apportionment of money, donations, allotment of temporary housing, and other recovery- related benefits. Despite the existence of guidelines, however, many issues require technical and procedural improvement. Based on the damage inspection data collected by Kashiwazaki officials following the 2007 Niigata Chuetsu-Oki earthquake, we identified key factors hampering the inspection and propose self-inspection as a solution in loss evaluation.

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