Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Video of Construction of a Stone House in Nepal

February 8, 2018

Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Summary by Sahar Derakhshan and Ezra Jampole.

Construction of a house in Khumjung.

Also check out the World Housing Encyclopedia’s stone tutorial and stone model shake table test.

 

Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery.

Information on housing impacts from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake.