This paper, presented at the 2016 SEAOC Convention, highlights the lessons learned following a reconnaissance trip to Tainan, Taiwan two weeks after the February 2016 earthquake. The reconniassance was conducted by Gilsanz, Murray Steficek engineers (GMS) and an earthquake engineer from the United State Gological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with the Earthquake Engineering Research Insitute (EERI), the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the National Center for Research in Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) of Taiwan. Observations were made of damages, success of base-isolated high-rise and retrofitted school buildings, site effects and ground failers as well as the reponse of both city agencies and building owners to the earthquake.
Learning from the Recent Taiwan Meinong Earthquake (2MB pdf, English) by R. Gilsanz, et al.
