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Learning From Earthquakes

The Response of Small Towns to the San José del Palmar Earthquake: Reflections on Damage to Traditional Non-Engineering Construction

October 22, 2026

Slides from a presentation given by Albert Ortiz in a joint EERI and Colombian Earthquake Engineering Research Network (CEER) reconnaissance briefing webinar.

This presentation was given on October 22, 2026. Work in these slides was completed by Albert Ortiz and Maia Insuasty from Universidad del Valle and CEER. Albert is a civil engineer and geographer from Universidad del Valle where is a Professor and currently serves as Chair of the School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics. Maia is a Civil Engineering student at Universidad del Valle.