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Damage Assessment of Muisne – 22 April 2016

Sahar Derakhshan, Kristen Hess, and Ezra Jampole will be co-curating the housing topic of EERI’s Clearinghouse on the Muisne, Ecuador earthquake. Sahar is an Assistant Specialist at PEER with backgrounds in Public Policy and Structural engineering; Kristen is a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder studying sustainable infrastructure materials;  Ezra is a PhD student […]

Initial Damage to Housing

Sahar Derakhshan, Kristen Hess, and Ezra Jampole will be co-curating the housing topic of EERI’s Clearinghouse on the Muisne, Ecuador earthquake. Sahar is an Assistant Specialist at PEER with backgrounds in Public Policy and Structural engineering; Kristen is a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder studying sustainable infrastructure materials;  Ezra is a PhD student […]

Preliminary Report on Damage Caused in Mexico City by the September 19, Puebla-Morelos, Mw 7.1 Earthquake, Documented from October 14 to 17, 2017

The report is hosted in PDF form on Zenodo at the following link: https://zenodo.org/record/1039321 (the corresponding photograph set is hosted on Zenodo at the following link: https://zenodo.org/record/1036840). This report documents reconnaissance activities in Mexico City from the afternoon of October 14 through the evening of October 17, documenting observations about (1) structural performance and (2) issues pertaining to […]

Engineering Aspects of the September 19, 1985 Mexico Earthquake

 Abstract Following the September 19, 1985 Mexico earthquake, a team consisting of four engineers and one seismologist from the Naitonal Bureau of Standards (NBS)and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) was dispateched to Mexico City to provide technical advice to the U.S. rescue effort and to assess structural damage. This report is primarily based on […]

List of Damaged Structures and Maps in Mexico City

 The M7.1 Puebla, Mexico Earthquake damaged a significant number of buildings. Buildings reported with significant damage or collapsed appeared to be primarily brick masonry and unreinforced concrete structures. Univision reported on collapsed building, as shown in the screenshot from their article (Figure 1).   Figure 1. Collapsed buildings reported. (Source: Univision)   Table 1 summarizes the properties […]