South Napa Earthquake Reconnaissance, August 24, 2014
Read the Report: Sunday August 24th Structural Reconnaissance Overview in American Canyon, Napa, and Vallejo (7.4 MB PDF)
Field team survey of a school in Falerone (FM)
Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date: August 30th 2016 Building typology: Load-bearing masonry Municipality: Falerone (FM) – Don Bosco high-school […]
Damage to RC buildings
Hotel Roma Figure 1. Source: http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2016/08/25/actualidad/1472151743_796100.html Figure 2. Source: http://lopezdoriga.com/internacional/nuevo-temblor-en-italia-causa-mas-danos/ More structures Figure 3. Source: HTTP://ELPAIS.COM/ELPAIS/2016/08/25/ALBUM/1472109284_305734.HTML#1472109284_305734_1472146225 Figure 4. Source: HTTP://WWW.REPUBBLICA.IT/CRONACA/2016/09/03/NEWS/TERREMOTO_SCOSSA_DI_MAGNITUDO_4_3_IN_PROVINCIA_DI_PERUGIA_ALLE_3_34-147091529/?REFRESH_CE
Damage Photos from the August 24, 2016 Amatrice, Italy M6.2 Earthquake
Amatrice Figure 1. Overhead view of Amatrice. Source: Gregorio Borigo / AP. Figure 2. New areas are relatively unscathed compared to the history center. Source: Gregorio Borigo / AP. Figure 3. Overhead view of Amatrice. Source: CNN. Figure 4. Birds Eye View of Amatrice. Source: CNN. […]
Field team survey of a precast R.C. building in Torano Nuovo (TE)
Date: 9th of September, 2016 Building typology: Precast/Cast in situ R.C. Municipality: Torano Nuovo (TE) – Building owned by the municipality used as municipal gymnasium, multipurpose hall and Caritas and Civil Protection offices Epicentral distance: [45.7 km] Damage typology The building […]
Reconnaissance photos of building damage
It is worth noting that attention has been paid to the entire portfolio of damage typologies observed on site, which were shown to range from the total or partial collapse of buildings and churches to the light damage undergone by structures that apparently performed well during the earthquake. It should be evidenced that access to […]
Photos by Massimiliano Stucchi, Eucentre
Figure 1. San Lorenzo a Flaviano (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 2. San Lorenzo a Flaviano (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 3. Accumoli (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 4. Accumoli (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 5. Amatrice (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 6. Pescara del Tronto (AP) – […]
Damage photos from Onna
Figure 1. Damage photos from the heavily affected village of Onna.
Observations from Degenkolb Engineers
There were 6 or 7 of the same construction, vintage and plan but only the 2 reached the point of collapse. See photos below of this dramatic failure. (Photos by Holly Razzano) Figure 1. Figure 2.
Observations from Degenkolb Engineers – Building Performance in L’Aquila
From our observations of the reinforced concrete frame structures, we have frequently seen little damage to the concrete frames. There are occurrences of hollow clay tile that has undergone a shear mechanism or experienced out-of-plane failure due to lack of anchors at the top/bottom of the walls. We have obtained the ground motion records from […]