Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Hospital and School Damage

Media coverage has reported damage to the hospital in Amatrice due to the earthquake. The NY Timesreported that that the hospital had to be evacuated; however, patients were not injured. The elementary school in Amatrice was also damaged during the earthquake. This school had a seismic retrofit in 2012. The damage to the school and other structures is the […]

Field team survey of a school in Force (AP)

  Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date:                                 August 30th 2016 Building typology:         Load-bearing masonry Municipality:                   Force (AP) – Public preschool […]

Field team survey of a school in Acquasanta Terme (AP)

  Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date:                                    August 29th 2016 Category:                           School Building typology:         Load-bearing […]