Napa Downtown URM Reconnaissance Report
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2014 South Napa Earthquake: Photos of Post Offices
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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 […]
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 […]
Preliminary reconnaissance in the immediate aftermath of the event – August 24, 2016
Photos and corresponding observations date back to the day of the main shock (August, 24 – Arquata del Tronto and Pescara del Tronto municipalities) and the day after (August, 25 – other municipalities), when the area stricken (apart from Amatrice municipality) were still accessible. Due to that, in the vast majority of the cases, the […]
Reconnaissance in the area stricken by the event – August 28, 2016
This post presents some photos and observations from Andrea Barocci, P.E. when he visited damaged buildings and churches in the area stricken by the seismic sequence. The different types of damage mechanisms encountered during his reconnaissance, which was undertaken a few days after the main shock (August, 28th), are reported in the following. Field observation […]
Field team survey of a masonry building in Torano Nuovo (TE)
Date: 9th of September, 2016 Building typology: Masonry Municipality: Torano Nuovo (TE) Epicentral distance: [45.6 km] Damage typology The building has a ground floor 5.75 m high, a mezzanine floor 1.85 m high located on the two sides of the principal stair, a first floor 3.5 m and 3.7 m high (in […]
Field team survey of the Venarotta municipal building (AP)
Translation from Italian to English done by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date: August 31st 2016 Building typology: Load-bearing masonry Municipality: Venarotta (AP) Epicentral distance: […]
Field team survey of the Rotella municipal building (AP)
Translation from Italian to English done by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date: August 31st 2016 Building typology: Load-bearing masonry Municipality: Rotella (AP) Epicentral […]
Field team survey of the San Giovanni Evangelista church in Borgonovo (TE)
Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date: September 27th 2016 Category: Church Name of the structure: […]