Nepal’s Key Historic Sites: What’s Rubble, What’s Still Standing
Sites of global cultural and religious significance are reported heavily damaged, but the shrine of Buddha’s birthplace appears unharmed. Nepal’s Historic Sites, before and after the earthquake Source: National Geographic Camilla Favaretti is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine Curated topics from […]
Damage Suffered by Hanuman Dhoka after the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes
The report presents findings by the ICCROM-ICOMOS-Smithsonian Institute team that visited some of the interior areas of Hanuman Dhoka after the April/May 2015 earthquakes on the 26th of May 2015. The document reports the first assessment made to the stability conditions of the interior areas of Hanuman Dhoka after the earthquake in order to […]
How Technology is Helping Save Nepal’s Heritage Sites
In its campaign, called “See you again, Kathmandu,” Baidu has appealed to Internet users to upload their photographs of historic sites. A small team from Skycatch, a San Francisco-based startup, flew into Kathmandu a few days ago. They’re on a mission to provide an accurate 3D model of the damaged UNESCO World Heritage Sites, so […]
Nepal’s heritage sites on shaky ground after devastating quake
United Nations News Center: Eighty per cent of the temples and historic structures in both Bhaktapur and Kathmandu Durbar Squares have been destroyed. The walls on two wings of the former Royal Palace in Kathmandu, which is now a museum, have totally disintegrated from the corners. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51065#.VXI9ulxViko Camilla Favaretti is a Ph.D. Student in […]
Survey of churches damaged by the May 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake sequence
This report presents an overview of the damage that was observed in fourteen churches that were hit by the May 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake sequence. The data was collected over the course of a two-day reconnaissance mission that took place on the 9th and 10th of July 2012, and that involved researchers from the Civil engineering […]
Field Teams: S. Giacomo and Filippo Roncole Church damage
Municipality: MirandolaCategory: churchType of collapse: facade The facade of the S. Giacomo and Filippo Roncole Church in the municipality of Mirandola was observed to have large cracks and appeared to be close to collapse. Any eventual separation of the facade would have fallen onto the SS12 main road. Figure 1. Figure 2. […]
Field Teams: S. Giacomo and Filippo Roncole Church damage 29-05-2012
Municipality: Mirandola Category: Church Type of collapse: overturning of the facade Eucentre Field Team: Simone Peloso, Francesco Graziotti, Michele Palmieri Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4.
Collapse of 1700-Year-Old Aso Shrine
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Failure of Historic Kumamoto Castle Walls
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Overview of building damages after the September 3, 2016 Oklahoma, USA Earthquake
Overview of Building Damages The magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Pawnee, Oklahoma, on September 3, 2016; caused minor to moderate damage to some buildings. Pawnee County Emergency Management Director Mark Randell said no buildings collapsed. “We’ve got buildings cracked,” Randell said. “Most of it’s brick and mortar, old buildings from the early 1900s.” (Source) “At least three […]