Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Performance of high-rise buildings located in Manta during the 2016 Ecuador earthquake

(1)  Professor, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador, P.O.BOX: 171-5-231B, rraguiar@espe.edu.ec (2)  Ph.D. Candidate, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA, agharo@ncsu.edu; M. EERI       Professor, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador, P.O.BOX: 171-5-231B, agharo@espe.edu.ec ABSTRACT This paper describes the seismic performance of a reinforced concrete building located in the […]

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 […]