Prepared by Ezra Jampole, Sahar Derakhshan, and Matthew Bandelt
“The Government of Mexico (GoM) and relief actors had inspected approximately 7,650 properties for earthquake-related damage as of September 25. Of the assessed properties, approximately 87 percent—more than 6,650—had sustained minor damage due to the earthquake. The remaining 1,000 properties required repairs or were unsafe for use without reinforcement or demolition. Overall, the September 19 earthquake destroyed more than 9,400 homes, including more than 5,400 in Morelos State, nearly 2,600 in Puebla State, and nearly 1,400 in Mexico State, according to the GoM”. (Source: USAID)
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| Figure 1. Mexico earthquake overview. |
“The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)—including an urban search- and-rescue (USAR) team from the Los Angeles County Fire Department—is coordinating with the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and USAID/Mexico to support GoM-led damage assessments and respond to critical humanitarian needs. As of September 25, DART USAR engineers had completed structural assessments of 38 sites in Mexico City”. (Source: USAID)
Ezra Jampole, Matthew Bandelt, and Sahar Derakhshan will be curating the housing topic of EERI’s Puebla, Mexico earthquake Clearinghouse. Dr. Jampole is an Associate at Exponent in New York City, where he investigates structural engineering failures, and an Adjunct Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Bandelt is an Assistant Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he conducts research on the structural performance of emerging infrastructure materials for durability and natural hazards applications, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in reinforced concrete. Ms. Derakhshan is a Research Associate at the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute (HVRI) at the University of South Carolina with backgrounds in public policy and structural engineering.
