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European Space Agency: Italy Earthquake Displacement Image The Guardian: Italy earthquake- PM asks Renzo Piano to help in reconstruction ICC eNews: After earthquake, Italians ask tough questions about building codes Blog: Italian Earthquakes, Large and Small Daily Mail: previously retrofitted school building collapses Temblor: Italy earthquake leaves seismic gaps that were last filled by three large earthquakes […]
Photos by Massimiliano Stucchi, Eucentre
Figure 1. San Lorenzo a Flaviano (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 2. San Lorenzo a Flaviano (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 3. Accumoli (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 4. Accumoli (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 5. Amatrice (RI) – August 25, 2016. Figure 6. Pescara del Tronto (AP) – […]
Damage photos from Onna
Figure 1. Damage photos from the heavily affected village of Onna.
Observations from Degenkolb Engineers
There were 6 or 7 of the same construction, vintage and plan but only the 2 reached the point of collapse. See photos below of this dramatic failure. (Photos by Holly Razzano) Figure 1. Figure 2.
Observations from Degenkolb Engineers – Building Performance in L’Aquila
From our observations of the reinforced concrete frame structures, we have frequently seen little damage to the concrete frames. There are occurrences of hollow clay tile that has undergone a shear mechanism or experienced out-of-plane failure due to lack of anchors at the top/bottom of the walls. We have obtained the ground motion records from […]
Virtual Disaster Viewer for L’Aquila Earthquake
The map viewer also allows you to view oblique “bird’s eye” views of pre event fly over imagery. To view recent photographs of damage, be sure to place a checkmark into the “Show Photos” box. You will then see pin points show up in the map which you can click to view the photos. The […]
Observations from EERI/PEER Team
From EERI/PEER Team: Masonry Damage Figure 1. Facades of unreinforced masonry structures show cracks varying in severity, from loss of plaster to separation of the walls from the structure (Figure 1). In this last case, the structural integrity of the wall, the load-bearing system, is compromised. Some of the structures in downtown […]
Observations on RC construction from EERI Team
In the last 25 years L’Aquila and its province were considered to be in the Class 2 seismic area of the building code and these buildings were designed for a horizontal acceleration of 0.25g. In the epicentral area maximum accelerations up to 0.67g were measured although a recording station went off scale at 1g (see […]
EERI/PEER team visits San Salvatore hospital
During our (limited) site visit we observed very little structural damage. Unfortunately the structural damage that did occur is located in crital areas. There is severe column damage in the farmacy area, which is considered to pose a collapse hazard. Operating theaters are located at the floor above the farmacy, and as a result could […]
Onna vs. Monticchio
Figure 1. Onna. Monticchio and Onna are about a mile apart, and have a similar building stock of stone masonry buildings in the historical centers. It is interesting to see how different these two villages performed, given the structural similarity. Onna suffered badly in the earthquake. Almost all buildings in the historical […]