Housing Situation Summary
Housing Situation Summary Housing Damages According to the Government, the earthquake destroyed 160,786 houses and damaged 143,642 (as of 1 May, 16:30, UTC+5:45). The Government is currently projecting this caseload to increase to a total number of 500,000 houses destroyed. In comparison to data from the 1934 earthquake in Nepal-Bihar, the number of houses damaged in 2015 is […]
Nepal Building Code
Click here for the Nepal Building Code. Only three of 58 municipalities in Nepal have implemented the national building code into their permit processes. The greatest risk, historically, has been to non-engineered masonry structures. Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake […]
Video of Construction of a Stone House in Nepal
Construction of a house in Khumjung. Also check out the World Housing Encyclopedia’s stone tutorial and stone model shake table test. Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery. Information on housing impacts from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake.
Mesh over mud brick wall retrofit strategy for Nepal
One retrofit strategy for non-engineered masonry structures in rural Nepal uses polypropylene packaging strap mesh on the exterior of mud brick structural walls, as investigated by Joshua Macabuag, Ramesh Guragain, and Subhamoy Bhattacharya. With the additional of mesh, larger deformations can be sustained by walls, thus lowering the collapse risk. Compressive and shaking table […]
Historic Earthquakes in Nepal – Reconnaissance Reports
Reconnaissance Reports 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake Bihar, India – Nepal1934 January 15 08:43 UTCMagnitude 8.110,700 deaths. Extreme damage (X) in the Sitamarhi-Madhubani, India area, where most buildings tilted or sank up to 1 m (3 ft) into the thick alluvium. Sand covered the sunken floors up to 1 m deep. This liquefaction damage extended eastward […]
Video of Building Damages – With Locations
Video of Building Damages after the Earthquake – Locations Identified Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery. Information on housing impacts from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake.
Ready to Use Guideline for Details of Low Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings without Masonry Infill from the Nepal Building Code
There has been a proliferation of reinforced concrete (RC) framed buildings constructed in the urban and semi-urban areas of Nepal in the last 35 years. Most of these buildings have relied on little seismic design considerations. The RUD Guideline presents ready-to-use designs intended for non-professional laborers to use when constructing structural as well as […]
News Articles from May 1 to May 6, 2015 on Housing in Nepal
Media resources: KathmanduMore than a thousand engineers inspect quake-damaged buildings in Nepal’s capitalMost buildings in Kathmandu deemed uninhabitable or unsafe following quakeNepal’s Fast Urbanization and Lax Enforcement Add to Quake’s TollAmid Katmandu’s Earthquake Wreckage, Hints of a Shift to Safer ConstructionRich NRIs to build earthquake resistant houses in Nepal Rural Nepal160,786 Houses Destroyed in […]
Photos of Damage to Houses in Nepal
Photos of Damage to Hhouses in Nepal. Figure 1. Rural Nepal. Source: Tom Newby. Figure 2. Rural Nepal. Source: Tom Newby. Figure 3. Rural Nepal. Source: Tom Newby. Figure 4. Melamchi. Source: Tom Newby. Figure 5. Melamchi. Source: Tom Newby. Figure 6. Rural Nepal. Source: Tom Newby. Figure […]
Estimate of population directly affected by destroyed houses – May 6
Estimate of population directly affected by destroyed houses (6 May 2015).The numbers here should be seen as indicative only. Analysis based on an estimate of the number of buildings destroyed (not including government buildings) and the average number of people per household in each district (source). Figure. Estimate of population directly affected by destroyed houses – […]