Photos taken in and around Leogane

February 21, 2018

Photos by Eduardo Fierro.

Taken January 18, 2010.



Fig. 1. Wood utility pole, broken at mid-height. Fig. 2. Tank farm: tanks unanchored but no sign of damage. Fig. 3. Municipal building, Leogane.

Fig. 4. Bridge: see damage at corbel below deck in Fig. 5. Fig. 5. Damage to top of corbel beneath bridge. Similar damage on opposite side. Fig. 6. Landslide onto road.

Fig. 7. 3-story collapse at UNIH University in Leogane with little or no infill still under construction. Fig. 8. 3-story collapse: close-up of broken column stub protruding up through slab. Fig. 9. 3-story collapse: side view.

Fig. 10. 2-story collapse at school in Leogane. Fig. 11. School Leogane: 2nd story still standing in this section. Fig. 12. School Leogane: incipient shear failure at roof joint.

Fig. 13. School Leogane: 2nd story infill separated at end walls but still in the frame. Fig. 14. School Leogane: shear failures at first floor joints. Not clear how much infill was present at first floor. 2nd story still has some transverse infill walls. Fig. 15. School Leogane: failures at both 1st and 2nd story joints in this section.

Fig. 16. Street scene Leogane: concrete collapse at left and wood structure collapsed into street. Fig. 17. Widespread damage to 1- and 2-story structures in Leogane. E. Fierro estimates ground motion 0.45g in this area based on damage. Fig. 18. 2-story wood structure in Leogane: first floor collapsed.

Fig. 19. Typical rebar layout for confined masonry visible at construction site. It might be described as confined masonry without confinement Fig. 20. Cathedral,Leogane: unreinforced masonry brick and rubble with light steel framing supporting roof. Fig. 21. Cathedral, Leogane: additional view.

Fig. 22. Undamaged Confined masonry residence in Leogane. Fig. 23. Collapsed concrete and masonry residence with irregular roof located NE of Port-au-Prince. Fig. 24. Damage to roadways evident throughout region


Fig. 1. Wood utility pole, broken at mid-height.	Fig. 2. Tank farm: tanks unanchored but no sign of damage.	Fig. 3. Municipal building, Leogane.



Fig. 4. Bridge: see damage at corbel below deck in Fig. 5.	Fig. 5. Damage to top of corbel beneath bridge. Similar damage on opposite side.	Fig. 6. Landslide onto road.



Fig. 7. 3-story collapse at UNIH University in Leogane with little or no infill still under construction.	Fig. 8. 3-story collapse: close-up of broken column stub protruding up through slab.	Fig. 9. 3-story collapse: side view.



Fig. 10. 2-story collapse at school in Leogane.	Fig. 11. School Leogane: 2nd story still standing in this section.	Fig. 12. School Leogane: incipient shear failure at roof joint.



Fig. 13. School Leogane: 2nd story infill separated at end walls but still in the frame.	Fig. 14. School Leogane: shear failures at first floor joints. Not clear how much infill was present at first floor. 2nd story still has some transverse infill walls.	Fig. 15. School Leogane: failures at both 1st and 2nd story joints in this section.



Fig. 16. Street scene Leogane: concrete collapse at left and wood structure collapsed into street.	Fig. 17. Widespread damage to 1- and 2-story structures in Leogane. E. Fierro estimates ground motion 0.45g in this area based on damage.	Fig. 18. 2-story wood structure in Leogane: first floor collapsed.



Fig. 19. Typical rebar layout for confined masonry visible at construction site. It might be described as confined masonry without confinement	Fig. 20. Cathedral,Leogane: unreinforced masonry brick and rubble with light steel framing supporting roof.	Fig. 21. Cathedral, Leogane: additional view.



Fig. 22. Undamaged Confined masonry residence in Leogane.	Fig. 23. Collapsed concrete and masonry residence with irregular roof located NE of Port-au-Prince.	Fig. 24. Damage to roadways evident throughout region