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Reconnaissance observations on the buildings damaged by the 2010 Taiwan Kaohsiung earthquake

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  • Heui-Yung Chang
  • Ker-Chun Lin

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On March 4, 2010, at 08:18 local time, an earthquake with a magnitude of M L 6.4 hits southern Taiwan. The earthquake occurred in the mountainous area of Kaohsiung County at a depth of 22.64 km. The epicenter was located in the area struck by the 2009 Morakot Typhoon, which destroyed nearly 2,000 houses, leaving 461 people dead and 192 missing. Trapped residents were moved from the affected regions, and the earthquake did not cause any deaths, but injured 96 people. Damage reports were also issued on low-rise and mid-rise reinforced concrete (RC) buildings located 30 km or more from the epicenter. This paper presents the main results of a damage investigation on the largest seismic disaster in a century in the county of Kaohsiung. The focus was on the damage incurred by different types of building structures, including governmental, religious, commercial, and residential buildings. Detailed descriptions are given of the structural configurations as well as the types of damage sustained by five selected buildings. Suggestions are also made to prevent similar damage to low-rise RC buildings in a future disaster. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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  • Heui-Yung Chang & Ker-Chun Lin, 2013. "Reconnaissance observations on the buildings damaged by the 2010 Taiwan Kaohsiung earthquake," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 69(1), pages 237-249, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:69:y:2013:i:1:p:237-249
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0703-1
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    1. Chao-feng Liu & Jing-yu Su & Wei Wang & Xiang-jun Zuo, 2014. "An observability–controllability model of urban earthquake disaster risk based on system periphery theory," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 73(2), pages 303-315, September.
    2. M. Zardan Araby & Samsul Rizal & Abdullah & Mochammad Afifuddin & Muttaqin Hasan, 2022. "Deformation Capacity of RC Beam-Column Joints Strengthened with Ferrocement," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-20, April.
    3. Bo Li & Jingyu Su & Donghui Ma & Wei Wang, 2015. "The study on forecasting the surface rupture width under strong earthquake based on information diffusion methodology," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 75(2), pages 1871-1882, January.

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