Observations from past earthquakes, such as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake, have clearly demonstrated that compromising water supply systems after an earthquake not only impairs fire fighting capacity, but also disrupts residential, commercial, and industrial activities, and threatens the economic well-being, secu...

An earthquake is the perceptible shaking of the surface of the Earth occurs without prior warning to the society. The occurrence of an earthquake in a populated area may cause numerous casualties and injuries as well as extensive damage to property [4-5]. At present there is no tool available to an Engineer or Expert to assess the quantum of an earthquake disaster of an area with degree of cert...

China has experienced major earthquakes recently. The 2014 Ludian earthquake struck Ludian County, Yunnan, (Mw =6.1) on 3 August, 2014. On April 20th 2013, Ya’an earthquake (Mw =6.9), on April 14th 2010, Qinghai earthquake (Mw =7.1), on July 9th 2009, Yunnan earthquake (Mw =6.0), and on May 12th 2008, Sichuan earthquake (Mw =7.9) struck China. Among these disasters, the most devastating, the Si...

Damage status of RC buildings is greatly influenced by the characteristics of the imposed ground motion. Peak Ground Acceleration and frequency contents are considered the main two factors that affect ground motion characteristics; hence, affecting the seismic response of RC structures and consequently their damage state. A detailed investigation on the combined effects of these two factors on ...

The global CATDAT damaging earthquakes and secondary effects (tsunami, fire, landslides, liquefaction and fault rupture) database was developed to validate, remove discrepancies, and expand greatly upon existing global databases; and to better understand the trends in vulnerability, exposure, and possible future impacts of such historic earthquakes. Lack of consistency and errors in other earth...

Bridges are potentially one of the most seismically vulnerable structures in the highway system during earthquake events. It is known that the seismic performance of transportation systems plays a key role in the post-earthquake emergency management. Hence, it is necessary to evaluate both physical and functional aspects of bridge structures. The physical aspects of the seismic performance...

On March 11, 2011, the Pacific side of Japan's northeast was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. For years, many researchers have been working on ways of examining the psychological effects of earthquakes on survivors in disaster areas who have experienced aftershocks, catastrophic fires, and other damage caused by the earthquake. The goal of this study is to examine scores on psychologica...

Banda Aceh city is an earthquake-prone area. One the phenomenon that a magnitude 9,3 M w and subsequent tsunami wave occurred in 2004. The incident caused casualties damage to facilities including educational such as school buildings. After 2004 Tsunami, affected was rebuilt same location before, therefore necessary conduct assessment of building ensure safety comfort learning process purpose t...