LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE OCTOBER 15, 2006 HAWAII EARTHQUAKE AND THE AUGUST 15, 2007 PERU EARTHQUAKE
In this paper, the authors first discussed the seismological background, typical construction practices, and the observed seismic performance of engineered and non-engineered building structures based on the earthquake reconnaissance of two recent earthquakes: the October 15 Kona, Hawai`i, USA Earthquake (Mw = 6.7) and the August 15, 2007, Ica-Pisco Peru Earthquake (Mw = 8.0). Despite the difference in the construction practices and the construction materials used in both countries, some structural damage and structural collapse were evidently predictable and could be avoided through appropriate enforcement of the building construction regulations and mandatory seismic retrofit of collapse prone structures. The authors then focused on the discussion of lessons learned from seismic performance of school and hospital structures as well as pre-disaster mitigation planning, post-earthquake response and structural repair strategies. It is concluded that disastrous consequences are bound to happen again if the lessons are not learned and appropriate measures are not implemented.
Earthquake Reconnaissance earthquake lessons seismic mitigation
Qisong Kent Yu David Gonzalez
Associate Principal, Degenkolb Engineers, Portland, Oregon, USA Associate Principal, Degenkolb Engineers, Seattle, Washington, USA
国际会议
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering(第十四届国际地震工程会议)
北京
英文
2008-10-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）