General observations of effects of the 30th September 2009 Padang earthquake, Indonesia
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General observations of effects of the 30th September 2009 Padang earthquake, Indonesia
Description (Dublin Core)
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The Mw 7.5 Padang earthquake struck at 17:16 local time on 30th September 2009 with an epicentre offshore about 60 km west-northwest of Padang, capital of West Sumatra Province. More than 1,100 people were killed, and over 2,900 injured. The earthquake caused significant damage to public buildings and offices as well as to about 140,000 houses. It affected 250,000 families through the total or partial loss of their homes and livelihoods. More than half the earthquake fatalities occurred when several villages inland from Pariaman were buried by landslides. However, the damage and destruction of building structures was a major cause behind human and property losses. In addition to landslides, the earthquake triggered extensive liquefaction and lateral spreading in the region. A ten-member team from New Zealand visited the area under the auspices of NZAid and New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering to undertake building safety evaluations. The team spent most of their time in Padang city and other nearby earthquake-affected areas. This paper presents their observations and explores causes behind the damage and destruction of buildings by the moderate to strong earthquake shaking.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Bothara, Jitendra
Beetham, Dick
Brunsdon, Dave
Stannard, Mike
Brown, Roger
Hyland, Clark
Lewis, Warren
Miller, Scott
Sanders, Rebecca
Sulistio, Yakso
Publisher (Dublin Core)
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New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Date (Dublin Core)
2010-09-30
Type (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Article
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/277
10.5459/bnzsee.43.3.143-173
Source (Dublin Core)
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Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Vol 43 No 3 (2010); 143-173
2324-1543
1174-9857
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Relation (Dublin Core)
https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/277/263
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Copyright (c) 2010 Jitendra Bothara, Dick Beetham, Dave Brunsdon, Mike Stannard, Roger Brown, Clark Hyland, Warren Lewis, Scott Miller, Rebecca Sanders, Yakso Sulistio
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
