Lessons learned from the Nepal earthquake 2015

Pokharel, Tilak; Goldsworthy, Helen M.

doi:10.1080/13287982.2017.1309818

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“…In many cases, owners built their own houses without any type of technical support. Indeed, in recent years, the Mandatory Rules of Thumb (NBC204:1994) provided requirements for construction processes managed by nonprofessional technicians, but these were seldom followed; consequently, most of the masonry buildings in Nepal have inadequate structural details (Pokharel and Goldsworthy 2017).…”

Section: Seismic Damage Of Conventional Urm Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Damage Reconnaissance of Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

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This paper documents and analyzes the seismic behavior of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings that were damaged by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, and reports on the performance of palaces, giving an overview on the failures suffered by significant examples of these monumental buildings. Field reconnaissance was completed through both rapid, in-situ visual assessment and state-of-the-art procedures utilizing light detection and ranging (lidar) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. Both the visual and virtual assessments were compared for 20 structures and were generally consistent; however, the virtual assessment process enabled detection of damage that could not be captured or was difficult to distinguish in the field observations. Further, both in-plane and out-of-plane mechanisms were analyzed and attributed to specific structural deficiencies that usually characterize poorly detailed masonry buildings. Moreover, wall overturning was correlated with the peculiarities of the pseudo-accelerations and rocking response spectra of the earthquake.

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Section: Seismic Damage Of Conventional Urm Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Damage Reconnaissance of Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

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“…Nepal lies above two tectonic plates -Indian and Eurasian plate which makes the nation vulnerable to earthquakes. Movement of Indian plate beneath the Eurasian plate is the major cause of numerous major earthquakes in the Himalayan region including the M8.0 Nepal-Bihar Earthquake in 1934 and the M7.6 Kashmir Earthquake in 2005 [12]. A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred in January 1934, at the Nepal-India border with epicenter (26.50°, 86.50°E) [11] Many researchers had already made warning for the decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its young geology, haphazard urbanization, poor construction practice, and a lack of disaster preparedness [13].…”

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Assessment of Physical Environment and Healthcare Facilities After Gorkha Earthquake in Kavrepalanchok District of Nepal

Shrestha¹,

Dahal²,

Ghimire³

2022

AJETM

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Natural disasters always pose a great challenge to the health systems and individual's health facility. In lowresource settings, disaster preparedness systems are often limited and not been well responded. If the health systems are well planned, the risk of occurrence and losses after disaster could be minimized. The devastating Gorkha earthquake 2015 destructed many health infrastructures that need to be reconstructed and maintained. Health care system of Nepal has always questionable in aspect of accessibility, availability and affordability that has been magnified by Gorkha earthquake. Field observation (FO), in-depth interview (IDI), focus group discussion (FGD), and questionnaire survey have been conducted in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal during 2020. Health services provided and their coverage of available health facilities is not adequate. Again, Nepalese community does not have sufficient knowledge of vulnerability of disaster and health preparedness during the disaster. The study would like to suggest for the preparation of reconstruction and recovery plan with people's awareness and resources mobilization for health infrastructure and connectivity.

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“…In the M 7.8 Nepal earthquake in 2015, the shaking intensity (Peak Ground Acceleration: PGA < 0.2g) in Kathmandu was only moderate, but the strong motion recordings of ~ 0.5g spectral acceleration at ~ 5s period (e.g. Pokharel and Goldsworthy 2015) seem to indicate that practically any modern high-rise building (say > 40 stories) would have been vulnerable to collapse in these long period motions.…”

Section: Macroseismic Intensity Magnitude and Peak Ground Accelerationmentioning

confidence: 99%

NDSHA - The New Paradigm for RSHA - An Updated Review

Bela

Panza

2021

TCCKHVTD

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A New Paradigm (data driven and not like the currently model driven) is needed for Reliable Seismic Hazard Assessment RSHA. Neo-Deterministic Seismic Hazard Assessment (NDSHA) integrates earthquake geology, earthquake science, and particularly earthquake physics to finally achieve a New (and needed) Paradigm for Reliable Seismic Hazard Assessment RSHA.Although observations from many recent destructive earthquakes have all confirmed the validity of NDSHA’s approach and application to earthquake hazard forecasting-nonetheless damaging earthquakes still cannot yet be predicted with a precision requirement consistent with issuing a red alert and evacuation order to protect civil populations. However, intermediate-term (time scale) and middle-range (space scale) predictions of main shocks above a pre-assigned threshold may be properly used for the implementation of low-key preventive safety actions, as recommended by UNESCO in 1997. Furthermore, a proper integration of both seismological and geodetic information has been shown to also reliably contribute to a reduction of the geographic extent of alarms and it therefore defines a New Paradigm for TimeDependent Hazard Scenarios: Intermediate-Term (time scale) and Narrow-Range (space scale) Earthquake Prediction.

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Lessons learned from the Nepal earthquake 2015

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Damage Reconnaissance of Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Damage Reconnaissance of Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Assessment of Physical Environment and Healthcare Facilities After Gorkha Earthquake in Kavrepalanchok District of Nepal

NDSHA - The New Paradigm for RSHA - An Updated Review

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