The repair and strengthening guide for earthquake damaged low-rise domestic buildings in Gujarat, India, 2001

A field guide by Gujrat Relief Engineering Advice Team (GREAT)

This Guide is written by UK based Gujariti engineers who are professionally concerned that repairs and strengthening works on low rise domestic buildings damaged by the Bhuj earthquake are not being carried out properly, nor employing some of the Indian and other international standards that describe how non-engineered buildings can be made more earthquake resistant.

The Bam earthquake of 26 December 2003, Iran by Jubin Motamed, University of Westminster

A post disaster field report

At 5:26:56 am local time on 26 th December 2003 an earthquake of magnitude Mw = 6.5 struck the ancient town of Bam about 800km south-east of Tehran in Iran. The maximum intensity value was 9 EMS, and it caused almost total destruction of the town and the surrounding area of Baravat.

The Bam, Iran earthquake of 26 December 2003 by Ali Manafpour of Halcrow

A large earthquake with a magnitude of Mw=6.6 (USGS[3]) struck the city of Bam, located approximately 1000km southeast of Tehran, at 05:26:56 local time (01:56:56 GMT) on Friday 26 th December 2003.

Bingol, 2003 field report

As part of ongoing research at the University of Bath into the vulnerability of lowengineered reinforced concrete masonry infilled framed buildings, a post earthquake visit was organised to document the effects of the event that occurred on the 1 st of May 2003, at Bingol, Turkey.

Astor Valley 2002 field report

On the 20th November 2002 a moderate sized earthquake struck the west flank of the great Nanga Parbat mountain, Northern Areas, Pakistan. This was the first disastrous event in the general area since the Darel Earthquake of 1981.