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Analysis of the damage from the 1978 earthquake to the buildings of Thessaloniki
Earthquake
Greece 1978
Thessaloniki
Study
Analysis of the damage from the 1978 earthquake to the buildings of Thessaloniki
Survey Location
Greater Thessaloniki
location point (lat long)
40.76 23.303
lat long accuracy
Medium
distance from epicentre (km)
0
usgs pga
21.336
usgs pgv
25.2775
usgs mmi
7.18
usgs sdpga
usgs svel
425
notes
This event only refers to the total number of buildings in the Thessaloniki urban area which includes the municipality of Thessaloniki and a number of neighboring-urban municipalities, rather than the total effects of the earthquake
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Damage Matrix
Percent Matrix
Building Classes
Damage Level Percentages of Total Damaged
Green
Yellow
Red
Collapsed
Total
RC
84.7073779368144
13.9884175337822
1.28537125100052
0.018833278402938
100
Masonry
71.0379248532565
21.7391304347826
6.89606692207655
0.326877789884363
100
Building Classes
Damage Level
Green
Yellow
Red
Collapsed
Total
RC
17991
2971
273
4
21239
Masonry
20211
6185
1962
93
28451
Total
38202
9156
2235
97
49690
MMI
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Study locations
Study Locations
Greater Thessaloniki