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Housner G.W. and Dixin H.
Earthquake
China 1976
Tangshan
Study
Housner G.W. and Dixin H.
Survey Location
Fengnan
location point (lat long)
39.5633 118.091
lat long accuracy
Poor
distance from epicentre (km)
9
usgs pga
57.4246
usgs pgv
61.7523
usgs mmi
8.56
usgs sdpga
0.799
usgs svel
210
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Damage Matrix
Percent Matrix
Building Classes
Damage Level Percentages of Total Damaged
BI
SLD
MD
SD
C
CC
Total
BRC
0
0
0
10
0
90
100
BW
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
BRCW
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
SW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BSW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Building Classes
Damage Level
BI
SLD
MD
SD
C
CC
Total
BRC
0
0
0
1
0
9
10
BW
0
0
0
0
0
12
12
BRCW
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
SW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BSW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
1
0
22
23
Post earthquake buildings surveys
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Study locations
Study Locations
Changli
East mining area
Fengnan
Qinhuangdao
Tangshan-city