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Nepal 2015
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Nepal 2015
Gorkha
Study
Ehime University,Japan
authors
Mitsu Okamura, Netran P. Bhandary, Shinichiro Mori, Narayan Marasini and Hemanta Hazarika
Date
2015
Damage Scale
EMS98
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Data
Documentation
id
Damage Levels
16
D0
Undamaged
17
D1
Negligable to slight damage
18
D2
Moderate damage
19
D3
Substantial to heavy damage
20
D4
Very heavy damage, partial collapse
21
D5
Total or near total collapse
id
Building Classes
473
All
Notes on Building Classes
Three-to six-story residential and office buildings built in reinforced concrete with in filled walls (RCIW) are dominant in the Kathmandu valley, while two-story unreinforced masonry (URM) houses secondarily dominant.
Sources
Report on a reconnaissance survey of damage in Kathmandu caused by the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake
Mitsu Okamura, Netran P. Bhandary, Shinichiro Mori, Narayan Marasini and Hemanta Hazarika
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Study locations
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Study Locations
Kathmandu valley