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Housner G.W. and Dixin H.
Earthquake
China 1976
Tangshan
Study
Housner G.W. and Dixin H.
Survey Location
Changli
location point (lat long)
39.7062 119.1594
lat long accuracy
Poor
distance from epicentre (km)
85
usgs pga
27.8295
usgs pgv
29.087
usgs mmi
7.42
usgs sdpga
0.8471
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
41.6666666666667
25
16.6666666666667
16.6666666666667
0
0
100
BW
0
50
50
0
0
0
100
BRCW
0
0
100
0
0
0
100
SW
71.4285714285714
14.2857142857143
0
14.2857142857143
0
0
100
BSW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Building Classes
Damage Level
BI
SLD
MD
SD
C
CC
Total
BRC
5
3
2
2
0
0
12
BW
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
BRCW
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
SW
5
1
0
1
0
0
7
BSW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
10
5
5
3
0
0
23
Post earthquake buildings surveys
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Study locations
Study Locations
Changli
East mining area
Fengnan
Qinhuangdao
Tangshan-city