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Housner G.W. and Dixin H.
Earthquake
China 1976
Tangshan
Study
Housner G.W. and Dixin H.
Survey Location
Qinhuangdao
location point (lat long)
39.9353 119.6004
lat long accuracy
Poor
distance from epicentre (km)
127
usgs pga
22.7282
usgs pgv
21.7931
usgs mmi
6.99
usgs sdpga
0.7647
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
50.4347826086956
37.8260869565217
10.8695652173913
0.869565217391304
0
0
100
BW
11.7647058823529
41.1764705882353
35.2941176470588
11.7647058823529
0
0
100
BRCW
25
65
10
0
0
0
100
SW
87.5
0
12.5
0
0
0
100
BSW
0
100
0
0
0
0
100
Building Classes
Damage Level
BI
SLD
MD
SD
C
CC
Total
BRC
232
174
50
4
0
0
460
BW
4
14
12
4
0
0
34
BRCW
15
39
6
0
0
0
60
SW
14
0
2
0
0
0
16
BSW
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
Total
265
231
70
8
0
0
574
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Study locations
Study Locations
Changli
East mining area
Fengnan
Qinhuangdao
Tangshan-city