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Australia 1989
Newcastle
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Survey Location
Newcastle
location point (lat long)
-32.92 151.78
lat long accuracy
distance from epicentre (km)
16
usgs pga
34.1955
usgs pgv
32.2559
usgs mmi
7.58
usgs sdpga
0.6371
usgs svel
360
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Damage Matrix
Percent Matrix
Building Classes
Damage Level Percentages of Total Damaged
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
Total
M pre-1920
47.3684210526316
28.9473684210526
13.1578947368421
7.89473684210526
2.63157894736842
100
M 1920-1940
60.4519774011299
18.6440677966102
11.864406779661
6.77966101694915
2.25988700564972
100
M 1940-1960
69.8924731182796
6.45161290322581
8.60215053763441
15.0537634408602
0
100
M post-1960
79.1666666666667
6.25
10.4166666666667
4.16666666666667
0
100
RC pre-1920
0
50
0
50
0
100
RC 1920-1940
80
20
0
0
0
100
RC 1940-1960
78.2608695652174
10.8695652173913
8.69565217391304
2.17391304347826
0
100
RC post-1960
82.8125
1.5625
10.9375
4.6875
0
100
Building Classes
Damage Level
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
Total
M pre-1920
18
11
5
3
1
38
M 1920-1940
107
33
21
12
4
177
M 1940-1960
65
6
8
14
0
93
M post-1960
38
3
5
2
0
48
RC pre-1920
0
1
0
1
0
2
RC 1920-1940
20
5
0
0
0
25
RC 1940-1960
36
5
4
1
0
46
RC post-1960
53
1
7
3
0
64
Total
337
65
50
36
5
493
European Macroseismic Scale (Conseil de L'Europe)
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Study Locations
Newcastle