LFE Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes Reconnaissance Webinar: Buildings

The EERI Buildings Team traveled more than 3200 kilometers through the earthquake-affected region of Turkey in mid-March 2023, conducting reconnaissance in İskenderun, Samandağı, Kırıkhan, Antakya, Adana, Osmaniye, Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Gölbaşı, Malatya, Hassa, İslahiye and Nurdağı. The team focused on understanding the overall structural performance of buildings, including correlation with peak ground intensity at nearby ground motion recording stations. The majority of the buildings were residential, but the team also documented and categorized the response of industrial facilities, commercial buildings, school buildings, and religious and historical structures. The building sample includes reinforced concrete, steel moment frame, precast concrete, and unreinforced masonry buildings. The team also recorded damage to nonstructural building components. In this webinar, members of the team will present their findings and respond to questions.
Moderator: Eduardo Miranda, Stanford University
Speakers:
Parth Gudhka, IMEG
Bora Genturk, University of Southern California
Halil Sezen, Ohio State University (team lead)
Rupa Garai, SOM
Morgan Griffith, Exponent
Michael Mieler, ARUP