Performance of Low-rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings in the 2016 Ecuador Earthquake

10.4231/R7ZC8111

Aishwarya Y. Puranam , Chungwook Sim , Enrique Villalobos , Jhon Paul Smith , Lucas A. Laughery , Pedro Rojas , Santiago Pujol

09/18/2017

The earthquake in Ecuador occurred on April 16, 2016 with a moment magnitude of 7.8. It caused more than 660 casualties and over 27,730 people were injured. The survey was performed from July 10 through July 17, 2016 in the cities of Manta,...

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