29 October 2007, Çameli earthquake and structural damages at unreinforced masonry buildings

H Kaplan,H Binici,S Yilmaz,Y S Tama,E Akyol,G Sen,N Cetinkaya,A Sarisin,H Nohutcu,E Atimtay

doi:10.5194/nhess-8-919-2008

Abstract

Abstract. A recent earthquake of M=4.9 occurred on 29 October 2007 in Çameli, Denizli, which is located in a seismically active region at southwest Anatolia, Turkey. It has caused extensive damages at unreinforced masonry buildings like many other cases observed in Turkey during other previous earthquakes. Most of the damaged structures were non-engineered, seismically deficient, unreinforced masonry buildings. This paper presents a site survey of these damaged buildings. In addition to typical masonry damages, some infrequent, event-specific damages were also observed. Reasons for the relatively wide spread damages considering the magnitude of the event are discussed in the paper.

Highlights

A recent earthquake of M=4.9 occurred on October 2007 in Çameli, Denizli, which is located in a seismically active region at southwest Anatolia, Turkey. It has caused extensive damages at unreinforced masonry buildings like many other cases observed in Turkey during other previous earthquakes
Masonry structures located on seismically active regions of Turkey are mainly non-engineered seismically deficient buildings
Many people live in those unreinforced masonry structures, which constitute an important percentage of the building stock in Turkey. They showed poor performance during previous earthquakes and most of the damages and casualties were resulted from these structures

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Introduction

Masonry structures located on seismically active regions of Turkey are mainly non-engineered seismically deficient buildings. October 2007, Çameli earthquake and structural damages at unreinforced masonry buildings It has caused extensive damages at unreinforced masonry buildings like many other cases observed in Turkey during other previous earthquakes.

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