Comparison of Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings before and after 2005 Kashmir Earthquake

Research Article| January 01, 2010 Comparison of Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings before and after 2005 Kashmir Earthquake S. T. Maqsood; S. T. Maqsood Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC) Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany tariq.maqsood@bauing.uni-weimar.de (S. T. M.) schwarz@bauing.uni-weimar.de (J .S.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar J. Schwarz J. Schwarz Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC) Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany tariq.maqsood@bauing.uni-weimar.de (S. T. M.) schwarz@bauing.uni-weimar.de (J .S.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information S. T. Maqsood Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC) Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany tariq.maqsood@bauing.uni-weimar.de (S. T. M.) schwarz@bauing.uni-weimar.de (J .S.) J. Schwarz Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC) Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany tariq.maqsood@bauing.uni-weimar.de (S. T. M.) schwarz@bauing.uni-weimar.de (J .S.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2010 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2010) 81 (1): 85–98. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.1.85 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation S. T. Maqsood, J. Schwarz; Comparison of Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings before and after 2005 Kashmir Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters 2010;; 81 (1): 85–98. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.1.85 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search On 8 October 2005, one of the most destructive earthquakes ever to strike Pakistan occurred in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP in northern Pakistan (Figure 1). The earthquake occurred at 8:50 a.m. local time on a Saturday morning when all the businesses, schools, and government offices were open. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6 with a depth of 26 km (U.S. Geological Survey, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2005/usdyae/). Damage was widespread over a region of almost 30,000 km2. The total economic loss due to damage and destruction is estimated to be... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.