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- Title
Die Magnitude 6,4 – Erdbeben in Albanien und Kroatien – Ingenieuranalyse der Erdbebenschäden und Erfahrungswerte für die Baunormung.
- Authors
Abrahamczyk, Lars; Penava, Davorin; Markušić, Snjezana; Stanko, Davor; Luqman Hasan, Peshawa; Haweyou, Melad; Schwarz, Jochen
- Abstract
The Magnitude 6.4 – earthquakes in Albania and Croatia – engineering analysis of earthquake damage and lessons for standardization in Europe In 2019 and 2020, the Balkan region was hit by two earthquakes of magnitude MW = 6.4. On November 26, 2019, an earthquake struck Northwestern Albania. It was the strongest to hit Albania in more than 40 years. Cities such as Thumanë, Tirana, and Durrës suffered damage, but Durrës was the hardest hit with several building collapsed. On December 29, 2020, an earthquake occurred in the Sisak‐Moslavina county of Croatia, located approximately 50 km south of Zagreb. Comparable to Albania, it was the strongest to hit in the Pokupsko‐Petrinja seismic zone since the October 8, 1909 Pokupsko earthquake and the largest earthquake in the region in 140 years. It caused extensive damage in the cities of Petrinja, Glina, and Sisak as well as in numerous neighboring small towns and small settlements in the region. The shaking effects and building damage of both earthquakes could be investigated and documented during field operations. In Durrës (Albania), the most affected buildings by the earthquake damage were reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings with infill walls. Whereas, the Croatia earthquake caused major damage on the older and modern unreinforced masonry buildings. The paper provides an overview of the earthquake‐induced damage in different types of buildings and their variations. The causes of the damage as well as the consequences for rapid response to earthquake are discussed in close relation to the standardization in low to moderate seismic regions in Europe.
- Subjects
ALBANIA; CROATIA; EFFECT of earthquakes on buildings; EARTHQUAKE damage; EARTHQUAKE magnitude; SMALL cities; ENGINEERING mathematics; REINFORCED concrete; EARTHQUAKE engineering
- Publication
Bautechnik, 2022, Vol 99, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
0932-8351
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bate.202100070