Unearthed lessons of 25 April 2015 Gorkha earthquake (MW 7.8): geotechnical earthquake engineering perspectives

Gorkha earthquake (MW 7.8) of 25 April 2015 struck central, eastern and western Nepal and neighbouring areas. Enormous losses during Gorkha earthquake were attributed to collapse of 498,852 buildings, 446 public health facilities and partial damage of 256,697 buildings, 765 health facilities as well...

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Main Author: Dipendra Gautam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-12-01
Series:Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2017.1337653