
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Capacity assessment of damaged school buildings after 2011
Van earthquake
R.A. Oyguc
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
ABSTRACT: On October 23, 2011 a devastating earthquake with M
w
of 7.2 hit Van province, which is located
in the east of Turkey. The epicenter was Tabanlı village which is 30 km far from the city. 16 days afterwards the
first earthquake, a second earthquake with M
w
5.6 again hit Van province. This time the epicenter ...