On 24 August 2016, a Mw 6.0 earthquake started damaging seismic sequence in central Italy. The historical center of Amatrice village reached the XI degree (MCS scale) but high vulnerability alone could not explain heavy damage. Unfortunately, at time only AMT station, 200 m away from downtown, recorded mainshock, whereas tens temporary stations were installed afterwards. We propose method to si...

near-fault ground motions have caused very much damage in the vicinity of seismic sources during recent earthquakes. it is well known that under specific circumstances, intensive ground shakings near fault ruptures may be characterized by short-duration impulsive motions. this pulse-type motion is generally particular to the forward direction, where the fault rupture propagates towards the site...

A simple evaluation method of building resilience is proposed, and the elastic-plastic high-rise buildings evaluated under resonant long-duration ground motions. The concept availability incorporated into model resilience, which was proposed in previous paper. Not only in-building components but also external factors such as lifelines redundancy facility systems are considered model. Based on m...