Lessons from Recent Earthquakes in India, Indonesia and Pakistan

Abstract eng:
Every earthquake has its own signature and every earthquake teaches some new lesson. The 26 January 2001 Bhuj Earthquake in India, 26 December 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia and 08 October 2005 Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan has taught several new lessons. These are from different fields such as structural engineering, bridge engineering, telecommunication engineering, military engineering, coastal engineering etc. These lessons could be used in designs of future similar activities not only in the epicentral regions but also at other locations. The main lessons are (a) Damage of structures due to Raleigh Waves at far distance from the epicenter (b) Collapse of Military Bunkers in the highest Isoseismal intensity (c) Good Performance of Bailey bridges (d) Direction of Propagation of Destructive Tsunami waves (e) Animal Precursors of Tsunami. Some coastal towns have expanded and cities have become mega cities. The seismic and Tsunamigenic vulnerability of such locations needs planning for next few decades. These lessons would be useful for this purpose.

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