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Structural damage in Mexico City
Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1029/GL013i006p00589
Copyright 1986 by the American Geophysical Union.
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- Issue published online: 7 DEC 2012
- Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 22 APR 1986
- Manuscript Received: 28 FEB 1986
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This paper describes the structural damage in Mexico City caused by the September 19, 1985 earthquake. Photographs which illustrate various features of structural behavior are included. One explanation is presented as to why buildings with fundamental periods of elastic vibration considerably below the predominant two-second period of the ground motion were most vulnerable to damage.