| Abstract: | The paper describes the damage statistics of the 12 October 1992 earthquake (Dahshur earthquake) that hit the greater Cairo area in Egypt and measured 5.4 on the Richter scale. Building sample consisted of 2270 buildings distributed in almost every district in the greater Cairo area and their characteristics cover a wide range of date of construction and structural systems. Structural and non-structural damage to buildings are presented as functions of date of construction, height and type of construction. It is believed that the information presented in the paper is of extreme importance to the engineering community as to the structural impact that the 1992 earthquake had on building stocks in the urban area. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
