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Magnitude 7.6 on Sept 30, 2009

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Ruins of collapsed school

[photo: Kerry Sieh]

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Parupuak Tabing School

[photo: T. Hart]

Bunda Medical Center

[photo: T. Hart]

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Tsunami Evacuation Home

[photo: V. Cedillos]

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Damage to Provincial Planning Building

[photo: K. Wood]

Hotel Inna Muara

[photo: C. Cabrera]

Undamaged Dutch Colonial House

[photo: S. Henderson]

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Interior Damage in Hospital

[photo: C. Cabrera]

Damaged building next to Ambacang Hotel

Note person recovering property. [photo: Kerry Sieh]

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Damaged and burned central market

[photo: Kerry Sieh]

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Collapsed private English school

[photo: Kerry Sieh]

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Damaged Bunda Medical Center

[photo: T. Hart]

Hotel Ambacang

[photo: N. Alexander]

English Learning Center

[photo: N. Alexander]

Large Landslide

[photo: A. Kizzee]

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Landslide:house buried in 6 feet of mud

[Photo: A. Kizzee]

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bii Bank Headquarters

[photo: C. Cabrera]

Performance of Dutch Colonial Era Buildings

[photo: S. Henderson]

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Damage in STMIK Building

[photo: T. Hart]

SMK Negeri 9 School

[photo: T. Hart]

Non-structural Damage in Basko Mall Hotel

[photo: C. Cabrera]

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Damaged Ambacang Hotel

[photo: Kerry Sieh]

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Damage at Jr. College

[photo: C. Cabrera]

Pariaman City Hall

[photo: G. Deierlein]

General Info

EERI Reconnaissance Team Report Now Available

Download the report (1.3Mb PDF) by clicking here.  Read More →

Initial Observations

Initial reports from EERI members and colleagues who have already been in the field... 

News, Photos, Videos from MCEER

Information compiled on Indonesian earthquakes by Information Service of MCEER: Click... 

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Structural Observations

Pariaman City Hall

Located 45 km north of Padang, the city of Pariaman is located about 40 km from the... 

Seismic Performance of Dutch Colonial Buildings

Seismic Performance of Dutch Colonial Buildings October 17, 2009 by Sugeng Wijanto INTRODUCTION As... 

No. 52 Parupuak Tabing school

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Geotechnical Observations

Lake Maninjau Landslides

Lake Maninjou is a volcanic crater with an average rim to lake elevation change of... 

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Social Science Observations

Padang Fire Department and Early Search and Rescue Operations

In the hours immediately following the earthquake, the Padang City Fire Department... 

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Earth Science Observations

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