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! At 07:53.54 on October 15, 2013 a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the island of Bohol in the Visayas region of the Philippines. The epicenter of the quake was 20km south of the town of Inabanga and approximately 30 km from the western coastline, the subject of this report. After this initial shock over 3000 aftershocks were felt and are still in progress at the time of writing this report, (15 days later).
The 7.2 earthquake may have been caused by a previously undiscovered fault line transecting Bohol running ENEWSW parallel to the islands northwest coast. This was apparent in the pattern of epicenters of the subsequent aftershocks. This new fault line has been named North Bohol Fault
SUBJECTS OF INVESTIGATION
At the request of Simon Baily-Gibson a British Embassy Warden, a visual evaluation of 6 properties occupied by British nationals was carried out on October 30, 2013. these being 1.! 2.! 3.! 4.! 5.! 6.! German guy Sandingan Location 9 50 57.32N, 123 47 14.91E John and Christy Green Sandingan Swiss guy with the egg collection Sandinghan Brit guy on the beach chalets Panganan Location 9 53 30.25N, 123 50 45.53E Simon and Flor Gibson Calape Location 9 53 36.39N, 123 52 58.49E Colin Barnes - Sagbayan Location 9 54 48.99N, 124 50 37.47E
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Proposition ! The ground slab is acting as a raft slab. It appears to be doing ! so without distress. Were it to be distressed then the ground floor would be exhibiting 'heaving' under this load. It is not.
Course of action ! Re analysis the building as being supported on a raft slab. Make modifications to the current ground slab ( if necessary) !to accommodate this
Anticipated prognosis ! Minor local modifications to the existing ground floor slab required. These can be accommodated within the existing building envelope
AUTHOR
Raymond Crane BEng, CEng, MIStructE, MICE, PE October 31, 2013