Brick Masonry


   

Collapse of the upper storey of a building under construction at Bhachau village.

 

 

Collapse of the brick masonry railroad station building at Vondh.

 

 

   

Partial collapse of the roof and brick chimney at the Mangalore roof tile factory near Morbi. Close-up view shows the cyclic shear cracks in the upper portion of another precariously balanced brick chimney near Morbi.

Cement Block Masonry


 

   

A number of railway stations suffered extensive damages. Fortunately, at this location, no one was killed since at the time all the railway staff had gathered elsewhere for the Republic day flag hoisting ceremony.

 

Small Block Stone Masonry 


Collapse of upper storey of a commercial building in old Bhuj.

 

Out-of-plane collapse of masonry wall.

 

Large Block Stone Masonry  


 

                 

Imminent collapse of staircase and collapse of the corner of two storey large block stone masonry houses without lintel bands in Bhuj.

 

Collapse of the upper storey of the block masonry government office building at Bhuj.

 

Random Rubble Masonry 


      

One two-storey random rubble stone masonry rail road signaling cabin with lintel band at Kandla port sustained minor damage, while another in the same area had a collapse of the upper storey.

 

 

     

Total collapse of traditional houses in random rubble stone masonry with mud mortar at Maliya and Samakhyali villages.

 

 

Collapse of random rubble stone masonry constructions along a street in Morbi town.

 

Out-of-plane collapse of gable walls in single-storey pitched roof dwellings.

 

Uneven out-of-plane collapse of the wythes of the stone masonry walls in single-storey building with RC slab roof near Ahmedabad.