DAMAGE IN ANJAR

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Figure 1. General location of Anjar. Anjar was 42 km to the Southwest of the epicenter.



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Figure 2. Location of pictures taken in Anjar.



Figure 3. The left aisle of the building lost two floors (2/15/01 5:41:18 PM, N23.11083 E70.02994).



Figure 4. Some parts of Anjar had been completely destroyed by the earthquake (2/15/01 5:41:59 PM, N23.11152 E70.03012).



Figure 5. This badly damaged pharmacy did not collapse (2/15/01 5:42:38 PM, N23.11161 E70.03012).



Figure 6. Across the street of the pharmacy, buildings had collapsed (2/15/01 5:43:00 PM, N23.11160 E70.03012).



Figure 7. The top floors of a building fell onto the street (2/15/01 5:44:11 PM, N23.11165 E70.03019).



Figure 8. A sacred cow walking peacefully in destroyed Anjar (2/15/01 5:44:35 PM, N23.11168 E70.03019).



Figure 9. This building was so damaged that it was difficult to reconstruct its original number of floors (2/15/01 5:45:37 PM, N23.11245 E70.03034).



Figure 10. Damaged store with shear cracks in masonry infill walls (2/15/01 5:48:06 PM, N23.11679 E70.02972).



Figure 11. Most of the masonry houses collapsed during the quake (2/15/01 5:48:48 PM, N23.11684 E70.02858).



Figure 12. The top part of this building crashed down on its lower part (2/15/01 5:49:16 PM, N23.11691 E70.02785).



Figure 13. A view of total devastation n Anjar (2/15/01 5:49:23 PM, N23.11700 E70.02771).



Figure 14. A section of this stone house collapsed onto the street (2/15/01 5:50:09 PM, N23.11721 E70.02660).



Figure 15. The second floor and some exterior walls of this house fell down (2/15/01 5:50:15 PM, N23.11714 E70.02640).



Figure 16. A section of this reinforced masonry store collapsed (2/15/01 5:53:54 PM, N23.10992 E70.02496).



Figure 17. A view of a totally destroyed area of Anjar (2/15/01 5:58:28 PM, N23.11167 E70.02993).



Figure 18. The streets in some areas of Anjar were covered with debris of destroyed houses (2/15/01 5:58:49 PM, N23.11181 E70.02973).



Figure 19. A totally disintegrated house (2/15/01 5:59:06 PM, N23.11182 E70.02954).



Figure 20. Another part of Anjar completely destroyed by the earthquake (2/15/01 5:59:34 PM, N23.11171 E70.02912).



Figure 21. An uncompleted RC building standing out among destroyed masonry buildings (2/15/01 5:59:42 PM, N23.11178 E70.02898).



Figure 22. The first floor of this building collapsed (2/15/01 6:00:05 PM, N23.11199 E70.02861).



Figure 23. Some of the exterior walls of this masonry house fell down (2/15/01 6:00:20 PM, N23.11212 E70.02846).



Figure 24. Streets in Anjar had to be cleared from debris (2/15/01 6:00:32 PM, N23.11223 E70.02835).



Figure 25. An house surrounded by devastation (2/15/01 6:01:43 PM, N23.11263 E70.02912).



Figure 26. The top structure of this four story building fell sideways. Some of the masonry infill walls fell down. (2/15/01 6:02:21 PM, N23.11280 E70.02972).



Figure 27. The first floor of this building collapsed (2/15/01 6:03:12 PM, N23.11259 E70.03025).