During the 1st October 1995 Dinar, Turkey, earthquake, a total of 90 p
eople died and about 240 people were injured. The number of collapsed
or heavily damaged buildings exceeded 8000 within a radius of 20 km ar
ound the epicentre. The ground rupture was about 11 km long along an u
nexpected, new fault line. The reinforced concrete moment resisting fr
amed structures as well as brick masonry houses experienced the most s
evere damage, especially those situated on soft soil layers of alluviu
m formations. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.