Visual inspection and detail evaluation for earthquake disaster mitigation

• Main Authors: Zakaria, Rozana, Ramli, Mohd. Zamri, Choo, Kok Wah
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2011
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29912/; http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.90-93.3131

Malaysia is considered as a very low seismic region country. However countries that border Malaysia such as Indonesia and Philippines are the two most seismically active countries with frequent earthquakes. The close proximity of these countries means that Malaysia is prone to risk of distance earth...