Early in the morning of June 22, 2022, an M5.9-6.0M1 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, resulting in extensive loss of life and damage to housing. Miyamoto International (Miyamoto)’s Engineering and the shelter team was engaged for a 10-day mission to identify common building typologies and a common failure modes, and possible mitigation strategies. The team assessed:
- Whether the current vernacular housing typologies were appropriate for the seismic risk
- The technical cause(s) of house failure
- The appropriateness and financial viability of repairing/retrofitting damaged houses for use as
- emergency/transitional shelter prior to the onset of winter
- The percentage of houses that could be rapidly repaired, upgraded, or reconstructed
- Strategic advice to the shelter cluster on repairs or reconstruction assistance.
