Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, presented in a companion paper, have demonstrated that variations in ground motions due to topographic site effects had a significant impact on damage distribution in the affected area. This paper will present that, in addition to these ground-motion variations, the variation in vulnerability of residential and critical facilities was observed to have a significant impact on the level of damage observed in the region. The
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