Descripción

Mexican Republic is a seismic region due to the interaction of the Pacific, North American, Cocos, Rivera and Caribbean plates. The historic seismicity reports important damage over Cultural Heritage of Puebla, State, Mexico, declared in 1987 by the UNESCO, Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The earthquakes of 15 June 1999 and 19 September 2017 damaged this Heritage. The last earthquake damaged temples of municipalities of the State of Puebla, where damages to macro elements were similar that those observed on 1999 earthquake. In this work, we refer to seventeen temples damaged on 2017 earthquake and their location in Google Earth, conservation principles and structural rehabilitation techniques. The rehabilitation of Temple of San Agustín allowed concluding that the applied techniques will be unique, depending on the damage in the macro element.