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Today, earthquakes threaten urban communities and built environment. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, more than 680,000 people have lost their lives in earthquakes all over the world. It is thought that one of the leading causes of high mortality rates in the past earthquakes is due to the delayed assistance to the victims. In the response phase after disaster, relief activities and lifeline and important facilities' performance like hospitals will play an important role in saving lives. Estimating the possible damage from an earthquake in Tehran is one of the main components of emergency response operations in the early hours and days after the probable earthquake. To achieve this goal, Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization (TDMMO) has done the vulnerability assessment of Tehran hospitals. Knowing their physical vulnerability can help us to estimate the remaining capacity after the …