Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Antofagasta-Tocopilla, Chile

November 14, 2007, M7.7 Earthquake

  Report from a reconnaissance team from three Chilean universities that conducted site visits to approximately 20 towns in the earthquake zone shortly after the event. The focus was primarily on damage to dwellings and lifelines, geotechnical effects and the calculation of intensities. EERI REPORTS

OTHER REPORTS

  • Preliminary overview report prepared by Christian Ledezma, UC Berkeley Ph.D. student – View report
  • Preliminary report from the University of Chile’s Department of Civil Engineering – View report (in Spanish)

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