News Articles
Links: More than 2 Million Affected by Earthquake, Chile’s President Says by CNN (February 28, 2010) Chile Officials Call for Aid as Devastation Sinks In by New York Times (March 1, 2010) Maps of the Chile Earthquake by The New York Times (February 27, 2010) Blogs: Liftech Consultants Inc. Tsunami related websites: International Tsunami Information Centre […]
Performance of Tall Buildings During the 2/27/2010 Chile Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake
Presentation slides here: Performance of Tall Buildings During the 2/27/2010 Chile Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake
Observations of Port Facilities
San Antonio San Antonio has seven berths with six ship-to-shore gantry cranes. Two of these cranes were damaged due to ship collisions. Another crane was derailed, but has no significant structural damage, and was placed back on the gantry rails within a few days. Some cranes had minor damage to the mechanical systems, including salt […]
Reconstruction Information and Resources
This website showcases severely damaged reinforced high-rises in Santiago: CIPER – Centro de Investigacion e Informacion Periodistica This site offers specifications that guide the reconstruction of damaged homes: Chile Government: Serviu Region Del Maule The site presents the Chilean emergency reconstruction program: Ministry of Housing and Urbanity, Government of Chile
Regulations for Seismic Design
Visit website here: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/worldlist/Web/9_Chile.htm
USGS Reports on the 1985 Chilean Earthquake
Preliminary report of investigations of the central Chile earthquake of March 3, 1985 by Sylvester Theodore Algermissen Seismic site-response experiments following the March 3, 1985 central Chile earthquake (topographical and geological effects) edited by Mehmet Celebi Processed Chile earthquake records of 3 March 1985 and aftershocks compiled by Mehmet Celebi
Preliminary report from CSSC Team
See the Google reconnaissance map: Baja Earthquake M7.2 April 4, 2010aja Earthquake M7.2 April 4, 2010 If you have trouble getting in, send Fred and email at FredTurnerSE@gmail.com This map will be updated with a few notes and more points from the field visit and possibly more links in a few days. In addition, Fred posted a […]
Earthquake Spectra Special Issue on the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence
Digital access to articles: http://earthquakespectra.org/toc/eqsa/30/1 Purchase hard copy of entire issue: https://www.eeri.org/products-page/reconnaissance-issues/es-30s1-the-2010-2011-canterbury-earthquake-sequence-special-issue/
USGS Event Page
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000huvq/executive#executive
Strong Motion Records from CESMD
See the Strong Motions Records: New Zealand Earthquake of 21 February 2011