EERI Steel and Industrial Buildings Team Presentation
Read the Report: February 27, 2010 Chile Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Investigation Steel and Industrial Buildings Team (2.7 MB PDF)
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 from the EERI Bridge Team
The Bridge Team’s goal for today was to determine the geographical extent of bridge damage from the Chilean earthquakes. We did this by driving nearly 450 miles south along Route 5 (the Pan American Highway) from Santiago to Temuco, keeping along the outer edge of the zone of strong shaking (about 50 miles or so […]
Observations from the EERI Steel and Industrial Buildings Team
The team left Concepcion at 8:30 AM and drove towards Santiago northbound on Ruta 5. Road was in good condition although the traffic was directed to the southbound roadway due to loss of roadway in the northbound direction e.g., in Miraflores (Figure 4). North of Rancagua we observed several damaged bridges e.g. at Graneros, Libertador […]
Observations from the EERI Bridge Team
The Bridge Team has spent the last two days in the epicentral region. What a contrast to skirting around the edge of strong shaking on Monday! We spent most of Tuesday traveling to the now remote town of Tubul. Remote “now” because a landslide and bridge collapse has cut off the town except for a […]
Observations from the EERI Social Science & Policy Team
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Observations from the EERI Bridge Team
The Bridge Team made it back to Santiago today after covering over 1200 miles in the last 4 days. We realized that of all of the teams, we have the most ground to cover. Partly because bridges are dispersed around the entire region, and partly because many of our sites to investigate are dead end […]
Photos from the EERI Structural Team
3/17/10 Department store in Concepcion after looting and being set afire. Figure 1 below Midrise concrete building in Concepcion. Significant damage to concrete walls over nearly entire height of building. Lateral system features two longitudinal walls running NW/NE with transverse walls. Transverse walls heavily damaged in at least first and second stories. Figure 2, Figure […]
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