Photo of damaged Courthouse in Talca
Chile Earthquake Damage Reference Map
See the PDF map here: Chile earthquake damage (3.4 MB)
Maule Region Earthquake February 27, 2010 Mw= 8.8
Read the Report: Maulee Region Earthquake February 27, 2010, Mw= 8.8 (8.5 MB PDF)
Soil Liquefaction Observations
About 5 hours after the earthquake I went down to the shore of the Villarrica Lake Temuco, and observed a very strange phenomena. Some googling showed that a possible explanation is soil liquefaction. This was later confirmed by Lisa Wald from USGS who recommended posting on this website. On some places at the beach, which is essentially […]
Preliminary Report on Geotechnical Effects of the 2010 Chile Earthquake
GEER Team Leaders: Jonathan Bray, UC Berkeley; Terry Elderidge, Golder Associates; David Frost, Georgia Tech; Youssef Hashash, University of Illinois; Robert Kayen, US Geological Survey; Christian Ledezma, Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile; Rob Moss, California Polytechnic Univ., San Luis Obispo; Ramon Verdugo, Universidad de Chile. Lead Authors: Pedro Arduino, Scott Ashford, Dominic Assimaki, Jonathan Bray, […]
Present Status of Earthquake Preparedness Activities in Chile
Read the Report: Present Status of Earthquake Preparedness Activities in Chile (18 MB PDF)
Chile Earthquake Photos and Captions
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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
Photos of Building Damage in Santiago
Damage in Emerald building (Arrizabal) Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Building damage in Maipu Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3.