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.
Preliminary Reports on Strong Motion Records (Spanish)
Read the Report: Preliminary Report v. 1 on Strong Motion Records (466 kB PDF) Read the Report: Preliminary Report v. 2 on Strong Motion Records (1.1 MB PDF) Read the Report: Preliminary Report v. 3 on Strong Motion Records (1.54 MB PDF) Click here to visit the University of Chile website for preliminary records from Santiago sites–one is at the faculty of […]
Photos of Building Damage
Festival building Figure 1. Festival Building. Figure 2. It was repaired, due to some damage suffered in 1985. Figure 3. Note longitudinal bar congestion. Figure 4. Note lack of transverse reinforcement in the boundary area. Toledo condominium Figure 1. Shear walls in the […]
Reconnaissance Observations of Bridges
Day 2: We visited four bridges along the Vespucio Norte tollway north of the airport; two had collapsed and two were in service. Those that collapsed were being demolished very quickly (I guess they will be gone in a day or two). Insufficient seating is the probable main cause. The four bridges were very similar […]
Photos of Building and Bridge Damage
On March 5, 2010, the first Risk Management Solutions (RMS) reconnassiance team landed at the Santiago Airport to begin their investigation into the impacts from the 2010 M8.8 Maule, Chile event. Team #1 is being led by Dr. Mohsen Rahnama, and he is joined by Chesley Williams and Carlos Cabrera. Areas visited include Santiago and […]
Photos of Talcahuano and Concepcion
Figure 1. After the tsunami at Talcahuano 2. Figure 2. Base isolated wharf at Coronel – from below. Figure 3. Base isolated wharf at Coronel. Figure 4. Bridge at Concepcion. Figure 5. Container yard at Coronel port. Figure 6. Glazing damage at Concepcion. […]
List of earthquakes in Chile from February 27, 2010 until March 12, 2010
5.9 2010/03/12 16:50:06 -34.177 -71.659 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE5.1 2010/03/12 16:04:53 -34.006 -71.620 35.0 REGION METROPOLITANA, CHILE4.9 2010/03/12 13:25:26 -34.187 -71.772 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE4.9 2010/03/12 11:02:16 -38.084 -72.660 35.0 ARAUCANIA, CHILE4.8 2010/03/12 10:39:27 -34.291 -71.888 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE4.8 2010/03/12 09:00:56 -34.287 -71.661 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE4.7 2010/03/12 08:53:28 -34.337 -71.616 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE4.9 2010/03/12 06:56:41 -34.198 -71.759 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE4.8 2010/03/12 06:45:01 -34.289 -71.859 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE5.0 2010/03/12 06:10:38 -34.377 -71.609 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE4.8 2010/03/12 03:10:49 -34.322 -71.797 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE4.7 2010/03/12 02:58:55 -37.056 -72.781 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE4.9 2010/03/12 01:46:59 -34.339 -71.642 30.9 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE 4.9 2010/03/11 23:18:11 -37.404 -73.011 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE5.5 2010/03/11 22:34:05 -37.647 -73.496 36.9 BIO-BIO, CHILE4.9 2010/03/11 21:50:07 -34.324 -71.711 33.1 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE5.8 2010/03/11 20:11:20 -34.327 -71.680 2.3 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE5.5 2010/03/11 19:28:07 -34.307 -71.772 24.5 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE5.1 2010/03/11 17:18:50 -34.256 -71.845 23.3 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE5.3 2010/03/11 16:56:33 -34.407 -71.757 35.0 LIBERTADOR […]
Reconnaissance Observations of Buildings
Day 4 (Thursday, March 11) – Santiago Visited SIRVE, an engineering company specializing in base isolation and advanced structural/geotechnical issues. It is an offshoot of the Catholic University. Jack and I are being hosted primarily by Juan Carlos De la LLera, Rafael Riddell, and Karl Luders . They gave us a brief overview of the […]
Observations from the EERI Team
3/10 Arrival at Santiago Airport (SCL). Airport functionality returning. Approximately 1.5 hours to clear customs. Arranged taxi inside terminal. 15,000 pesos (about $30US). Half hour taxi ride to Hotel Neruda. A few signs of earthquake, including settled overpass approaches along route. Meeting at U. Catolica to initiate discussions with Professors Rafael Riddell, Ernesto Cruz, Juan […]
Observations from the EERI Team
Travel to Maipu zone of Santiago. Don Tristan (Figure 4) collapsed and made headlines after the earthquake. Building shown in Figure 1 is nearby very similar building that sustained severe damage and partial collapse of first story. Figure 2 is view toward the collapsed end. Note inclined crack in wall. Figure 3 shows collapsed side […]