NOAA’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Notice
Field Update from Coquimbo
The coastal road was severely damage and the dike was removed due to the scour. It is also possible to see that the railway close to the shore was compeltely destroyed by the tsunami. I also attached a preliminary numerical simulation of the event. […]
Chilean Schools Prepared for Earthquake
Minor structural damage – RC Buildings
The Chilean building code has been improved every time an earthquake has occurred. Even though the implementation of the construction standards are severe and consequently expensive, when evaluating the damage after the last events, it has proved to be efficient for a country highly susceptible to earthquakes. According to the UN News Centre the UN Office for Disaster […]
Preliminary Assessment of Structural Performance – RC Buildings
Compared to the 8.8M earthquake in 2010, the 8.3M earthquake did not caused important structural damage on reinforced concrete buildings (RCB). However, two more facts helped to reduce the effects of the recent event: the affected area is less densely populated and the energy released was a third of the 2010 earthquake, as explained in an article by Pascale Bonnefoy and Patrick J. […]
World Housing Encyclopedia Reports for Chile
The WHE Report Database contains 130 reports on housing construction types in 43 seismically active countries contributed by volunteers. Each housing report is a detailed description of a housing type in a particular country. The description is prepared from a number of standard closed-ended questions and some narrative that have been provided by report authors. Each report […]
Illapel Earthquake: Housing
Figure 1. Reinforced concrete building structures presenting substantial damage in the nonstructural components of the first and second floors owing to the tsunami. Coquimbo. The dwellings in the affected area are mainly masonry structures (of one or two storeys), and the remaining dwellings are reinforced concrete structures, adobe structures and wood structures. Masonry structures […]
USGS Event Page
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20003k7a#executive
Acceleration records and Spectra from Ruben Boroschek
Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Ericson Encina Zuniga, PhD Student at University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Strong Motion Records from CESMD
See the Website: Chile Coquimbo Offshore Earthquake of 16 September 2015 Ericson Encina Zuniga, PhD Student at University of Auckland, New Zealand.