By The EERI team. Co-Team Leaders: Jack Moehle, Rafael Riddell, and Rubén Boroschek.
June 2010, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
From March 6th to April 13th, 2010, a team organized by EERI investigated the effects of the Chile earthquake. The team was assisted locally by professors and students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the Universidad de Chile, and the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. GEER (Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance) contributed geosciences, geology, and geotechnical engineering findings. The Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE) contributed a report based on its reconnaissance of April 10-17.
Team Members: Tony Allen, Daniel Alzamora, Juan Arias, Scott Ashford, Richard Bissell, Ian Buckle, Mehmet Çelebi, Alvaro Celestino, Genda Chen, Gary Chock, Jeff Dragovich, Luis Fargier Gabaldon, Guillermo Franco, Jeffrey Ger, William Holmes, Tom Kirsch, Roberto Leon, Joe Maffei, Mike Mahoney, Eduardo Miranda, Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Gilberto Mosqueda, Gokhan Pekcan, Rodrigo Retamales, Ian Robertson, Carlos Sempere, Mark Sereci, William Siembieda, Jennifer Tanner, Richard Tardanico, John Wallace, Mark Yashinsky, W. Phillip Yen, and Farzin Zareian.
Read the Report: The Mw 8.8 Chile Earthquake of February 27, 2010 (1.96 MB PDF)
