Learning From Earthquakes

Back to Clearinghouse

USGS Reports on the 1985 Chilean Earthquake

February 19, 2018

The USGS Publications Warehouse has several reports on the magnitude 7.8 offshore earthquake that struck Chile in 1985.

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