Summary of the March 3, 1985 Chile Earthquake |
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1971 earthquake adobe aftershocks Antonio and Valparaiso approximately 1 foot approximately 20,000 square badly damaged boiler building codes building was evacuated buildings were damaged California Canal Beagle apartment Chile earthquake Chilean city of Viņa Claudio Vicuna Hospital coastal cities concrete shear walls cracked cranes curfew damaged in previous design and construction earthquake affected earthquake load failures were noted foreshock ground Hanga Roa apartment heavily damaged houses industrial facilities landfill area large motions large vertical lateral spreading lightly damaged liquefaction long range problems lower photograph masonry infill MICHIGAN occurred petroleum refinery poor conceptual design port of San power plants prevent looting previous earthquakes reinforced concrete repaired result Roa apartment building San Antonio Santiago settlement severely damaged significant damage Soil failures south of San square miles steel-frame structures struck structural damage structural elements tank trucks throughout Chile top photograph unavailable undamaged unreinforced masonry upper photograph vertical storage tanks Viņa del Mar