The M8.8 Chile earthquake, 27 February 2010
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The M8.8 Chile earthquake, 27 February 2010
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The largest earthquake of 2010 by magnitude (MW8.8), and the subject of this article, struck south-central Chile in the early hours of 27 February 2010. The earthquake was a “mega-thrust” event, involving the rupture of a section of the Nazca-South American plate boundary, where the Nazca plate dips at a shallow angle beneath the Pacific margin of South America.
Understanding this event and its effects, including tsunami is of particular significance to urban centres that share close proximity to “subduction zones”. These include Seattle, Vancouver, Tokyo and Wellington, together with smaller New Zealand towns of the eastern North Island and upper South Island. The tectonic setting of south-central Chile has similarities to the East Coast of the North Island, and the modern built environment of Chile shares attributes with New Zealand. However, New Zealand has not experienced a large subduction earthquake in the North Island region in at least 200 years, so an understanding of the Chile event and its impact is important for bench-marking of local practices and building resilience.
This report summarises the observations of the NZSEE/EQC teams, supplemented by media updates on the Chilean reconstruction experience one year after the earthquake.
Understanding this event and its effects, including tsunami is of particular significance to urban centres that share close proximity to “subduction zones”. These include Seattle, Vancouver, Tokyo and Wellington, together with smaller New Zealand towns of the eastern North Island and upper South Island. The tectonic setting of south-central Chile has similarities to the East Coast of the North Island, and the modern built environment of Chile shares attributes with New Zealand. However, New Zealand has not experienced a large subduction earthquake in the North Island region in at least 200 years, so an understanding of the Chile event and its impact is important for bench-marking of local practices and building resilience.
This report summarises the observations of the NZSEE/EQC teams, supplemented by media updates on the Chilean reconstruction experience one year after the earthquake.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Cowan, Hugh
Beattie, Graeme
Hill, Katherine
Evans, Noel
McGhie, Craig
Gibson, Gary
Lawrance, Graeme
Hamilton, John
Allan, Penny
Bryant, Martin
Davis, Mike
Hyland, Clark
Oyarzo-Vera, Claudio
Quintana-Gallo, Patricio
Smith, Peter
Publisher (Dublin Core)
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New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Date (Dublin Core)
2011-09-30
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Article
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Identifier (Dublin Core)
https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/235
10.5459/bnzsee.44.3.123-166
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Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Vol 44 No 3 (2011); 123-166
2324-1543
1174-9857
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Relation (Dublin Core)
https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/235/222
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Copyright (c) 2011 Hugh Cowan, Graeme Beattie, Katherine Hill, Noel Evans, Craig McGhie, Graeme Lawrance, John Hamilton, Penny Allan, Clark Hyland, Claudio Oyarzo-Vera, Patricio Quintana-Gallo, Peter Smith, Gary Gibson
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
