Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
04 Jun 1993, 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Abstract
The 1991 Telire-Limón Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 caused significant damage in Costa Rica and Panama. Soil liquefaction occurred widely in the low lying area in eastern Costa Rica, which caused severe damage to the embankment, bridges, and houses, etc. The liquefied sites are classified into three categories: 1) inland areas along rivers, 2) sand bars along beach, and 3) coastal areas along rivers. In inland area, road embankment of Route 32 was severely damaged due to liquefaction. Fissures parallel to the road and lateral spreading are occurred. At the sand bar and marsh, liquefaction occurred in the areas between the channel and the sand bar, in which the ground moved toward the channel, causing fissures in the sand bar. At coastal areas along the rivers, three bridges were severely damaged due to liquefaction.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Yasuda, Susumu; Watanabe, Hiroyuki; Yoshida, Nozomu; and Mora, Sergio, "Soil Liquefaction During the 1991 Telire-Limón, Costa Rica, Earthquake" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 14.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session14/14
Soil Liquefaction During the 1991 Telire-Limón, Costa Rica, Earthquake
St. Louis, Missouri
The 1991 Telire-Limón Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 caused significant damage in Costa Rica and Panama. Soil liquefaction occurred widely in the low lying area in eastern Costa Rica, which caused severe damage to the embankment, bridges, and houses, etc. The liquefied sites are classified into three categories: 1) inland areas along rivers, 2) sand bars along beach, and 3) coastal areas along rivers. In inland area, road embankment of Route 32 was severely damaged due to liquefaction. Fissures parallel to the road and lateral spreading are occurred. At the sand bar and marsh, liquefaction occurred in the areas between the channel and the sand bar, in which the ground moved toward the channel, causing fissures in the sand bar. At coastal areas along the rivers, three bridges were severely damaged due to liquefaction.
