Alternative Title
Site Effects on Structure Damage and Surface Ground Motion Characteristics in Tacna, Peru During June 23, 2001 Mw 8.4 Earthquake
Location
New York, New York
Date
16 Apr 2004, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Abstract
At a magnitude of Mw 8.4, the June 23, 2001 southern Peru earthquake was the largest earthquake to have occurred anywhere in the world in the last 36 years and the largest in the region in 133 years. Many researchers have postulated the theory of the effect local site conditions can have on surface ground motion and resulting building damage intensities. However, due to the relative infrequency of earthquake occurrences, a limited number of major earthquakes have been evaluated in detail to better quantify the effects of site conditions using case studies. This paper presents the case history of the June 23, 2001 southern Peru earthquake, focusing on evaluating the site effects and correlating building damage intensities to site soil conditions, taking into account construction practices. This paper presents a summary of comprehensive damage intensity survey and damage correlation based on identified soil types for the City of Tacna, located in southern Peru, 35 kilometers north of the Chilean border. The city has two zones with distinct soil profiles and it provides a good control of building types due to the relatively uniform construction practices of certain institutional buildings. A one-dimensional (1-D) seismic site response analysis was performed using the program SHAKE2000. The study shows that the damage intensity and surface ground motion characteristics as demonstrated in peak ground acceleration, predominant period, and spectral amplification are strongly affected by the local site conditions.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2004 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Williams, Jennifer L.; Chang, Nien-Yin; and Repetto, Pedro C., "Site Effects on Structure Damage and Surface Ground Motion Characteriscits in Tacna, Peru During Jun 23, 2001 Mw 8.4 Earthquake" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 3.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session12/3
Site Effects on Structure Damage and Surface Ground Motion Characteriscits in Tacna, Peru During Jun 23, 2001 Mw 8.4 Earthquake
New York, New York
At a magnitude of Mw 8.4, the June 23, 2001 southern Peru earthquake was the largest earthquake to have occurred anywhere in the world in the last 36 years and the largest in the region in 133 years. Many researchers have postulated the theory of the effect local site conditions can have on surface ground motion and resulting building damage intensities. However, due to the relative infrequency of earthquake occurrences, a limited number of major earthquakes have been evaluated in detail to better quantify the effects of site conditions using case studies. This paper presents the case history of the June 23, 2001 southern Peru earthquake, focusing on evaluating the site effects and correlating building damage intensities to site soil conditions, taking into account construction practices. This paper presents a summary of comprehensive damage intensity survey and damage correlation based on identified soil types for the City of Tacna, located in southern Peru, 35 kilometers north of the Chilean border. The city has two zones with distinct soil profiles and it provides a good control of building types due to the relatively uniform construction practices of certain institutional buildings. A one-dimensional (1-D) seismic site response analysis was performed using the program SHAKE2000. The study shows that the damage intensity and surface ground motion characteristics as demonstrated in peak ground acceleration, predominant period, and spectral amplification are strongly affected by the local site conditions.
