Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
10 Mar 1991, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Abstract
The city of Patras was struck in August 1989 by a shallow earthquake of MS= 4.8 which caused a surface rupture and serious structural damage to several buildings located in a narrow elongated zone. A detailed investigation programme was carried out including geological mapping, drilling of boreholes, in situ and laboratory testing and monitoring of horizontal and vertical movements. It was found that the surface rupture, about 1500 m long, was closely related with the reactivation of a preexisting normal fault. The structural damage of buildings was found to be limited mainly in a narrow zone 50 m wide along the fault and connected with its movements and the seismic intensity.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1991 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
Kalteziotis, N.; Sabatakakis, N.; Koukis, G.; Zervogiannis, H.; and Tsiambaos, G., "Structural Damage in a Populated Area due to an Active Fault" (1991). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 17.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/02icrageesd/session13/17
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Structural Damage in a Populated Area due to an Active Fault
St. Louis, Missouri
The city of Patras was struck in August 1989 by a shallow earthquake of MS= 4.8 which caused a surface rupture and serious structural damage to several buildings located in a narrow elongated zone. A detailed investigation programme was carried out including geological mapping, drilling of boreholes, in situ and laboratory testing and monitoring of horizontal and vertical movements. It was found that the surface rupture, about 1500 m long, was closely related with the reactivation of a preexisting normal fault. The structural damage of buildings was found to be limited mainly in a narrow zone 50 m wide along the fault and connected with its movements and the seismic intensity.
