Earthquake 

Day 6 – Chile Earthquake 2010 – University Bldgs

Bldg 3-13 University Andres Bello (36⁰ 46' 46", 73⁰ 04' 33") Four-story private university with one older wing and a newer wing under construction. On the picture of the model, it represents one half of the main wing and one half of the longest of three fingers. The rest of wings are yet to be built. The main entry has a large cantilevered overhang supported by concrete braces. There is a lot of mass at the cantilevers with ...

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Posted by Anuj Bansal on March 15, 2010 10:57 PM


Earthquake 

Day 3 Report on Chile Earthquake

David Gonzalez and James Liu finally arrived on Tuesday morning. We were anxiously waiting for their arrival to head south to the epicenter. We gave them time for a quick shower and breakfast before we hit the road. Our plan is to go to Talca (about 250km from Santiago) and 100km due west from the epicenter. We had heard there was significant damage in Talca and was also a convenient halfway point to Concepcion. We first head to the Enea ...

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Posted by Anuj Bansal on March 10, 2010 10:39 PM