New Considerations about Chile’s Seismic Hazard Sergio. Barrientos Scientific Director
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Observatory Earthquake Readiness Workshop , La Serena Dec. 2007
New Considerations about Chile’s Seismic Hazard
Sergio. Barrientos
Scientific Director
Servicio Sismológico, Universidad de Chile
sbarrien@dgf.uchile.cl
Observatory Earthquake Readiness Workshop , La Serena Dec. 2007
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Energy Released by Earthquakes
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Data from Engdahl and Villaseñor (2003).
Observatory Earthquake Readiness Workshop , La Serena Dec. 2007
Wadati-Benioff Zone
Barazangi and Isacks (1976)
Engdhal and Villaseñor (2003)
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1922
Beck et al, 1998
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ThrustSismos Prisma
Outerise
Intraplaca prof. Intermedia
Corticales
Seismic Sources in Chile
fosa
costa
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Observatory Earthquake Readiness Workshop , La Serena Dec. 2007
Barrientos (1997)
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Chillan, 1939Beck et al., (1998)
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Fault size:Length: 1000 kmWidth: variable 120-150 kmAverage displ: 17 mMaximum displ: 35-40 mRecurrence: At least 500-yr
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Pre-1960 Events (Cisternas et al., 2005)
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Dec, 1949, Magallanes
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Illapel, 1997
Outer rise1939, 1950, 2005
2004Trench
Trench
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Mag h (km) p.a. Reference
Santiago 1945 7.1 71 0.13g Lepe y Torre (1950)
Las Melosas 1958 6.9 5 -10 0.05g Piderit y Lomnitz (1960)
La Ligua 1965 7.1 72 0.19g Malgrange et al. (1981)
La Ligua 1971 7.5 30 0.17g Malgrange et al. (1981)
M=7.5 every 110 yr
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ES(1)
ES(2)
eM
E SR
20
Tarapacá, 2005
January 7, 2003 Mw 5.9
Tarapacá, 2005
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03.1
83.0
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3.71
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ea
sM
91.30006.0)log(74.338.1)( rrMrI S
Attenuation relationships
Saragoni et al.
Barrientos (1981)
Montessus de Ballore Conference Santiago, Chile, Nov. 2006
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Martin (1991)
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Brief Update of the Earthquakes inTocopilla Mw= 7.7 andAysén Mw= 6.2
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Graber (1997)
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Coseismic Displacement, Antofagasta30 Julio 1995 Mw=8.0
Melbourne et al.., 2002De Louis et al., 1997
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Coseismic Displacement, Antofagasta30 Julio 1995 Mw=8.0
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Coseismic Displacement, Tocopilla14 Nov 2007 Mw=7.7
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J. Cembrano (2007)
AYSÉN Marco Tectónico
Evolución de la Sismicidad
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21 Apr 06 M= 6.2
5.2
4.4
4.8
5.14.5
5.6
5.5
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Caída de Rocas, Deslizamientos y Tsunami21 Abril 2007
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Generacion de Tsunami
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Punta Tortuga
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Epicenters and Focal Mechanisms
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Thanks a lot for yourattention
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