Chile Earthquake of 2010: Lifeline Performance

Sponsored by the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering of ASCE.

When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile on February 27, 2010, it affected 80 percent of Chile’s population. Damage to lifelines was caused by strong ground shaking, permanent ground deformation, lateral spread, and a tsunami in the coastal areas of Bio Bio and Maule. Lifeline services were significantly disrupted for the first week, at a considerable cost to Chile’s economy.

This TCLEE rep...