EEFIT Mission to Maule Chile 27th February earthquake

地震工程现场调查小组（EEFIT）任命了一个由7名专家组成的小组，其中包括2名学者和一名博士。2010年2月27日，智利发生里氏8.8级地震，震中位于孔塞普西翁市西北100英里处。这场地震是智利有史以来第二强烈的地震，北至圣地亚哥，造成严重破坏和倒塌，秘鲁的伊卡，东至巴西的圣保罗都有震感。地震还引发了海啸，海啸波向西经过夏威夷，到达日本和新西兰。该小组将在该地区停留约8至10天，调查结构、基础设施、岩土工程和地震学证据，并将智利地震与最近海地地震进行比较，后者规模小得多（Mw7），但造成的死亡和破坏要大得多。这次地震引起了一些具体问题，将在以下各节中更深入地讨论。清算工作已经在进行中，这决定了就离开日期提交本提案的通知非常短。使命后的活动将包括利用虚拟灾害观察器（VDV）内的高分辨率成像和作为项目一部分专门开发的其他工具分析所收集的数据。研究结果将通过研讨会和在线出版物及期刊向研究人员和专业工程师传播。本补助金申请旨在为EEFIT集团的三名合格成员提供财政援助，以参与这项使命。

The Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) has appointed a group of 7 experts, of which 2 academics and a PhD. student eligible for funding from EPSRC, to conduct a reconnaissance mission to the regions of Chile struck by the Mw8.8 earthquake that occurred on the 27th February 2010, with epicentre 100 miles northwest from the City of Concepcion. The earthquake, the second strongest in the recorded history of Chile, was felt on land as far north as Santiago, where it caused severe damage and collapses, and Ica in Peru', and eastward as far as Sao Paolo, in Brazil. The shock also triggered a tsunami whose waves travelled westward past Hawaii, to Japan and New Zealand. The team will spend approximately 8 to 10 days in the region, surveying structural, infrastructural, geotechnical and seismological evidence and also comparing the Chile event with the recent earthquake in Haiti, which was considerably smaller (Mw7) but resulted in much more death and destruction. This earthquake has raised a number of specific issues which are discussed in greater depth in the following sections. The clearing operation is already underway and this has determined the very short notice with which this proposal is submitted with respect to the departing date. Post mission activities will include analysis of the collected data using high resolution imaging within the Virtual Disaster Viewer (VDV) and other tools specifically developed as part of the project. The findings will be disseminated to both researchers and professional engineers through seminars and publication on lines and in journals. This grant application seeks financial assistance for the three eligible members of the EEFIT group to participate in this mission.