Soil Liquefaction and Other Seismic-Associated Phenomena in the City of Chone during the 2016 Earthquake of Coastal Ecuador

The city of Chone, being situated on the Ecuadorian coast, was affected due to the close-by epicenter of the earthquake of 16 April 2016, which reached a magnitude of Mw 7.8. This catastrophic event presented settlements in the ground, sand boils and land subsidence, being the most damaging in a var...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Ortiz-Hernández, Kervin Chunga, Theofilos Toulkeridis, José Luis Pastor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/15/7867