Construction practice in San Salvador, as in the rest of El Salvador, had remained practically unchanged since the time of Spanish colonization up to around 1942. From then on, building practices from many other countries have been introduced, and they have exerted a major influence. The last four decades can be divided into five stages or periods induced by events such as earthquakes in El Salvador and neighboring countries, as well as the incorporation of foreign codes in lieu of a local one and the introduction of new techniques, such as soil mechanics and microseismic investigation. The incorporation of practices based on foreign codes contributed significantly to the improvement of construction practice but occasionally led to misinterpretations, e.g. in the evaluation of seismic actions. At present, a number of studies and records are available that can be used as a basis for the elaboration of an earthquake resistant design code.
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August 01, 1987
The San Salvador Earthquake of October 10, 1986—History of Construction Practices in San Salvador
Mauricio A. Lara, M.EERI
Publisher: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
First Online:
01 Jun 2020
Online ISSN: 1944-8201
Print ISSN: 8755-2930
© 1987 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Earthquake Spectra (1987) 3 (3): 491–496.
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First Online:
01 Jun 2020
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Mauricio A. Lara; The San Salvador Earthquake of October 10, 1986—History of Construction Practices in San Salvador. Earthquake Spectra 1987;; 3 (3): 491–496. doi: https://doi.org/10.1193/1.1585443
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- bedrock
- body waves
- boreholes
- building codes
- Central America
- construction materials
- damage
- earthquakes
- El Salvador
- elastic waves
- engineering properties
- epicenters
- geologic hazards
- igneous rocks
- magnitude
- Managua Nicaragua
- microseisms
- natural hazards
- Nicaragua
- pyroclastics
- S-waves
- San Salvador earthquake 1986
- San Salvador El Salvador
- seismic waves
- seismicity
- soil mechanics
- soils
- urban environment
- velocity
- volcanic ash
- volcanic rocks
- El Salvador earthquake 1982
- Managua earthquake 1973
- San Salvador earthquake 1965
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