HAYAAN MO SILA SIGE SIGE
MAGIBA - GROUP 8 (Bernardino, Feleo,
Sebastian, Sineneng, Tablatin, Zoleta)
THE 1990 LUZON EARTHQUAKE
• It was measured at magnitude 7.7
• One of the biggest earthquake in that
decade.
• The event was a result of strike-slip
movements along the Philippine Fault
and the Digdig Fault.
• The epicenter was near the town of
Rizal, northeast of Cabanatuan City.
General Facts:
• Fatalities: 1660
• Injured: 3513
• Missing: 752
• Displaced: 126,035
• People Affected: 1,594,040
• Estimated Cost of Damage: 12.225 Billion
Pesos
• Duration:45 secs
Baguio City
• approximately 28 buildings collapsed
• The Hyatt Terraces Baguio was a 12-storey
hotel: 50 people died
The earthquake also affected other areas
which included, La Union, Cabanatuan, and
Dagupan.
Cabanatuan City
• Christian College of the Philippines
o the tallest building in the city
o six-story concrete school
Dagupan City
• numerous barangays and structures
were destroyed due to liquefaction
LIQUEFACTION - refers to the
phenomenon where soil substantially loses
strength and stiffness due to the application
of stress. This results with the soil
behaving like a liquid.
MAJOR BUILDING FAILURES
Soft First Story
• Susceptible to earthquake damage
because of large, unreinforced openings
on their ground floors; and
• These openings often accommodate
parking spaces, large windows and
expansive lobbies in residential and
retail buildings.
Torsional Irregularities
• Torsional irregularity is a result of a
large eccentricity between the centers of
mass and stiffness in a story.
• Can be avoided by increasing the lateral
stiffness along the column line with
maximum story drift by increasing the
column sizes, adding retaining wall or
bracings
Soil Liquefaction Mitigation Measures
Quake-Proof Lead-Rubber Bearing
• Used in Philippine Arena
• The structure can withstand up to
7.5-magnitude earthquakes
• Control displacement: 400m
Grand Flex Mole Technology
• New chemical grouting technique
developed in Japan
• Provides necessary reinforcement w/o
the requirement of addtl. vertical shafts
like that of normal chemical grouting
• Applicable to developed regions
Induced Partial Saturation
• Improves earthquake-induced
liquefaction resistance of loose sands
• Demonstrated and made feasible by the
Uniform Cyclic Simple Shear Test