{"id":58,"date":"2015-02-03T15:08:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T23:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2015-05-11T09:02:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:02:59","slug":"surface-rupture-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/earthquake-hazards\/surface-rupture-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Rupture: Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Surface ruptures during the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake caused extensive damage to civil infrastructure in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_986\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-and-waterfall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-986\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-986\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-and-waterfall-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"The waterfall in the river channel did not exist before the earthquake, but rather resulted from about 6 m of fault offset in the bedrock. The fault cut across this bridge, separating the supporting columns and causing collapse of the decks.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-and-waterfall-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-and-waterfall-226x150.jpg 226w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-and-waterfall-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-and-waterfall.jpg 813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The waterfall in the river channel did not exist before the earthquake, but rather resulted from about 6 m of fault offset in the bedrock. The fault cut across this bridge, separating the supporting columns and causing collapse of the decks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_990\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Shinkan-dam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-990\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-990\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Shinkan-dam-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"About 9 m of fault offset developed across the Shinkan dam.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Shinkan-dam-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Shinkan-dam-226x150.jpg 226w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Shinkan-dam-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Shinkan-dam.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 9 m of fault offset developed across the Shinkan dam.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_989\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-track-field.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-989\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-989\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-track-field-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"About 2 m of vertical offset developed where the thrust fault cut across this track field. Notice that the surface rupture is limited to a relatively narrow zone, with very little deformation of the ground surface on either side.\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-track-field-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-track-field-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-track-field-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-track-field.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 2 m of vertical offset developed where the thrust fault cut across this track field. Notice that the surface rupture is limited to a relatively narrow zone, with very little deformation of the ground surface on either side.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_988\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-with-pressure-ridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-988\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-with-pressure-ridge-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"The fault rupture at this location produced a very broad pressure ridge, with ground deformations being distributed over a zone at least 100 m wide. The deformations moved the supporting piers and caused collapse of the bridge decks.\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-with-pressure-ridge-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-with-pressure-ridge-228x150.jpg 228w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-with-pressure-ridge-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Bridge-with-pressure-ridge.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fault rupture at this location produced a very broad pressure ridge, with ground deformations being distributed over a zone at least 100 m wide. The deformations moved the supporting piers and caused collapse of the bridge decks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_987\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-Fengyuan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-987\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-987\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-Fengyuan-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Surface rupture along the foothills in the city of Fengyuan also developed over very broad zones, causing severe damage to buildings located in the deformed zone.\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-Fengyuan-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-Fengyuan-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Rupture-in-Fengyuan.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surface rupture along the foothills in the city of Fengyuan also developed over very broad zones, causing severe damage to buildings located in the deformed zone.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surface ruptures during the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake caused extensive damage to civil infrastructure in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/1033"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}