Diego Aviles-Campoverde

Mr. Diego Aviles-Campoverde

Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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31 December 2020 in Geosciences
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Diego Aviles-CampoverdeDiego Aviles-Campoverde
Diego Aviles-Campoverde
KCKervin Chunga
Kervin Chunga
EOEduardo Humberto Ortiz
Eduardo Humberto Ortiz
Eduardo Vivas-EspinozaEduardo Vivas-Espinoza
Eduardo Vivas-Espinoza
TTTheofilos Toulkeridis
Theofilos Toulkeridis
Dolly DelgadoDolly Delgado
Dolly Delgado
Seismically induced soil liquefaction has been documented after the M7.8, 2016 Pedernales earthquake. In the city of Jama, the acceleration recorded by soil amplification yielded 1.05 g with an intensity of VIII to IXESI-07. The current study combines geological, geophysical, and geotechnical data in order to establish a geological characterization of the subsoil of the city of Jama in the Manabi province of Ecuador. Then, the liquefaction potential index (LPI) has been evaluated considering the PGA-rock values calculated from deterministic methods applied to nearby geological faults, as well as the soil acceleration records for the city of Jama since the Pedernales megathrust earthquake. The importance of conducting geotechnical evaluations of particular colluvial, alluvial, and floodplain deposits, for which the liquefaction probability profiles have been additionally obtained, may serve as a useful tool for edifices foundations or earthquake resistant designs. Finally, the site response analysis is presented using a linear equivalent analysis, where previously seismic records compatible with the target spectrum have been selected. Hereby, the results of ground surface effects have been compared with the spectra of the Ecuadorian Regulation of Construction (NEC) in the context of local seismic amplification.