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SEISMIC MICROZONATION OF
LIMA CITY
- This study has been developed by CISMID – FIC – UNI, under the requirement
of the APESEG (Peruvian Association of Insurance Companies).
- Basic information of topography, geology, geomorphology and soil mechanic
has been compiled from former studies. A field exploration campaign was
carried out to verify and complement the soil mechanic information. It included
tests of both, single and array microtremor measurements to determine the
dynamics behavior of soils.
- Based on this information a preliminary five zone microzonation map of Lima
city is proposed, which is in accordance with the type of soils defined by the
seismic design code.
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INGEMMET (1992)
Ing. A. Martínez Vargas (1975)
ALLUVIAL GRAVEL :
This zone is conformed by thick alluvial deposits of the Rimac basin and of
some sector of Chillon and Lurin basins. This type of soil covers a large
portion of the study area, and present a good geomechanic behavior.
COLLUVIAL GRAVEL:
This zone is conformed by colluvial gravel that covers the hills slopes and
the lower part of the outcropping rock that surrounds the city. These soil
deposits present similar behavior than the alluvial gravel, however, in some
sector they are cemented by soluble salts that make them collapsibles.
SOFT CLAY:
This zone is conformed by a 5 to 15 m thick layer of soft saturated clay and
organic soils. The groundwater table is 1 to 2 m depth. Underlying are the thick
layers of gravel and clay that alternate in depth.
SWAMPY SOILS:
This zone is conformed by clayish and organic soils where the groundwater table
is at the surface. This soils present high compressibility and very low bearing
capacity.
CLIFFS OF LIMA:
This zone is conformed by a 100.0 m width stripe along the shore, that
constitute a discontinuity with 70 m high slopes. Besides it is conformed by firm
alluvial gravel, seismic amplification and permanent deformation are expected
during large earthquakes.
2.5 2.5
2 2
Factor de Amplificación
Factor de Amplificación
1.5 1.5
1 1
0.5 0.5
0 0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
Periodo(s) Periodo(s)
sismo 66(0.1g) sismo 70(01g) sismo 74(0.1g) sismo 66(0.2g) sismo 70(0.2g) sismo 74(0.2g) sismo 66(0.3g) sismo 70(0.3g) sismo 74(0.3g) sismo 66(0.4g) sismo 70(0.4g) sismo 74(0.4g)
H UAR O C HIR Í
Río Chillón
V entanilla Puente
Piedra
Com as
Los
O livos
Independencia San Juan de
Lurigancho
Lurigancho (Chosica)
Chaclacayo
LEYENDA
Callao
San M artin
de Porres
Rím ac Río Rímac
A te V itarte ZONAS PERIODO SIM BOLO
Carm en de la
Legua Reynoso
Lima
(Cercado)
Santa
A nita
(s)
Breña
Bellavista
La Victoria
L a Perla Pueblo Jesus San
La M olina
ISLA
S AN LOR ENZO
L A PU NTA San M iguel L ibre M aria
Lince
M agdalena San Isidro
Luis Cieneguilla
ZONA I 0.1-0.2
San Borja
del Mar
OC Surquillo
ÉA 0.2-0.3
M iraflores
NO Santiago
de Surco
PA Barranco
rín
CÍ
San Juan
Lu
FI
de V illa M aria del
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Rí
CO 0.3-0.4
M iraflores Triunfo Pachacamac
Chorrillos
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ZONA II
C HO RR ILLOS Salvador
0.4-0.5
L urín
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Lurí
Río
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ZONA IV >0.7
ZONE IV: It is conformed by thick deposits of loose eolic sand, saturated marine
sand and swampy soils. In this zone were also included the deposits of
thick gravel and clay layers located in La Punta and Callao districts, that
present large amplification factors. The predominant period is larger than
0.7 sec. classifying as Type IV Soil of the seismic code.
ZONE V: It is conformed by localized solid waste deposits with thickness of 5 to
15 m that were used as foundation soils, and where several problems
have been reported. In this zone a specific study is required to evaluate
its dynamic behavior, therefore it was classified as Type V Soil, which is
not considered in the seismic code.
GEOTECHNICAL SEISMIC
MICROZONATION MAP OF
Carabayllo
LIMA CITY
ló n
Puente Piedra
H U ARO CH IRÍ
hil
oC
Rí
Ventanilla
Comas
Lurigancho
(Chosica)
Los Olivos
San Juan de
Independencia Lurigancho
Chaclacayo
LEYENDA
R ío R Porres
ím ac 1
Carmen de la
L egua
Lima (Cercado) Santa Anita
Bellavista Breña
3 La Victoria
LA PU N TA
La Perla
4
San M iguel
Pueblo Jesus
Libre M aria
San
Luis Cieneguilla TIPO
ISLA
SAN LO R EN ZO
OC
Lince
M agdalena San Isidro
La M olina
ZONAS SIM BOLO
ÉA
NO
del M ar
San Borja
2
Surquillo
DE SUELO
PA
M iraflores
CÍ
FI
Santiago
de Surco ZO NA I S1
CO
Barranco r ín
Lu
San Juan
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Rí
ZO NA III S3
urín
Lurín
Río L
ZONA IV S4