Chile Forum

The main set of antiseismic construction standards in Chile is the Nch 433 norm which has been updated several times over the last three decades and was made into law. You can buy it on the http://www.inn.cl website.

The whole west coast of the USA is about the same earthquake situation as Chile and has earthquake regulations about building. I am not going to build my own house, so I haven't looked, but suspect that there is a lot of information about building to withstand earthquakes on the web, written in English.

Here is some earthquake proofing using car tires ideas. I can not seem to find all the original articles I read on the subject of using old car tires:

Here is one that uses a bed of tires, to isolate the structure, and the performance test on a shake table:
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~jwv/pdf_ ... lation.pdf

Patent description:
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/68628 ... ption.html

I am still looking for the video and photos of this technique I found before on how to make earthquake dampeners out of car tire strips:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w7n126132q114606/

It is just cutting tire treads, stacking them, and using them as earthquake dampeners. They tested to a 10.0 on a shake table test, and can be used anywhere while eliminating old tires. They could even be nailed through, and it would just add more dampening strength to them.