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Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) are taking measures these days inside and outside the Cathedral of Murcia to know what the soil-structure interaction would be in case of an earthquake.
The research, funded by the Seneca Foundation and directed by Marcos Martínez Segura, of the Geomex group led by Emilio Trigueros, seeks to anticipate how the land on which the cathedral sits would amplify the wave of an earthquake.
The measurements are made through environmental noise, without the need for drilling, and they reach up to 40 meters deep.
"The different materials give different responses to earthquakes," explains Martínez Segura, exemplifying that granite is favorable, as it does not amplify the wave.
This study gives continuity to the studies, commissioned by the City Council, which the research group has already done on the land of the urban area of ​​Murcia, and focuses on the episcopal seat, for the heritage significance of the building and, specifically its tower .
"The next step would be to perform the structural analysis of the tower," says the researcher, who is directing a doctoral thesis to expand the study.
Source: UPCT
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