Moderate Earthquake Shakes & Flexes Suspension Bridge

[Edsilvacunha]

where were this?

[HatersHater1000]

fuck earthquakes.

[murkins001]

a golden gate is ok?

[Jordendog]

HEY HEY HEY its fat albert...

[mapekale]

was real

[qmwneb5]

"The mountain is making noise"

"There is landslides on the mountain"

"It is calming"

"The bridge still moves"

[crankylifter]

Earthquakes are silent.

[bigb69ti]

@crankylifter not when its on its way lol

[iTEEZ]

ive been in an earthquake before and the trees move exactly like this..

[00RSZEX]

jesus christ

[MacPr0xnxx0]

h0w did it survie the ig earthquake like 20 years ag0

[VampirateBloodR8]

Girls like " Nah ".

[Gthicraven]

This is NOT from an earthquake... Their was a flaw in the bridge building!!

[CincinnatiGifts]

@Gthicraven- Most of the people who know where this bridge is says it was an earthquake that caused this bridge to shake. Besides, I'm not going to really believe anyone who uses the word 'Their' when the proper word should have been 'There'.

[techman995]

are you sure that there was an earthquake in this video? Because it looks like it is very windy there and the bridge could just be swaying from the wind.

[jefflang77]

00:26 did someone jump llok at the bottom???

[desertdenizen]

This seems to have been filmed in southern Chile, South America. Also the narrator mentioned that there was a landslide in the mountain.

[mauriciovalle]

Earthquake in Chaitén - Chile

[Feldo36]

@mauriciovalle Sorry, but it's in Puerto Aysén - Chile. Chaitén isn't that on the south of the country. :)

[mdknutson]

pppffttt.....watch the collapse of the tacoma narrows bridge

[mdknutson]

pppffttt

[Are44441]

lol bridge *loud sound*

[Catnip11147]

That would so scare the crap out of me! Awesome video!

[worldethq]

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[Melanatedone]

Excellent footage!

[WatanukiF1]

well, the bridge in fact is the Puente Presidente Ibáñez's bridge, is located in Aysen, south of Chile, earthquake occurred in 2007 and its intensity was 6.2 Mw and 38,1 km of profundity... not too intense as for example, Feb 27th earthquake in center-south zone of Chile

[johnnyk427]

Good job, latin country, for making a bridge that can stand up to an earthquake! You're one up on China.

[Wh47n0w1517]

The bridge’s flexibility worked ok in the earthquake..... =)

[LordEizen]

i'd shit my pants if i was on that bridge..I think this might be on Chile, because of the guys accent

[Suzi3xx]

omg.

wouldnt it be cool if u were on th bridge:).

you could be bungee jumping :D

[kickZtailout]

It wasn't a "small" quake... and this was taken in Chile. And of course the traffic is crossing... there's nobody there to stop them yet. It's not like here in the US there's a magical troll that immediately jumps up from under the bridge to stop traffic the very second an earthquake strikes.

[exysay19124]

oh crap how did it do that that thing was bending like a straw but thats awsome!

[conleytgn]

between :22 and :29 there are three splashes in the water under the bridge I hope that wasn't people!

[Streaky1986]

this was a 6.6 quake, south of Chile.

[soullify3]

THIS WAS IN THE SOUTH OF CHILE...

[armauniizbeasty]

thts scarey

[GarrettBMXes]

I would most likely have shit my pants if i were on that bridge

[bbbrraaddlleeyyy]

is that when the cat walked on it?

[JakeDragon104]

ive never understood y it flexes a bridge whenever a earthquake happens

[CincinnatiGifts]

If tectonic forces are sometimes strong enough to shake the ground and cause tsunamis, what do you think it does to reltively flimsy man-made things such as bridges and buildings? Of course they are going to twist & shake & sometimes collapse.

During an earthquake, the ground doesn't necessarily all move in the same direction. The ground at one end of a bridge may be two or three inches offset from the ground at the opposite end. It is this twisting & shifting of the ground that causes damage.

[JakeDragon104]

Yeah but i was talking about bridges like the Golden Gate Bridge.The Golden Gate is 1.7 miles. How could it shake in the middle of the bridge? Its wayyyyyyy over water.

[CincinnatiGifts]

Manmade items are flimsy compared to the forces of nature. Bridges and buildings are now built to flex to a degree in response to the forces of nature. The more a bridge can flex in an earthquake, the less likely it is to break or collapse altogether.

It's like a plastic "unbreakable" comb. They were designed to be flexible such that they'd bend rather than break when subject to forces that would have snapped an ordinary comb.

[NintendoMage]

@JakeDragon104

All bridges are built to bend and be flexible in case things like this happen to keep it from snapping. And if you're wondering how it can still shake even if the pillars holding up the Golden Gate are under water here is your answer: The primary wave(the first seismic wave from an earthquake) of an earthquake can travel through both solids and liquids. While the S-Wave and the Love Wave can't.

[Streaky1986]

I thought theyre called P-waves

[NintendoMage]

That's where the "P" in "P-Wave" gets it, from "Primary wave". Primary Wave is its full name.

[sr71ablackbird]

@JakeDragon104 If you want to see a really flimsy bridge, look at the Tacoma Narrows bridge the one built in the 1940s, it was known as the Gallopin Gertie, Only about 6 months after it was built, it started to sway, bend and warp in the wind so much, it collapsed.

[philmastro]

@JakeDragon104

Imagine putting a ruler between to cups, and then shaking both cups. Even though the ruler is not in direct contact with the ground (or table), it'll still move around.

[JIAOHH]

@CincinnatiGifts that is 100% wrong

[CincinnatiGifts]

@JIAOHH- You are more than welcome to correct any mistakes that you see. It's pretty pointless to say someone is 100% wrong, without even a fact or support statement to back ones' self up, don't you think?

[lakerstrufan24]

its a suspension bridge. its supposed to do that. regular bridges just collapse. it is built with springs etc. if you want to see a failing suspension bridge search tacoma narrows bridge

[zandj710]

@JakeDragon104

[Catergory5Hurricane]

@JakeDragon104: The earthquake was brief, thus, not allowing for the resonance frequency of the bridge to be reached. This is how the Tacoma-Narrows bridge fell down, as frequency/amplitude of oscillations reached the bridge's resonance frequency. Japanese engineers built hydraulic dampers to reduce the amplitude of the oscillations being conducted through the towers during earthquakes. Bridges can "bounce" due to elasticity of the steel cables and the flexibility of structural steel.

[27Cratos]

well... thats happening

[SSBloxLines]

Omg.

[nightsword2929]

its funny how you happened to be there with a camera just as it happened, anyway CREEPY, cool vid

[rico6297]

omfg!!!how did you get that it would be so cool if it collapse awesome but thats as great!!!and like the other comment i am really suprised tha thtsi ony got about 2000 views i would suspect at least 10000000 views awesome,5*!!!

[staender81]

Great Video Catch!!!

[shajinas223]

Wow scary!!

[sweettina2]

SCAREY !!!!

[monstermush12]

holly shit, im suprised this doesnt have more veiws,

[WiganNProud]

i know were this is i have biked round there

[exysay19124]

@WiganNProud well my advice for you is to bike somewhere else