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Rockfall in Cornwall coast, UK: One fatality
A rockfall incident at Cornwall's Sandymouth beach in the UK has caused the death of an unfortunate man. Sandymouth beach is located near Bude. The rockfall occurred on July 16, 2019 at about 11:45 a...
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Sinkhole pulls a parked car under the ground
A massive sinkhole swallowed and destroyed a parked car in the city of Dale, Virginia. The sinkhole suddenly opened on July 4, 2019. Its depth was about 6 meters and it caused the closure of the road...
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Wall collapse in western India: 15 people dead
A 4,5-meter height wall collapse in Indian city of Pune (in Maharashtra state) has resulted in 15 fatalities including 2 children. The failure occurred on Saturday, June 29, 2019. The compound wall c...
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Keller's Geotechnical Construction Companies to Combine
Effective January 1, 2020, North America Keller companies McKinney Drilling, Bencor, Case Atlantic, Case Foundation, Hayward Baker, HJ Foundation, Keller Canada, and Moretrench will join together and...
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Mudslide in Mexico: 7 fatalities
A mudslide that hit a village in Mexico, has caused 7 fatalities. The incident occurred on July 10, 2019. The slide was caused after heavy rainfall struck the region οf Santo Tomas Chautla village, l...
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Catastrophic dam failure in India: Officials blame crabs
Located in Ratnagiri district of the Indian Maharashtra state, Tiware dam was suddenly ruptured flooding seven downstream villages. The incident occurred on Tuesday, July 4, 2019 and was followed by...
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Heavy rainfalls struck Japan: Over 1 million people affected
More than 1 million people are advised to evacuate their residences in Japanese southwestern Kyushu Island after heavy rainfalls have caused floods and landslides and the situation may deteriorate in...
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Massive 7,1-Magnitude earthquake struck California
- Jul, 05, 2019
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, California
A powerful 7,1-magnitude temblor struck in the Mojave Desert (near Ridgecrest) located about 200 kilometers northeast of Los Angeles, at a depth of 17 kilometers on Friday, July 5, 2019. According to...
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Announcing the launch of the new Geoengineer.org Website!
We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of the new Geoengineer.org website. The new State of the Art website does not just have a beautiful design, a modern architecture and new content. It a...
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How-to perform automatic consolidation test on soil
A procedure that involves the determination of one-dimensional consolidation and swelling properties of soils is presented by Wykeham Farrance/ CONTROLS Group. The Automatic Computerized Oedometer (A...
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