A dam collapse in Laos occurred on July 23, 2018, has resulted in severe deforestation of protected areas. The partial failure of the hydroelectric dam, located in southeast Champasak Province of L...
Read More373 people are reported dead and more than 1,400 injured after a disastrous tsunami hit the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. The fatal waves struck on Saturday, 22 of November 2018, a...
Read MoreA rock fall occurred in the underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, California. The accident was reported on November 14, 2018. 53 mine workers that were occupied at the...
Read MoreThe region of Anchorage, Alaska, was struck by a massive M 7.0 on November 30, 2018. The epicenter of the temblor was located about 13 km northeast of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city with a popula...
Read MoreThe region of Plomari in Lesvos island was hit by rocksfalls that damaged houses on Saturday 24 of November 2018. The rock blocks fell on vehicles, houses and two farm buildings but fortunate...
Read MoreA dam failure in Myanmar blocked a major highway and caused massive floods in 85 villages. The Swar Chaung irrigation dam failure was provoked when the spillway, which regulates the release of wate...
Read More6 cars were buried under the ground after a massive sinkhole opened up in the parking lot of the Tanger Outlets in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused b...
Read MoreBlue flames from fissures in the ground appear in Hawaii's mount Kilauea threatening new residential buildings. The most recent eruption has ripped dozens of fissures in the Earth's surface, allowin...
Read MoreHeavy rains triggered the collapse of a wall in Mumbai's Wadala East, forcing over 200 residents to vacate their flats and burring at least six cars. Fortunately, no injuries were reported due to t...
Read MoreIn a research from the University of Liverpool the 1929 Grand Banks underwater avalanche was reconstructed to better understand these common geohazards. The avalanche was triggered by the Mw 7.2 Gr...
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