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Powerful 8.1 magnitude earthquake hits off Mexico

The magnitude 8.1 quake struck offshore Chiapas, Mexico on September 7, 2017 at 11:49 local time (September 8 at 04:49 UTC), leaving more than 90 people dead and another 200 injured. The earthquake...

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Texas beaches likely to erode, be overwashed, or inundated by Hurricane Harvey

USGS Coastal Change Forecast model predictions indicate that Hurricane Harvey is likely to cause significant beach erosion along the Texas coastline, with water overtopping dunes and in some cases inu...

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Residents evacuate after mudslide hits Swiss-Italian border village (video)

On Wednesday, August 23rd, a mudslide slid down the side of Piz Cengalo Mountain, near the Swiss – Italian borders, forcing the residents of an Italian village to evacuate and leaving 8 people missing...

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PDI TOMO 3D Tomographic Software

PDI-TOMO is a 3D tomography imaging tool that supplements the CHAMP output. It analyzes wave speeds (derived from arrival time data from the scans of all pairs of tubes) to yield a wave speed map of...

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Hayward Baker will be at " Dam Safety 2017 "

Come and visit Hayward Baker at Dam Safety 2017 at J.W. Marriott San Antonio Hill Country, San Antonio, TX, on September 10-14 2017. Dam Safety 2017 is the leading conference in the United States...

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High Blow Count Soils with ROCK-IT™ Lead Section

Hubbell's ROCK-IT™ Lead Section is an innovative solution to penetrate rocky or high blow count soils without pre-drilling or field modification. The single carbide, patent pending design was devel...

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Devastating landslide hits Sierra Leone’s capital: Death toll rises to 500

The side of Mount Sugar Loaf in the Regent District of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, collapsed in the early hours of Monday, 14 August 2017, after a night of heavy rainfall, destroying dozens of h...

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3D Terrain Model Supports the City of Coatesville’s Brownfield Redevelopment Planning

CEDARVILLE Engineering Group (CEDARVILLE) was tasked to provide 3D design and conceptual planning services as part of the city of Coatesville’s “The Flats” brownfield redevelopment, a rugged, 30-acre...

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Earthquake on Italian holiday island leaves at least two people dead and 39 injured

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Italian holiday island of Ischia at 8:57 p.m. local time on Monday night. Up to now, two women have been reported dead, one of whom having been hit by falling masonr...

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Joint Technical Committee on Education - JTC3

JTC3 is a Joint Technical Committee on education and training of the Federation of International Geo-engineering Societies (FedIGS) repres.enting the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), I...

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