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Oso Washington Landslide Risk Goes Back Decades
- Jan, 11, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides Risk & Reliability
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In March, 2014, 40 people perished in a landslide in Oso, Washington. Based on research from the University of Washington, many landslides in the same place may have occurred many times in the p...
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Fewer Landslides Than Expected After Nepal, 2015 Quake
Fewer landslides occurred as a result of the April, 2015 Nepal earthquake, termed Gorka than expected. The earthquake measured magnitudes of 7.5 Mw (moment magnitude scale) to 7.8 Mw. The...
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China Landfill Slide: Search for Survivors Still Underway
- Dec, 23, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides Slope Stability
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hundreds of rescue workers are searching for survivors after a manmade landfill failed and overcame 33 buildings and damaged utilities, including natural gas pipelines, in the southern Chinese City of...
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Attend ICONHIC 2016 Conference, Chania, Greece
- Dec, 15, 2015
- News On Events Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Landslides Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geoengineer.org is delighted to invite you to Chania, Greece for the “1st International Conference on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure: Protection, Design, Rehabilitation” that takes place on 28-30...
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Massive Rockslide in Northern India
A massive rockslide occurred on December 7, 2015 in Hanogi in Mandi district of Himachal, India. The site conditions consist of a practically vertical rock face adjacent to a roadway running along...
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Drone-based footage of Damage following the November 17th 2015 Lefkada Earthquake
Within less than 48 hrs following the Mw 6.4 earthquake that occurred near Lefkada island in Greece, on November 17th 2015, engineers from Geoengineer.org, the University of Michigan (USA) and the Uni...
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Dam Breach of Toxic Sludge
- Nov, 07, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Bento Rodrigues - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A mudslide unleased at Bento Rodrigues in southeastern Brazil, when a dam broke at a mining deposit site. At least 17 people died and 40 people are missing. A mudslide unleased at Bento Rodrigues i...
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Video: Scary landslide in Pakistan
- Oct, 30, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Hunza Valley
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The slope of a mountain in Hunza Valley collapsed after the deadly earthquake that has killed nearly 266 people while levelling thousands of homes and forcing many to camp out in the open. The slop...
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Bosnia - Herzegovina: Tragedy in mine
- Oct, 13, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Mining Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Kakanj, Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Bosna i Hercegovina
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Four miners were killed and two injured due to a landslide in a lignite mine in Kakanj in central Bosnia - Herzegovina. Four miners were killed and two injured due to a landslide in a lignite mine...
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Indications For Ancient Oceanic Mega-Tsunami In The Atlantic
- Oct, 09, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Landslides Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Fogo, Cape Verde
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists have discovered that, 73,000 years ago, the biggest island of West Africa in the Atlantic, Santiago, where 250,000 people live today, was hit by a 244m high tsunami wave. The cause was the...
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