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Tom Lantos twin tunnels provide a sustainable solution to the Devil's slide problem
- Mar, 20, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Landslides Tunneling Landslides Tunneling
- Devil's Slide Tunnel, Pacifica, CA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Recurring landslides in Devil's slide resulting in nine closures in the past 28 years, 45-minute commutes for 7.5 miles of distance for over 20,000 motorists, 995 lawsuits and injuctions from environm...
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Hayward Baker Completes 6,200 Square Foot Decorative Sculpted Shotcrete Wall in Arvada, Colorado
- Mar, 19, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Landslides Retaining Walls
- Arvada, CO, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hayward Baker Inc. (HB), North America’s leading geotechnical contractor, recently completed a 6,200 square foot decorative sculpted shotcrete wall behind a housing development in Arvada, Colorado. H...
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Climate change may increase landslide risk by up to 25% in the Göta river valley
- Mar, 13, 2014
- Other News Landslides Risk & Reliability
- 57.9967466, 12.1218897
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Increasing landslide events in the Göta river valley, combined with future climate changes led the Swedish government to address the issue, by funding the Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) to...
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Powerful storms trigger mudslides in hills scarred by Colby fire last January
Consequences of the recent Colby fire in Southern California now become apparent, as storms along the entire length of California trigger dangerous mudslides and threaten many foothill communities....
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Landslide in Sardoá, Brazil, caught live, as crews were searching for survivors.
Lanslide caused by heavy rains in the rural municipality of Sardoá, Brazil, is filmed from crews already on the spot, searching for survivors from earlier incident. The crew members arrived i...
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Second Major Earthquake hits Cephalonia island in Greece; causes significant damage; information hub established on GeoWorld; updates to follow
A new Mw 5.7 earthquake hit Cephalonia at 5:08 am on February 3rd 2014, less than 10 days after the Mw 5.9-6.1 earthquake that caused also significant damage, as reported by an earlier news item here...
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Buildings prone to cliff collapse are being demolished in Port Hills, Christchurch
- Jan, 26, 2014
- Other News Landslides Earthquake Reconnaissance Aerial
- Port Hills Road, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Many rockfalls and landslides were triggered by a severe earthquake in Christchurch in 2011, resulting in many damaged homes. Last Sunday the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) released a...
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Shallow, Magnitude 5.9 earthquake triggers landslides and damages infrastructure in Cephalonia, Greece
According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Cephalonia in western Greece last Sunday. Dozens of aftershocks were recorded all through to the...
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Video shows derailed train in Italy ready to fall in the ocean due to landslide
Heavy rainfall in northwestern Italy has triggered many extensive landslides recently, particularly in the Liguria region, where over 100 landslides occurred according to La Presse. The landsl...
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New study shows 16 earthquakes were triggered by landslide
- Jan, 06, 2014
- Other News Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides
- Bingham Canyon, UT, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The landslide at the Bingham Canyon copper mine that occurred last April, near Salt Lake City in Utah, seems to be the largest non-volcanic landslide in North America in modern times, with almost 65 m...
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