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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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Landslide in Mexico results in coastal highway collapse [video]
- Dec, 28, 2013
- Other News Landslides Offshore Geotechnics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Tijuana-Ensenada Road, Zona Urbana Río Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Last Saturday a coastal road located about 60miles from the Mexico-United States border connecting the Mexican towns of Ensenada and Tijuana, collapsed after a landslide that was probably triggered by...
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Huge underwater landslide contributed to Japanese devastating tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku was the most powerful earthquake in the history of Japan and it was, until now, considered the main reason for the tsunami waves that killed al...
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New study shows threat of landslide induced tsunamis overrated
A new study by the researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) reveals a new aspect of the correlation of the Canary Island landslides with tsunami waves, unlike previous estimates. Deep...
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