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Houses built on reportedly old dump, severely damaged. Residents blame city of Havelock, North Carolina
- Jun, 03, 2013
- Other News Settlements Shallow Foundations
- Havelock, North Carolina, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
ABC News reports on the significant settlement of an area in Havelock, North Carolina. Reportedly, within very shallow depth, waste material is being excavated in the backyard of residents. The area i...
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Tunnel cave-in at Gold and Copper Mine in Indonesia; Two killed, 27 missing
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world's biggest publicly traded copper producer, reported a tunnel collapse at its Grasberg complex in Indonesia. Grasberg in Papua province includes open-...
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Contractor destroys a 2,300-year-old Mayan Temple in Belize and uses limestone as gravel for a village road
- May, 15, 2013
- Other News Foundation Design / Construction
- Big Hill, Belize
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bloomberg reports that according to the National Institute of Culture and Heritage in Belize, a contractor has destroyed a 2,300-year-old Mayan Temple and used the limestone bricks for gravel to build...
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Kurt R. Fraese has been elected as the new ASFE/GBA president
Kurt R. Fraese, L.G. is the new president of ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA), a not-for-profit association of geoprofessional firms that employ some 150,000 individuals worldwide....
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Huge landslide at the Kennecott Copper Bingham Canyon Mine. Mine slope monitoring paid off.
- Apr, 11, 2013
- Other News Landslides
- Bingham Canyon, Utah, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide finally occurred at the Kennecott Copper Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah. The Kennecot Copper Bingham Canyon Mine is the second largest copper producer in the United States, provid...
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Man swallowed by a Sinkhole in Shenzhen city, China. Moment captured on Video
- Mar, 27, 2013
- Other News Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On Wednesday 27th of March, a new sinkhole appeared in Shenzhen city in China swallowing a 25-yr old Chinese security guard. The moment was captured on video. The sinkhole was 65 ft deep, but the man...
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Landslide in Whidbey Island, Washington, takes down one house, threatens more
- Mar, 27, 2013
- Other News Landslides
- Driftwood Way, Coupeville, Island, WA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide has occurred at 4:15 am on Wednesday morning in Whidbey island. Nobody was killed, but the landslide took down one of the homes. Another home was left with a 10 ft backyard and is now evac...
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Mudslide in Everett, Washington impacts and derails a passing freight train
- Dec, 18, 2012
- Other News Landslides Soil Dynamics Soil Dynamics In-Situ
- Everett, Washington, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Associated Press has posted a video of a mudslide that on December 18th 2012 was mobilized while a freight train was passing. Amazing coincidence or did the vibrations from the train contributed t...
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Earthquake-induced tsunami kills at least 10 at Solomon Islands
- Feb, 06, 2013
- Other News Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Temotu Province of Solomon Islands
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A Magnitude 8 earthquake created a tsunami that swept through several South Pacific islands last Wednesday. The tsunami killed at least 10 people through 5 villages and was reported to reach 1.5 m in...
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Video: Sinkhole swallows four buildings in the city of Guangzhou, China; no casualties
- Jan, 30, 2013
- Other News Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Guangzhou, China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sinkhole in China's southern Guangdong province in the city of Guangzhou, “swallowed” a total of four buildings. It swallowed the first at 16:20 local time, allowing for individuals to capture on vi...
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