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A supposedly dormant fault may cause a large earthquake in Los Angeles
- Sep, 16, 2019
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia
- United States, California , Los Angeles
According to a new study, a fault previously considered as dormant may cause a Mw 6.4 earthquake in the region of Los Angeles. The Wilmington blind‐thrust fault is located deep beneath the LA area. I...
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Massive 7,1-Magnitude earthquake struck California
- Jul, 05, 2019
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, California
A powerful 7,1-magnitude temblor struck in the Mojave Desert (near Ridgecrest) located about 200 kilometers northeast of Los Angeles, at a depth of 17 kilometers on Friday, July 5, 2019. According to...
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California experiences an unprecedented earthquake pause
- May, 28, 2019
- Geology Highlights Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic
- United States, California
A new study shows that there is an unprecedented earthquake pause in the 3 major faults with the highest slip ratio in California. The research was carried out by U.S. Geological Survey researchers...
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Egypt's oldest pyramid saved from collapse
- May, 28, 2019
- Other News Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Foundation Design / Construction
Djoser, Egypt's oldest pyramid, located on the Nile's west bank near Cairo, was prone to collapse but it was saved by a team of British engineers. The 4,700-year-old Pyramid of Djoser, also known as...
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Unprecedented cold weather may have triggered "Frost quakes" in Chicago
- Feb, 05, 2019
- Geology Highlights Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical Seismic
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Freezing cold in Chicago may have caused shaking related to cracking action in frozen ground. The polar vortex that has descended on the United States has provoked freezing temperatures in Chicago....
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Earthquakes induced by injection wells
- Sep, 12, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Rock Mechanics Soil Dynamics In-Situ Seismic
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz found that bigger and more distant earthquakes can occur when injecting fluid into sedimentary rock than into the underlying basement rock. The evidence from this study...
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Top Geotechnical Journal Paper Award
- Jul, 05, 2018
- News On Awards Earthquake Reconnaissance Liquefaction Engineering Other Geotechnical Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Ricardo Dobry and Tarek Abdoun have been selected by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to receive the Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award. The researchers, experts in ear...
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How does the Leaning Tower of Pisa survive earthquakes
- May, 22, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Soil Structure Interaction Soil Dynamics In-Situ Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Soil Structure Interaction Soil Dynamics In-Situ
- Leaning tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Despite the hazardous inclination of approximately five degrees, the Leaning Tower of Pisa (in Italy) has managed to survive four strong earthquakes since 1200 A.D. The construction of the Tower be...
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Consecutive earthquakes rock Hawaii’s Big Island as Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt
An unstable situation, with six fissures having opened up and spewing lava, and a strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude. Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano, which has been an active volcano –in fact one o...
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Shamsher Prakash Foundation 2018 prize solicitation
- Feb, 26, 2018
- Other News Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Geoenvironmental Engineering Other Geotechnical
Shamsher Prakash Foundation solicits nomination for the 2018 SHAMSHER PRAKASH RESEARCH AWARD for young engineers, scientists and researchers from all over the world. Shamsher Prakash Foundati...
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