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When the Ground Turns to Liquid: How Soil Turned Deadly in Myanmar’s Quake

On March 28, 2025, a devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar, shaking the region from its tectonic roots and leaving over 2,700 dead. Centered just 10 km beneath Mandalay and spanning a r...

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Seismic Shock: Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Unleashes Destruction in Vanuatu

On December 17, 2024, the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu was rocked by a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake. Centered approximately 30 kilometers west of the capital city, Port Vila, the quake...

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Geo-Mapping the Future: AI-Powered Solutions for Urban Liquefaction Risks

As cities expand, so does the need for robust disaster management, especially in earthquake-prone areas. Liquefaction—a process where saturated soils lose their strength and behave like a liquid unde...

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Reducing liquefaction risk potential at Nauka Marina Beach Club Residential Development

The primary geotechnical challenge affecting the project area is liquefaction, which leads to the loss of soil strength during seismic activity. Therefore, the decision was made to employ the Geopier...

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Strongest earthquake in 25 years rattles Taiwan

Taiwan was hit by a 7.4 moment magnitude earthquake at 7:58 a.m. local time on the morning of Wednesday, April 3, 2024, which makes it the strongest the nation has experienced in the past 25 years....

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A look into the aftermath of Japan's New Year’s Day earthquake

A powerful earthquake, with a measured moment magnitude of Mw = 7.5, struck Japan on January 1, 2024, causing widespread destruction, mainly on the Noto Peninsula, while a tsunami with a height of mo...

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The quicksand of Morecambe Bay

Morecambe Bay is the United Kingdom’s largest expanse of intertidal sandflats and mudflats, located in northwest England, and home to some treacherous quicksand. Furthermore, Morecambe Bay accommoda...

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NorSand constitutive material model explained and visualized through animations

NorSand is an advanced constitutive material model utilizing Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM), a concept also used in the Modified Cam Clay model. Srinivas Vivek Bokkisa and Jorge Macedo from Ge...

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Canada Local First Nation business partners with engineering company on railway spring drain product

A Local First Nation Indigenous company in Canada has announced its licensing agreement with an engineering firm on the production, installation, sales, and training services of spring drains. The...

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Award lectures from Charlotte Geo-Congress 2022

The following special lectures were given at the context of Geo-Congress 2022 (Charlotte, North Carolina | March 20-23 2022). All lectures can be found in the media gallery below. Karl Terzaghi Lect...

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