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News on Earthquakes
Risk assessment on natural disasters in densely populated Himalayan regions
- Sep, 18, 2021
- Landslides Risk & Reliability Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Research / Academia
- Hindu Kush
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study focuses on the multi-hazard susceptibility of a densely populated region in the Himalayas. Until recently, most of the studies are focusing on the individual effect of a natural disaster ...
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Volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands triggers evacuations
- Sep, 19, 2021
- Other Geotechnical Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Natural Disasters / Failures Engineering Seismology
- Spain
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A volcanic eruption on La Palma, an island of the Canary Islands, Spain, has caused significant infrastructure damage and triggered massive evacuations. La Palma is one of the smallest islands in the...
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Understanding the nature of friction on earthquake faults by studying a volcanic eruption
- Aug, 20, 2021
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Structural Geology News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Hawaii
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), focuses on a volcanic flank collapse to understand how frictional resis...
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M 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti: More than 1,900 fatalities
- Aug, 19, 2021
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Haiti
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Nearly 2,000 people have been reported dead after a M 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti. The seismic shock struck on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. local time. Its epicenter was located in the southw...
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Massive evacuations after volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- May, 22, 2021
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 32 people were reported dead and numerous have been evacuated due to a volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano situated in the east...
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