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News on Earthquakes
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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New foundation design to tackle the effect of earthquake induced deformations
- Dec, 31, 2020
- Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from the University of Technology (UTC) in Sydney, Australia, have introduced a new method to protect buildings from earthquakes. An earthquake can be devastating for civil engineering inf...
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Numerous landslides reported on Raoul Island (New Zealand) after strong earthquakes
- Mar, 05, 2021
- Landslides Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- New Zealand
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
More than 300 landslides struck Raoul Island, New Zealand after strong earthquakes occurred in early March 2021. A series of earthquakes and aftershocks with the largest being M 8.1 and M 7.4 recentl...
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