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High water level blamed for Vale's dam collapse in Brazil
According to experts, the catastrophic failure of Vale's mining waste dam was caused by high water level. In January 2019, the 86-meter high dam located in the state of Minas Gerais, collapsed trigge...
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Deep landslides triggered by the 1964 Alaska earthquake were not re-activated in the 2018 Anchorage earthquake
- Oct, 29, 2019
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia Landslides
- United States, Alaska, Anchorage
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, published in Seismological Research Letters, the deep landslides that were triggered by the massive M 9.2 Alaska earthquake in 1964 were not re-activated by the M 7.1 earthq...
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Rice irrigation affected a massive, earthquake-induced landslide in Indonesia
- Oct, 10, 2019
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Soil Mechanics Liquefaction Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Back in 2018, massive landslides were triggered after a Mw 7,5 earthquake struck the city of Palu, Indonesia. According to a new study, published in Nature Journal, rice irrigation may have exacerbat...
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Is tunneling safe in Los Angeles?
- Feb, 01, 2019
- Other News Tunneling Risk & Reliability Ground Improvement
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Following Elon Musk's attempt to introduce underground transportation systems a question is raised. Is tunneling safe in Los Angeles? Musk founded a construction company (Boring Company)...
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Massive landslides in Palu after Mw 7,5 earthquake in Sulawesi
- Oct, 23, 2018
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides Earthquake Reconnaissance
- 'Palu, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia'
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Three major landslides have struck Palu city causing fatalities and significant structural damage after the Mw 7,5 earthquake in Sulawesi Island. The devastating earthquake occurred on Friday, 28 o...
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