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Taiwan: 6.9-magnitude earthquake, buildings collapse

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, causing buildings to collapse and triggering tsunami warnings. The quake hit the Chishang township in rural southeastern Taiwan and had a...

Heavy rains trigger landslides in Uganda: at least 16 fatalities

At least 16 people died in western Uganda after heavy rains in the Kasese district on Tuesday night caused a landslide early Wednesday, according to tweets from the Uganda Red Cross. Most of the reco...

Building walls with demolition waste - the poetry of Cyclopean concrete

Ancient cyclopean walls were built by overlapping raw stones, supported one on the other, without the use of mortar. The name derives from the Cyclops, the giants of Greek mythology, as their constru...

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea: at least five fatalities

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least five people. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at a dept...

"Geo-Trends Review" twentieth issue is published!

Sep, 12, 2022
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GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the publication of the twentieth issue of "Geo-Trends Review" magazine. The twentieth issue was just distrib...

NASA: Tonga eruption blasted enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic pools into the Earth's atmosphere

One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it's likely to temporarily warm the Earth's surface, according to...

Congo: Bridge collapses during ribbon-cutting ceremony

Sharply-suited dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the Congolese capital on Monday only for the structure to collapse beneath their feet to the barely concealed delight of onlookers, v...

Southwest China: 6.8-magnitude earthquake leaves at least 46 dead

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are a...

Announcing the Publication of the 2022 Geotechnical Business Directory

Sep, 05, 2022
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GeoWorld has just published its 2022 Geotechnical Business Directory. The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This is...

Plans for Australia’s tallest tower

A Melbourne consortium has laid plans for Australia’s tallest building after lodging a development application for a $400 million twin-tower project on the Gold Coast. The landmark development, com...

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