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Several countries provide support as Morocco is struck by 6.8-magnitude earthquake
- Sep, 11, 2023
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Other Geotechnical Seismic Soil Structure Interaction Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Engineering Seismology
- Morocco
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco at 11.11 p.m. on Friday, September 8, with an epicenter about 72 kilometers southwest of Marrakech. Furthermore, the shallow earthquake has so far caused at...
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A 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits southern Turkey two weeks after the major earthquake of magnitude 7.8: 3 people killed and hundreds injured
- Feb, 23, 2023
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The earthquakes that rocked both countries on February 6 were followed by tremors of magnitudes 6.4 and 5.8 that occurred on Monday February 20 in the southeast, close to the border with Syria. The t...
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At least 46,000 fatalities as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
- Feb, 23, 2023
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic Engineering Seismology
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Although the number of people who have died as a result of the powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 46,000, some survivors were still being pulled from the debris 11 days after t...
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UB earthquake engineers: building collapses in the Turkey-Syria earthquake were not unexpected
- Feb, 16, 2023
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic Other Geotechnical
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A scene, shown in various videos, was taken following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tremors that devastated central Türkiye and northern Syria earlier this week and the pictures are hor...
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More than 20000 fatalities after Turkey-Syria earthquake
- Feb, 11, 2023
- Seismic Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least 20,000 people have now died as a result of the earthquakes that struck southwest Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. This number is expected to rise as rescue workers search through the deb...
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Indonesian landslide due to earthquake: rescuers focus on survivors
- Nov, 25, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Seismic Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- Indonesia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Monday killing at least 272, more than a third of them children. On an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their focus to a landslide...
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Changes in magnetic field along fault lines preceded major earthquakes in California according to a recent case-study
- Oct, 20, 2022
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Researchers have tried for decades to determine whether there is a reliable precursor that can act as an early warning before the shaking begins. The technology to predict when an earthquake will str...
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Kefalonia, Greece: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits the island
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Seismic Slope Stability
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit between the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea on Thursday 8 September morning. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 10:30 local time. There we...
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Northern Philippines: At least five fatalities and dozens injuries after 7.0-magnitude earthquake triggers landslides
- Jul, 28, 2022
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Seismic
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least five people have been killed and dozens have been injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the northern Philippines set off multiple landslides and damaged buildings. So far, 64 people ha...
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Peru earthquake: 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes in Peru
- May, 26, 2022
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Engineering Seismology
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The quake struck at around 7.02am local time in the Tirapata region and was located 8.1 miles (13km) east-southeast of Azangaro. The epicenter was considered as deep, at around 135.3 miles (217.8km...
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