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An unusual rockslide in Sand in Taufers, Italy

An unusual rockslide took place in Sand in Taufers, Italy, on the morning of April 24 and was caught on surveillance video. The incident involved a large boulder going down a hill without any rotati...

China’s Mars rover confirmed dormant on the Red Planet

China’s Mars rover, Zhurong, was confirmed to still be dormant on the Red Planet’s surface, after failing to wake up in December. Zhurong, which was named after a mythical Chinese god of fire, wen...

Two houses slide off cliff after landslide in Draper, Utah.

Two houses slid off a cliffside in Draper, Utah on Saturday, April 22, due to a landslide. Following the event, two neighboring houses were also evacuated. The collapsed houses had been deemed unsa...

7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra island

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on April 24 and briefly triggered a tsunami warning, which was later lifted. More specifically, the earthquake’s focus was at a dep...

Massive landslide next to an under-construction dam viaduct in Artvin, Turkey

A huge landslide took place next to the piers of an under-construction dam viaduct in Artvin, Turkey, on April 22 and was caught on video. Furthermore, the area is a construction site for the Yusu...

Harry Bolton Seed: The founding father of geotechnical earthquake engineering

Harry Bolton Seed was born in Bolton, England, on August 19, 1922. He spent his childhood in Lancashire and showed talent in sports and academics from an early age. At the age of 18, he chose a sch...

Starship’s crater on the launch pad and the purpose of flame trenches

Some footage emerged from the Starship’s launch pad after it took off on April 20, showing a crater left by the fumes of its enormous engines under the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM). Another video sho...

Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project TBM breaks through Broadway City Hall Station

Elsie, one of the two tunnel boring machines used in Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project marked a significant milestone on April 14, when it reached the Broadway City Hall Station. The Broadway Subw...

CLaSH invites you to join us for the 2023 Land Surface Hazards Modeling Expo!

The Center for Land-Surface Hazards (CLaSH) invites you to the 2023 Land Surface Hazards Modeling Expo, the first part of which will be held online on May 1-2. The Modeling Expo will take place in...

Massive landslide buries trucks and containers in Pakistan

A large landslide took place in Pakistan, in the early hours of Tuesday, April 18. Furthermore, the incident occurred at the Khyber Pass, near the Afghan border, which is a major trade route betwee...

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