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Falcon pipeline construction: DEP fines Shell $670k for erosion
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is fining Shell and a subcontractor it hired $670,000 for violations along a Western Pennsylvania pipeline that will feed its brand-new ethane...
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4 lakes in mid-Michigan, disappeared after dam failure, are being restored
- Oct, 25, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Four dams are being restored after catastrophic failures led to four man-made lakes disappearing in May 2020. The dam failures took away Sandford Lake, Wixom Lake, Secord Lake and Smallwood Lake. F...
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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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Chile: mining areas connected to giant sinkhole were permanently closed
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Other Geotechnical Deep Excavations Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Chile
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The permanent closure of mining stopes directly related to a giant sinkhole, that appeared in the northern part of the country in July, was announced by Chile's mining minister on Friday (07 October...
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Venezuela landslide: 22 fatalities, at least 52 missing
- Oct, 11, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Venezuela
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 52 missing after a river overflowed, officials said Sunday, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the...
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Landslide damages dam wall in Arunachal Pradesh
- Oct, 07, 2022
- Dam Engineering Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A massive landslide triggered by heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh has damaged the guard wall of Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHP) at Gerukamukh. The intake tunnel of the project has been cl...
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Tropical Cyclone Noru Leaves 4 Dead, Thousands Displaced in Vietnam and Thailand
- Oct, 07, 2022
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical Landslides Landslides
- Vietnam
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Before the storm struck in Vietnam as many as 327,937 people had been pre-emptively evacuated across the provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Danang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Bình Định. Vietnam’s Disaster...
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South African tailings dam collapses: Injuries and ‘extensive damage’
- Oct, 07, 2022
- Dam Engineering Tailings Dams Other Geotechnical Concrete / Rollercrete Dams
- South Africa
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Emergency teams are on the ground in South Africa’s Free State province after a dam collapsed at an abandoned diamond mine. Disaster management specialists have joined police, engineers and medical f...
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Adelaide Hills dam: fears of collapse
- Sep, 29, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An emergency flood warning has been issued for a South Australian town due to the “high risk” of a dam wall collapsing. The privately owned dam on the edge of an Adelaide Hills town remains at risk...
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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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