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News on Earthquake
Taipei 101’s impressive tuned mass damper
- Apr, 03, 2024
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Vibration And Damping News On Products & Services Other News
- Taiwan, Taipei
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Taiwan was struck on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, by the most powerful earthquake it has experienced in the last 25 years, but Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, can be seen in video footage...
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California hit by earthquake and Tropical Storm Hilary
- Aug, 20, 2023
- General Civil Groundwater & Seepage Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The first tropical storm in 84 years made landfall in Southern California on Sunday, August 20, after the region was hit by a 5.1 moment magnitude earthquake. Furthermore, the earthquake occurred at...
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7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra island
- Apr, 24, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Indonesia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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...
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Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes Northern California, U.S.A.
- Apr, 11, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California , Cobb
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake took place in Lake County, California, late on Tuesday. More specifically, the earthquake struck at 10.39 p.m., and was located 7.4 kilometers from northwest Cobb and rou...
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300-meter skyscraper in China evacuated after unexpected oscillations
A 300-meter-tall skyscraper in China was evacuated after it started oscillating under (initially) unknown circumstances. The SEG Plaza skyscraper was constructed in 2000 and is situated in th...
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