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Konya, Turkey: Building complex collapsed resulting in two fatalities

On Saturday, January 25, a 30-year-old apartment complex collapsed in Konya, Turkey, resulting in two deaths and three others being trapped beneath the debris. Rescue teams promptly arrived at the si...

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Manchester: An under construction historical building collapsed

On Saturday, January 25, a historic red-brick building, constructed in the early 1900s, collapsed on Ashley Road in Hale. Prior to the collapse, cracks had begun to form in its walls, which worsened...

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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan: at least 27 people were injured

A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake rattled southern Taiwan on Tuesday, January 21, around 12:17 a.m. local time. The epicenter of the quake was located 12km north of Yujing at a depth of 10km. It is r...

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A four-storey building collapsed after efforts to rectify its imbalance in South Kolkata

On Tuesday January 14 around 3:05 p.m. local time a four-storey building gave way and fell onto a one-storey building that was located next to it in Baghajatin Vidyasagar Colony, South Kolkata. Fortu...

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Building collapse near Melbourne after landslides

On Tuesday January 14, a building collapsed because of a landslide on View Point Road in McCrae, approximately 59km south of Melbourne. The incident occurred at around 8:45 a.m. local time. Emergency...

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Wall collapse in Nottinghamshire

On Wednesday January 8, a wall collapsed and fall onto the Town Street in Bramcote at the “Devil’s Bend’ spot resulting in the closure of the road. The incident on the Nottinghamshire road immediatel...

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A catastrophic 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Tibet: at least 126 people fatalities

A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude rattled a remote region of Tibet. The earthquake hit on Tuesday morning around 9:05 a.m. local time, while the epicenter was in Tingri County, high on the Tibetan...

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Structural Engineering News Recap of December 2024

You can now find TheStructuralEngineer.info's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting structural engineering news of December 2024. Namely, these...

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New Orleans: A two-storey building collapsed

On Monday December 30, around 5:43 p.m. local time, a two- storey building partially collapsed at Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District. Specifically, a large portion of the roof and the secon...

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Catastrophic bridge collapse in Brazil resulted in at least 10 fatalities

On Sunday December 22, 2024, a tragic event occurred in Brazil, as the 533 meters long Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge, spanning across the Tocantins River, collapsed resulting in at least 10...

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