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Strong earthquake hits northeastern Papua New Guinea
- Apr, 03, 2023
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- Papua New Guinea
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Papua New Guinea early on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake occurred just after 4:00am local time, 62 kilometers beneath the surf...
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Slab collapses in Goa's Mapusa: 5 workers injured
- Apr, 03, 2023
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- India, Mapusa
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A concrete slab of an under-construction building collapsed on Sunday in Mapusa, injuring five workers. An eyewitness report stated that the incident happened at 12.30 on Sunday afternoon in the vici...
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Serious cracks forced the closure of the Servia Bridge in northern Greece
- Mar, 21, 2023
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Structural Reliability Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Greece, Kozani
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Following major cracks in four tendons between the sixth and seventh piers, the Servia Bridge in Western Macedonia in northern Greece, has been closed to all vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tons. T...
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Visakhapatnam building collapse: 3 fatalities - 2 children among them
- Mar, 23, 2023
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- India, Visakhapatnam
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A three-story building collapsed in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday, 23 March 2023. Specifically, the incident occurred at 1.30 am and eight residents, members of three d...
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Earthquake in Pakistan and Afghanistan: at least 19 fatalities
- Mar, 22, 2023
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- Pakistan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday night. The strong earthquake, centered in a mountainous area in northern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border, left at least 1...
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Building collapse in Qatar: at least one fatality
- Mar, 22, 2023
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- Qatar, Doha
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Authorities reported that a building collapsed in Doha, the capital of Qatar, killing at least one person. Rescuers are now looking through the debris for survivors, while the collapse of the buildin...
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ecuador: at least 16 fatalities
- Mar, 18, 2023
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- Ecuador
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador on Saturday afternoon. Dozens were injured while at least 16 people lost their lives, according to authorities. The US National Weather Service repo...
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A vacant building collapsed in west Baltimore due to strong wind loading
- Mar, 14, 2023
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- United States, Maryland, Baltimore
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Strong wind loads are anticipated to be the cause of the collapse of a vacant building in the Upton neighborhood of west Baltimore, Maryland, according to a report from WBFF. There have been no injur...
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Building partially collapsed twice within 8 days in Welland, Canada
- Feb, 26, 2023
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- Canada, Welland
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A five-story, 226-unit condo suffered partial collapse twice within 8 days. More specifically, the initial collapse took place on February the 18th and a second one followed almost a week later, on F...
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Under-construction Islamabad bridge collapses for the second time within a week
- Mar, 02, 2023
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- Pakistan, Islamabad
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
An under-construction bridge in Islamabad collapsed on Thursday, March 2 for the second time within a week. More specifically, one of the bridge’s girders tipped over and caused a domino effect, w...
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