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5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Crete island in Greece
- Sep, 27, 2021
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Domes (Structure) News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena
- Greece
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Monday September 27th, many buildings on the island of Crete, Greece were damaged and some reduced to piles of rubble from an 5.8-magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks. According to the Athe...
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Chile: powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks South America nation
- Sep, 21, 2021
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena
- Chile
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Tuesday morning, September 21st 2021, at 8:14 am local time a strong earthquake shook buildings in the Chilean city of Concepcion. No immediate reports of damage were made. The earthquake hit C...
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Building collapse in Atlanta: 4 injured after explosion
- Sep, 12, 2021
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- United States, Georgia, Atlanta
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Sunday 12th of September, in suburban Atlanta, a three-storey structure partially collapsed after an explosion. Fortunately, four people who were injured are recovering and the authorities have se...
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southwest China
- Sep, 16, 2021
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- China
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck southwest China’s Sichuan province on Thursday September 16th, as reported by state media. The quake killed at least three people and injured dozens while homes...
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Brisbane City Council: Design for green arch pedestrian and cycle bridge is finalized
- Sep, 02, 2021
- Bridges Bridge Design News On Projects / Industry News On Events
- Australia, Brisbane
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Brisbane City Council in Australia announced that the design for an 80-metre arch Breakfast Creek pedestrian and cycle bridge is finalized. The cost of the bridge amounts to $67 million. The bridge w...
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Lower Tahquamenon Falls: A new bridge is scheduled to open in October
- Sep, 09, 2021
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Systems News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
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Tahquamenon Falls State Park conducted a survey of visitors in 2017 where 80% of respondents responded that they would likely visit the island at the Lower Falls if there was a bridge offering a conn...
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Three fatalities in an apartment building collapse in Egypt
- Sep, 09, 2021
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- Egypt
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
One more collapse in just two months occurred on Wednesday in Egypt, in the city of Shoubra el-Khaima in Qalyubia province. It was a four-storey building that was used as the headquarter of a law fi...
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M7.0 earthquake in southwest Mexico
- Sep, 08, 2021
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- Mexico
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck southwest Mexico. According to the United States Geological Survey the quake hit 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) east-northeast of Los Órganos de San Agustín, about eig...
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Category 4 hurricane Ida hit Louisiana: neighborhoods left underwater
- Aug, 29, 2021
- Damage (Structural) Wind Engineering News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena
- United States, Louisiana
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Category 4 hurricane Ida hit southeastern Louisiana's Port Fourchon at a around 1 p.m. August 29th and slowly scraped across the state, delivering catastrophic winds and torrential rain to the same...
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Milan: Fire in a 20-storey residential tower block
- Aug, 29, 2021
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- Italy, Milan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 20-storey building in Milan, on the southern outskirts of the capital of the Lombardy region, burst in flames on Sunday 29th of August while 30 residents were in their apartments. The fire started...
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