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Indonesia earthquake: at least 271 fatalities, 40 missing - search for survivors from rescuers
- Nov, 20, 2022
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- Indonesia
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A 5.6 magnitude quake struck a mountainous region in Indonesia on Monday, causing landslides that buried entire villages near the West Java town of Cianjur. The earthquake, which struck at a shallow...
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Lille, France: four-story building collapse, one fatality
- Nov, 12, 2022
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- France, Lille
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A building collapsed in the northern French city of Lille over the weekend. One person is confirmed to have died. French authorities have stated that an early warning by one resident prevented more c...
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Building collapse due to fire in Iraq's capital: at least 32 injuries
- Nov, 07, 2022
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- Iraq, Baghdad
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A commercial building in the capital of Iraq caught fire and then collapsed on Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of I...
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India’s Morbi bridge collapse
- Oct, 31, 2022
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- India, Morbi
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More than 50 children are among 135 people killed in Sunday’s bridge collapse in India’s Gujarat state, according to a list of victims published by state authorities on Wednesday. Investigators ar...
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Ηistoric downtown LaPorte building collapsed: investigators trying to determine the cause
- Oct, 27, 2022
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- United States, Indiana, South Bend
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Part of a three-story building more than a century old in downtown LaPorte collapsed Wednesday night. Fortunately, authorities said nobody was inside when about one-third of the front of the structur...
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6.4-magnitude earthquake in Philippines: at least 26 injuries
- Oct, 26, 2022
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- Philippines
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
At least 26 people were injured by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rocked the northern Philippines, forcing the closure of an international airport, sending panicked residents into the streets and ca...
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Brazil’s Amazon: bridge collapses, at least three fatalities and 15 missing
- Sep, 28, 2022
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- Brazil
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At least three people have been confirmed dead, with as many as 15 missing after a bridge collapsed as some vehicles were travelling across it in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, firefighter...
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Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA): building collapse due to bad economy
- Oct, 13, 2022
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- Nigeria, Abuja
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The Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA has stated that the building collapses in the country normally happen during the construction stage and is compounded by the bad economy. Speaking to newsm...
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Jakarta school building collapses during flash flood: at least three students died
- Oct, 06, 2022
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- Indonesia, Jakarta
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At least three students of a state Islamic junior high school in South Jakarta died on Thursday after walls in a section of the school building were swept by floods and collapsed on Thursday afternoo...
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5.7-magnitude earthquake hits northwestern Iran: at least 490 injuries
- Oct, 05, 2022
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- Iran
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A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northwestern Iran on Wednesday, and medical authorities in the area reported that at least 490 people had been injured. The quake's epicentre was close to the town...
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