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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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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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Central Greece shaken by a surprising earthquake doublet
- Mar, 08, 2021
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects News On Natural Disasters/phenomena
- Greece, Elassona
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
A strong earthquake doublet struck Central Greece on March 3rd and 4th 2021. According to the United States Geological Survey, an M6.3 earthquake hit central Greece early afternoon on Wednesday Marc...
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Concrete “waves” formed at Humen Bridge in China
- May, 05, 2020
- Bridge Management Bridges Decks Wind Engineering News On Events News On Natural Disasters/phenomena
- China, Guangzhou
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Tuesday May 5th, the top of the Humen Bridge, Southern China’s suspension bridge, oscillated like the surface of the ocean. Strong winds are responsible for the unusual behavior. At the time, the...
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