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Seven earthquakes hit Iranian coast - no damage reported
- Jun, 15, 2022
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- United Arab Emirates, Dubai
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Seven earthquakes struck off Iran’s southern Kish Island on Wednesday, rattling Dubai and other areas across the Persian Gulf. The U.S. Geological Survey said six temblors of magnitude 4 struck, as...
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Mexico: Bridge collapses during its opening ceremony sending mayor and guests into river – at least 25 injuries
- Jun, 09, 2022
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- Mexico
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At least 25 people were injured, including the mayor’s wife who needs surgery on her leg. ‘There were a lot of people jumping. That was reckless,’ mayor José Luis Urióstegui said. Mr Urióstegui als...
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East Boston: a historic building partially collapses
- Jun, 04, 2022
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- United States, Massachusetts, Boston
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Emergency crews responded Friday to a report of a partial building collapse at a historic landmark in East Boston. Boston police said they are investigating the reported collapse on White Street. Th...
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Earthquakes in southwestern China: at least 4 fatalities and 14 injuries
- Jun, 01, 2022
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- China, Yaan
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A magnitude 6.1 quake struck at a depth of 17 kilometers (10 miles) in Ya’an city, about 110 kilometers (65 miles) southwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, the China Earthquake Network Center sa...
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Iran building collapse: at least 11 fatalities
- May, 23, 2022
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- Iran
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Rescuers dug through debris of a collapsed building in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble. Meanwhile, authorities arres...
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6.0-magnitude earthquake hits north of Norway's Svalbard
- May, 21, 2022
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- Norway
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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck north of the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake happened 725 km (450 miles) n...
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6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan
- May, 09, 2022
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- Taiwan
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Buildings shook briefly in Taipei on Monday as a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's eastern coast, but there were no reports of damage. The quake was felt across Taiwan, according to the w...
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Bridge collapse in Pakistan due to flood
- May, 10, 2022
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- Pakistan
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A bridge in northern Pakistan collapsed at the weekend after a glacial lake outburst caused by a recent heatwave released huge amounts of water into the stream and surrounding areas, local media repo...
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Cracks in concrete: A new way to discover a reaction that causes them
- May, 05, 2022
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- United States, Illinois, Lemont
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Bridges, dams, nuclear plants and other concrete structures are built to stand for decades, but they are not indestructible. One phenomenon that shortens the life of concrete buildings and structur...
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Building collapse in China: at least 26 fatalities
- May, 05, 2022
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Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse on Thursday to 26, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergen...
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