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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
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- 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
- Bridges Snow And Rain Loads Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Behavior News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News Structural Systems Temporary Structures Other Structural
- 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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Earthquake in BiH: seven hundred damages were reported
- Apr, 30, 2022
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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So far, 320 reports of damage to residential buildings caused by the recent earthquake that hit Herzegovina have been received in the Stolac area, it was confirmed on Saturday from the Herzegovina Ne...
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High rise buildings: New structural safety guidelines in Haryana
- Apr, 16, 2022
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- India
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The department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Saturday released a new draft of structural safety guidelines to ensure that the design and structure of the material used in high-rise buildings...
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