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Wooden bridge collapsed in Biswanath flood
- Sep, 18, 2025
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- India, Biswanath Charali
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The transportation situation has become critical in Sootea, Biswanath constituency, following the collapse of the wooden bridge linking Bokorapotta and Kuruwaati. The bridge, already weakened by age...
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A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit India's northeast
- Sep, 14, 2025
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- India
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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Assam in northeastern India on Sunday, shaking large parts of the region, officials reported. No damage was immediately reported. According to India’s National Cente...
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Indonesia building collapse: at least 3 fatalities and dozen injured
- Sep, 07, 2025
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- Indonesia
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At least three people lost their lives and dozens were injured after a building hosting a Quran recital collapsed on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Sunday (Sep 7), according to disaster officials...
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6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan: at least 800 fatalities
- Sep, 01, 2025
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- Afghanistan
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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday at 23:47 local time (19:17 GMT), with its epicenter about 27 km from Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. The quake’s shallow depth of ju...
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Virar building collapse: 17 dead and 9 injured
- Aug, 26, 2025
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- India, Virar
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At least 17 people were killed and nine others injured when part of Ramabai Apartment in Virar East collapsed late Tuesday night. Officials said around 15–20 people were initially feared trapped unde...
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Dozen earthquakes hit South Carolina in one week
- Aug, 25, 2025
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- United States, South Carolina
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At least a dozen small earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 1.7 to 3.0, occurred in South Carolina’s Greenwood County over the course of about a week, centered near Coronaca and Lake Greenwood. The So...
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Two significant quakes struck offshore Russia's Kamchatka: the initial warning for tsunami threat was later lifted
- Jul, 20, 2025
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- Russia
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Two significant earthquakes struck offshore near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday. The larger quake, with a magnitude of 7.4, had its epicenter approximately 115 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk...
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Mumbai: a 3-storey building collapsed - many injuries
- Jul, 18, 2025
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- India, Mumbai
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On Friday, July 18, a three-storey residential building collapsed in Mumbai's Bandra suburb, resulting in at least 12 injuries, with many others feared to be trapped beneath the debris. According to...
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China: Bridge collapse due to heavy rainfall
- Jun, 24, 2025
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- China, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
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On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at approximately 7:40 AM local time, the Grand Bridge collapsed following a landslide caused by heavy rainfall in Sandu County, Rongjiang area, Guizhou Province, southwest...
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Bridge collapse in India results in 2 fatalities, at least 32 injured
- Jun, 15, 2025
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- India
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On Sunday, June 15, at approximately 3:30 p.m. IST, a steel bridge collapsed over the Indrayani River at Kundamala near Talegaon in Pune district, Maharashtra, India. The incident resulted in 2 fatal...
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