News

  1. Home
  2. News
Create a free account and view content that fits your specific interests in structural engineering Learn More
Register

News on Natural Disasters / Failures

Egypt: at least 10 fatalities after building collapse, possibly due to explosion

On Monday, February 17, a three-story building collapsed in Cairo, Egypt, at around 5 a.m. local time, resulting in the deaths of 10 people and injuring 8 others. Authorities feared that more victims...

Read More

Pensacola, Florida: Tornado damaged infrastructure - 3 people injured

On the evening of Tuesday, February 11, a tornado struck Pensacola, Florida, severely impacting a neighborhood and causing extensive damage to local infrastructure. Several buildings sustained signif...

Read More

Phoenix, Oregon: Roof of a warehouse collapsed due to snow loads

Late at night on Thursday, February 6, a warehouse in Phoenix, Oregon, collapsed as its roof gave way under the weight of heavy snow. Fortunately, no injuries or fatalities were reported. Multiple ag...

Read More

Santorini Island, Greece: 500 tremors were recorded within 2 days

On January 31, 2025, significant seismic activity began in the Aegean Sea, between the islands of Santorini and Amorgos, Greece. Over 500 undersea earthquakes have been recorded, raising concerns due...

Read More

5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan

On January 30, 2025, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Taiwan, triggering more than a dozen aftershocks. The quake occurred at 10:11 a.m. local time at a depth of 10 km, with its epicenter in Dapu To...

Read More

Konya, Turkey: Building complex collapsed resulting in two fatalities

On Saturday, January 25, a 30-year-old apartment complex collapsed in Konya, Turkey, resulting in two deaths and three others being trapped beneath the debris. Rescue teams promptly arrived at the si...

Read More

Manchester: An under construction historical building collapsed

On Saturday, January 25, a historic red-brick building, constructed in the early 1900s, collapsed on Ashley Road in Hale. Prior to the collapse, cracks had begun to form in its walls, which worsened...

Read More

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan: at least 27 people were injured

A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake rattled southern Taiwan on Tuesday, January 21, around 12:17 a.m. local time. The epicenter of the quake was located 12km north of Yujing at a depth of 10km. It is r...

Read More

A four-storey building collapsed after efforts to rectify its imbalance in South Kolkata

On Tuesday January 14 around 3:05 p.m. local time a four-storey building gave way and fell onto a one-storey building that was located next to it in Baghajatin Vidyasagar Colony, South Kolkata. Fortu...

Read More

Building collapse near Melbourne after landslides

On Tuesday January 14, a building collapsed because of a landslide on View Point Road in McCrae, approximately 59km south of Melbourne. The incident occurred at around 8:45 a.m. local time. Emergency...

Read More