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6.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Indonesia’s capital: buildings collapsed, no tsunami alert
- Jan, 14, 2022
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- Indonesia
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Parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java were shaken by a powerful earthquake of 6.6-magnitude on Friday. The quake caused damage to buildings and houses while it sent people into the streets. Accord...
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Ireland: Bridge collapses in Wexford after heavy flooding
- Dec, 26, 2021
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A bridge collapsed at Wilton Bree, Wexford, Ireland and another bridge at Kilcarbry in Enniscorthy was "severely damaged". The Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works...
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6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Remote Area in Western China – 4 people injured
- Jan, 08, 2022
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- China
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A magnitude 6.9 overnight earthquake shook a sparsely populated area in western China early Saturday and forced the suspension of high-speed rail service because of tunnel damage, authorities said....
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5.4 magnitude shallow earthquake hits southwestern China
- Jan, 04, 2022
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At least 22 people have been injured after a shallow earthquake in southwestern China that also shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang. The quake struck on Sunday afternoon on the border between Y...
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A 6.2 magnitude quake shakes Northern California on Monday
- Dec, 20, 2021
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- United States, California
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck offshore in the Cape Mendocino area of Northern California, followed by aftershocks that rattled nerves and caused items to fall from shelves, authorities said Monda...
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Building collapse after explosion in Pakistan: at least 15 fatalities
- Dec, 18, 2021
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- Pakistan
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A building collapsed following an explosion that caused by a gas leak in a drain in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday. At least 15 people died and 16 were injured because of the coll...
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Four people killed after ramp bridge partially collapses in China's Hubei province
- Dec, 18, 2021
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- China
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Four people were killed and eight others injured when a part of a ramp bridge in Ezhou City, central China's Hubei Province, tilted on one side on Saturday afternoon, as the local emergency managemen...
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Three fatalities and 6 people missing after building collapses in Ravanusa, Italy
- Dec, 12, 2021
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- Italy, Ravanusa
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At least three people have died and at least six others are missing after several buildings in the southern Italian town of Ravanusa collapsed early Sunday morning, according to the Civil Protection...
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Three fatalities after building collapses in southern Egypt
- Dec, 06, 2021
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- Egypt
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According to the country’s state-run media report, an apartment building collapsed in a southern Egyptian province on Monday, killing at least three children. At least nine injured people were retri...
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A 5D platform for earthquake prevention and control
- Nov, 17, 2021
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- Taiwan
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A five-dimensional (5D) smart city earthquake simulation platform was exhibited by its developer, the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), at a press conference in Taipei o...
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