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Granada earthquake injures three and disrupts historic city sites

A shallow earthquake has struck southern Spain, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings in and around Granada. The tremor hit at 10:37 local time (08:37 GMT) on Tuesday, about 10 km sout...

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Deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake leaves thousands displaced in Indonesia

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Indonesia’s Flores region, killing at least 53 people, injuring more than 100 and leaving thousands unable to return home. The shallow earthquake hit ear...

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A New Versatile Ground Motion Manager: Bringing Target Response Spectrum-Consistent Uni- and Bi-directional Ground Motion Selection into RSSeismic

Ground motion selection is a key part of seismic site response analysis, representing the ground shaking driving the soil column. In preparing for a site response analysis, engineers define the seismi...

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Kyushu earthquake aftermath and how it highlights risks beyond collapsed buildings

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kyushu on July 28 has moved from the emergency phase into a difficult recovery phase, where damaged infrastructure, water shortages, aftershocks and extreme he...

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Where Geotechnical Engineering Is Heading: What 1,257 ICSMGE 2026 Papers Reveal

A data-driven analysis of every paper accepted to the 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering finds a discipline consolidating around its traditional core — founda...

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Landslide and liquefaction mapping becomes critical after major quakes

Recent major earthquakes in Venezuela and the southern Philippines have highlighted an important lesson in disaster response: the most serious impacts are not always visible in the first images of col...

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Venezuela earthquakes leave hundreds dead as rescue teams search collapsed buildings

Venezuela has declared a state of emergency after two powerful earthquakes struck the country, causing severe damage around Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira. The earthquakes hit shortly afte...

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Seismic stabilisation preserves 1893 Salt Lake City landmark

A major restoration and seismic stabilisation project is nearing completion at the historic Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 382,207 sq ft Gothic Revival building, first opened in 1893 af...

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Indonesia quake claiming at least one life revives memories of the 2018 Palu disaster

A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing at least one person, injuring dozens and damaging homes, public facilities and transport infrastructure. The earthquake was centr...

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Major earthquake in southern Philippines causes deaths and widespread damage

A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 130 others across several provinces. The quake occur...

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