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Illegal gold mine collapses in Colombia, trapping 30 people

Up to 30 people were trapped underground, after a collapse in a gold mine in Santander de Quilichao, located in the south-west of Colombia. So far twelve people have been recovered dead and rescu...

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Railroad retaining wall collapses and is caught live on video!

The collapse of a retaining wall, blocking Baltimore's railroad network, occurred last Wednesday as a result of the heavy rain in the area. No one was injured and many homes were evacuated. City offic...

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Could history repeat itself and cause another huge landslide in Yangtze river, China?

According to a research led by the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, the blocking of China's Yangtze River about 30,000 years ago, is attributed to an enormous earthquake induced landslide....

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Sinkhole in Florida re-opens under two homes a few days after its filling with cement

Sinkholes are becoming more and more frequent in Florida where soil conditions consist of sand formations, on top of layers of clay and limestone. Yesterday, April 24, a sinkhole between two hous...

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Slow moving landslide in Jackson, Wyoming, urges for evacuation of the area

A 100ft deep, slow moving landslide in Wyoming is gradually tearing apart a house on a hilltop, as authorities are issuing evacuation orders for 46 residencies located in the sliding zone. The slow mo...

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Mudslide in Tajikistan kills six children and buries village under the mud

A mudslide hit the area of Shuroabad, 150 miles south of the Tajik capital of Dushanbe, near the Afghan borders on April 12. The landslide occurred in the middle of the night, which explains the numbe...

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A West Coast earthquake early warning system at stake due to lack of funding, as Japan's is active since 2007

Earthquake prediction has been a challenge for scientists for decades until the development of early warning systems, already up and running in countries like Japan and Mexico. China is in the process...

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LiDAR technology: a new perspective in landslide risk evaluation

On the occasion of the Oso landslide, LiDAR technology comes forward, as an efficient means of revealing landslide risk. Signs of past landslides were obvious with bare eyes in the Snohomish Coun...

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A landslide in Jalisco Mexico is caught live by local driver

A landslide which occurred probably during the weekend in Jalisco, Mexico totally blocks the adjacent road, while drivers are watching and film the event. Watch the video below, and observe the m...

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8.2 quake hits northern Chile, triggering tsunami warning

An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Tuesday evening at 20:46 local time about 86km north-west of the mining area of Iquique, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Cente to issu...

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