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Highway embankment gives way in Kollam, investigation begins
- Dec, 07, 2025
- Slope Stability Road Embankments Soil Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A newly built embankment along National Highway 66 at Mylakkadu in Kollam collapsed without warning, trapping several vehicles, including a school bus, and causing deep ground fissures across the ser...
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Alaska rocked by M7.0 earthquake as aftershocks intensify, raising infrastructure risks
- Dec, 07, 2025
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides Engineering Seismology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Alaska
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Yakutat, Alaska, triggering more than 160 aftershocks within 24 hours and generating widespread ground shaking across southeastern Alaska and parts of Canada. T...
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Investigation reveals combined failures behind the fatal Seoul sinkhole collapse
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Forensics Groundwater & Seepage Groundwater Pumping News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A government investigation has concluded that the March 2025 sinkhole in Myeongil-dong, which resulted in one fatality, was caused by weakened ground conditions driven by human-related factors. The C...
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Vietnam Hit by multiple landslides after extreme rainfall, intensifying the human impact
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Vietnam
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Vietnam has experienced one of its most severe sequences of rainfall-induced hazards in decades, with prolonged storms triggering extensive flooding and more than a dozen landslides across Lam Dong p...
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Delhi Metro’s precision tunnelling: A major engineering breakthrough beneath an operating corridor
- Nov, 30, 2025
- Tunneling Ground Improvement News On Projects / Industry
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has completed one of its most demanding underground works to date as part of the Phase 4 expansion. Engineers successfully advanced a Tunnel Boring Machine (TB...
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Lithium beneath a supervolcano: Geologic processes behind the $1.5 trilion McDermitt Caldera discovery
- Dec, 02, 2025
- Mining Structural Geology Geology Highlights News On Publications
- United States, Nevada
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The confirmation of an exceptionally large lithium deposit within the McDermitt Caldera is reshaping current understanding of mineral formation in volcanic terrains. Recent studies estimate that the...
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Afaahiti hillside collapse leaves eight dead as saturated slopes fail in Tahiti
- Nov, 27, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- French Polynesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A catastrophic landslide in the village of Afaahiti, on Tahiti’s southeastern coast, has left at least eight people dead and several others missing after saturated hillside slopes collapsed during th...
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Record floods and landslides devastate Southeast Asia as death toll surpasses 600
- Nov, 30, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South East Asia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Southeast Asia is facing one of its most severe flood–landslide seasons in recent years, with more than 600 fatalities confirmed across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. In particular, Sr...
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New Release: GeoStudio 2025.2
- Dec, 04, 2025
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Data Management Visualization Slope Stability Analysis News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
GeoStudio 2025.2 makes modelling more accurate, automation easier, and the software accessible to more users worldwide. It introduces a 3D Sweep Option, improvements to the GeoStudio Python scripting...
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Kazakhstan unveils high-tech geological cluster to advance national exploration capacity
- Nov, 24, 2025
- Engineering Geology Structural Geology Mining News On Projects / Industry Geology Highlights
- Kazakhstan, Astana
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Kazakhstan has inaugurated its first high-tech geological cluster in Zhezkazgan, marking a major step toward strengthening its national exploration capabilities. The facility brings together training...
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