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Massive landslide in Japan, recorded on video!

A landslide which occurred in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in August 2004 is recorded on video, attached below! Watch it as the trees and part of the road are carried away in front of the camera! Photos...

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Major earthquake hits Mexico, most likely an aftershock of April 18th event

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico in the area of Tecpan de Galeana in Guerrero state, yesterday, May 8th, about 60 miles northwest of Acapulco. The USGS reported that the temblor occurred at a dep...

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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits northern Thailand, causing significant damage

A strong and relatively shallow earthquake hit northern Thailand Monday evening. No casualties from the main shock were reported but significant damages were recorded in houses, the road network, temp...

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Massive landslide buries village in Badakshan province in Afganistan

A massive landslide was triggered as a result of heavy rain in the area of Badakshan in northeastern Afghanistan, last Friday. At least 350 people were killed and it is estimated that 2,000 are still...

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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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The April issue of the GeoEngineer.org newsletter is out !

The latest #110 issue of the GeoEngineer.org newsletter is now available ! Check out the Geotechnical: News: daily updated on our News center, Resources : such as the latest added free down...

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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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Percussive Fuel Fluorescence Detection Module

Vertek CPT, a Geoengineer.org sponsor, published a new video on their Youtube channel to present their Fuel Fluorescence Detection (FFD) sensor package. The FFD probe utilizes solid state Ultra-Vio...

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Vertek posted a new video about Seismic CPT options

Vertek CPT, a Geoengineer.org sponsor, posted a new video on their Youtube channel referring to the Seismic Cone Penetration Testing options via Visualization Toolkit (VTK) and head tubes cones. Lear...

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