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Mudslide in Everett, Washington impacts and derails a passing freight train
- Dec, 18, 2012
- Other News Landslides Soil Dynamics Soil Dynamics In-Situ
- Everett, Washington, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Associated Press has posted a video of a mudslide that on December 18th 2012 was mobilized while a freight train was passing. Amazing coincidence or did the vibrations from the train contributed t...
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Earthquake-induced tsunami kills at least 10 at Solomon Islands
- Feb, 06, 2013
- Other News Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Temotu Province of Solomon Islands
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A Magnitude 8 earthquake created a tsunami that swept through several South Pacific islands last Wednesday. The tsunami killed at least 10 people through 5 villages and was reported to reach 1.5 m in...
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Video: Sinkhole swallows four buildings in the city of Guangzhou, China; no casualties
- Jan, 30, 2013
- Other News Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Guangzhou, China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sinkhole in China's southern Guangdong province in the city of Guangzhou, “swallowed” a total of four buildings. It swallowed the first at 16:20 local time, allowing for individuals to capture on vi...
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Waste Slide at a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in the island of Zakynthos, Greece
- Jan, 26, 2013
- Other News Landfill Engineering Landslides
- Zakynthos, Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Numerous news outlets in Greece report on Saturday the 26th of January, that a waste slide took place at the Municipal Solid Waste landfill of the island of Zakynthos in Greece. The slide took plac...
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New Jersey and Google lead the way in the US on offshore wind energy
Bloomberg reports that the first (of three) segment of the New Jersey Energy Link that includes undersea and onshore transmission cables as well as power converter “hubs” and is expected to cost $1.8...
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2 km-long Engineered Artificial Reef being constructed in Oman
- Jan, 18, 2013
- Other News Foundation Design / Construction
- The Wave Muscat, Seeb, Muscat, Oman
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Construction of a 2 km-long reef began nearly three years ago. The reef will protect a luxurious, mixed-use development along the coastline between Al-Athaiba and Al-Mawelah in Oman known as “The Wave...
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Earthflow in Salzburg caught on video
BBC has shown a video from an earthflow that took place in Salzburg, Austria, causing a section of a forest to slide, with the trees on top, on the road below. See Video Source below to view the video...
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Munich RE and Insurance Information Institute release 2012 Natural Catastrophe in Review
- Jan, 03, 2013
- Other News Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The webinar, which features speakers from Munich Re and the Insurance Information Institute, jointly presents an overview of natural catastrophe activity for 2012. Among the highlights of the webinar...
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Professor Janbu passed away on January 4th at the age of 91
Professor Nilmar Janbu, a leading figure of the geo-profession and a student of Terzaghi and Casagrande in Harvard passed away in Trondheim, Norway, as reported by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute...
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End-of-year Landslide in Andes mountains, Colombia, kills at least 5, around 20 are missing
The information in the international media is a bit sketchy, but what appears to be a huge landslide (see photo) claimed the life of construction workers as well as users of the roadway. Reportedly, c...
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