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Seismic memory in stone: Acropolis wall and Areopagus rockfall point to 0.21–0.23 g shaking in the 1705 earthquake

A forensic back-analysis combines staged pseudostatic soil–structure interaction models of the Acropolis Circuit Wall with a limit equilibrium study of a limestone block detachment at the Areopagus to...

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Panama assesses widespread earthquake damage as fresh 6.1 quake rattles southern region

Panama is assessing widespread damage to homes, schools, churches, roads and bridges after a powerful earthquake sequence struck the country, with a fresh magnitude 6.1 earthquake shaking the southern...

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Sun and moon may help trigger slow earthquakes through resonance

The gravitational pull of the sun and moon may play a more important role in slow earthquakes than previously understood, with new modelling suggesting that even very small tidal stresses can influenc...

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GeoStudio Sets the Surcharge: Centrifuge Testing of Earthquake Swarm Effects on Dam Foundations

Earthquake swarms, clusters of moderate-to-strong seismic events occurring in quick succession, are a growing concern for large dams, whose foundations can suffer cumulative stiffness degradation and...

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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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