Your single point of reference for all your Geotechnical Inquiries

News

Total Items found:
Bridge in Taiwan collapses onto fishing boats, trapping crews
DW   01 October 2019   Taiwan   Nanfangao  
<p>At least 10 people were hospitalized Tuesday morning when an arched bridge in Nanfangao collapsed onto fishing boats, hours after a typhoon swept through. Rescuers are searching for workers trapped in the wreckage.</p>
Maximum landslide deaths in India
Deccan Herald   30 September 2019   India  
A scene of landsliding, at Malemane, near Kottigehara, Mudigere Taluk. (DH Photo)
<p>Landslides are silent killers. They are as deadly as any other natural catastrophes but receive far less attention in the public space. This could possibly be the reason for people not considering the threats and consequences of a landslide while going ...
30 meter landslide in Henoko near ammunition depot
Ryukyu Shimpo   25 September 2019   China   Okinawa  
The coast near the U.S. military’s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot where the landslide occurred.
<p>September 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo<br />(Nago) As of September 16, it was confirmed that a landslide occurred near the U.S. military&rsquo;s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot facing Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.<br />The landslide occurred right next ...
Pakistan earthquake leaves 19 dead and 300 injured in Kashmir region
The Guardian   25 September 2019   Pakistan   Kashmir  
Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
<p>At least 19 people have been killed and 300 injured after a shallow earthquake struck north-eastern Pakistan, tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infrastructure.<br />The quake sent people in Lahore and Islamabad running into the streets. ...
Puerto Rico earthquake: Tremor measuring 6.3 hits off north coast
Mirror   24 September 2019   Puerto Rico  
The earthquake struck north of Isabela, in Puerto Rico
<p>A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has been recorded off the north coast of Puerto Rico.<br />The United States Geological Survey said the tremor struck north of the province of Isabela.<br />There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the earthquake, ...
6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia
Khaleej Times   19 September 2019   Indonesia   East Java  
(Photo: Alamy)
<p>An earthquake measuring 6.1-magnitude rocked Indonesia's East Java province on Thursday, but was not a potential for tsunami, an official at the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.<br />The quake rocked at 2.06pm with an epicenter at 56 km of Tuban ...
Tunnel flooded near Edinburgh blocks trains in and out of city
ITV   08 August 2019   Scotland   Edinburgh  
Flooding at the Winchburgh Tunnel. Credit: @ScotRail / Twitter
<p>A major railway through Edinburgh has been flooded after heavy rain over Wednesday.<br />Trains in and out of Edinburgh were hit by flooding in Linlithgow, west of the capital, which caused the line between the town and city to close.<br />ScotRail has ...
Mount Polley mine disaster 5 years later; emotions, accountability unresolved
CBC News   05 August 2019   British Columbia   Quesnel Lake  
Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press
<p>People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with unresolved emotions about what happened and who will be held accountable ...
Death toll in southwest China landslide rises to 36
Aljazeera   28 July 2019   China   Guizhou  
Rescue personnel assemble at the foot of a mountain after a landslide occurred in the southwest China's Guizhou province [Reuters]
<p>At least 36 people have died in a landslide that struck a village in southwest China, with 15 others still missing days after the disaster hit, according to state broadcaster CCTV.<br />The landslide late on Tuesday in Pingdi village, in Guizhou province's ...
Watch as the Ridgecrest earthquake shatters desert floor in stunning before-and-after images
Los Angeles Times   23 July 2019   USA   California  
Sotiris Valkaniotis / Google Earth / DigitalGlobe
<p>Millions felt the shaking from the Ridgecrest earthquake.<br>But new satellite images offer a dramatic and instructive view of the immense power of the magnitude 7.1 quake, showing how California’s biggest earthquake in nearly two decades caused the ground ...