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Chile earthquake: Magnitude 6.7 quake rocks north of country
The Independent   20 January 2019   Chile  
The wall of a fire station is seen damaged after an earthquake in Coquimbo, Chile, 19 January, 2019. (REUTERS)
<p>A magnitude- 6.7 earthquake hit the coast of north Chile, causing buildings to shake and fears of a possible tsunami.<br />The quake struck at 10.32pm local time (01.31GMT) about 9.7 miles southwest of Coquimbo, according to the United States Geological ...
Switzerland landslide: Eight people missing after rockfall near Italian border
The Independent   24 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
A view of a landslide and the village Bondo in Graubuenden in southeast Switzerland EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER
<p>Eight people are missing and several villages have been evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said.</p> <p>One hundred people were evacuated from Bondo yesterday.</p> <p>Rolling rocks reached the entrance of the village and police ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Italy earthquakes: Many feared dead in hotel buried by avalanche
The Independent   19 January 2017   Italy   Europe  
A 5.3 earthquake hit Central Italy on 18 January 2017 (USGS)
<p>Thirty people are missing after an avalanche buried a small hotel in the mountains of central Italy after a series of earthquakes, authorities say.</p> <p>Italian media said the avalanche covered the three-storey hotel in Abruzzo, an earthquake-hit zone ...
Italy earthquake: Rome schools and metro evacuated as four earthquakes strike
The Independent   18 January 2017   Italy   Europe  
A 5.3 earthquake was the first to hit (USGS)
<p>Four earthquakes have struck Italy, shaking buildings in Rome and Florence just months after almost 300 people were killed in one of the worst disasters in living memory.</p> <p>Residents of the capital described their homes and offices shaking when the ...
World’s largest floating wind farm set for construction off Scottish coast
The Independent   16 May 2016   UK   Scotland  
The project will begin later this year, with turbines erected in 2017 and the first power generated at the end of next year Alan O Neill - Statoil ASA
<p>Construction on the world&rsquo;s largest floating wind farm is set to begin this year off the coast of Scotland after developers were granted a lease on Monday.<br />Five turbines will operate in waters around 12 to 18 miles off the coast of Peterhead, ...
Filed under: Construction News
Video shows huge sinkhole open up on street in California
The Independent   12 April 2016   USA   California  
Sinkhole California
<p>A large sinkhole has appeared on a street in California causing the roadway to collapse.</p> <p>Video of the incident was posted online by the City of Madera Police.</p>
Filed under: Natural Hazards
St Albans sinkhole opens up on residential street
The Independent   01 October 2015   UK   St Albans City  
sinkhole appeared on a residential street overnight
<p>A massive sinkhole has appeared on a residential street in St Albans, prompting the evacuation of at least 10 people. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service published a photograph of the hole outside two houses on what looks to be a residential street. The ...