Your single point of reference for all your Geotechnical Inquiries

Geotechnical Egineering News tagged with [earthqauke]

Total Items found:
6.5-magnitude earthquake tumbles Idaho
New York Post   01 April 2020   USA   Idaho  
The earthquake caused a rockslide on Highway 21 near Lowman, Idaho.
<p>BOISE, Idaho &mdash; An earthquake struck north of Boise Tuesday evening, with people across a large area reporting shaking.<br />The U.S. Geological Survey reports the magnitude 6.5 temblor struck just before 6 p.m. It was centered 73 miles (118 kilometers) ...
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 ...
Earthquake faults crisscross LA. Is it safe to tunnel here?
Los Angeles Curbed   16 January 2019   USA   Los Angeles  
The underground portion of the soon-to-open Crenshaw/LAX Line is located in a liquefaction zone, where engineers must contend with damp, sandy soil that can destabilize in an earthquake. By Liz Kuball
<p>In December, tech billionaire Elon Musk and his tunneling startup, The Boring Company, unveiled a mile-long tunnel beneath Hawthorne&mdash;a prototype of an undergroundtransportation system called &ldquo;Loop.&rdquo;<br />Musk has repeatedly suggested that ...
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 ...