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Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake rises to 33,000



More than 33,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria due to the strong 7.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred on Monday and the possibilities of finding more survivors are dwindling because of the c...

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More than 20000 fatalities after Turkey-Syria earthquake



At least 20,000 people have now died as a result of the earthquakes that struck southwest Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. This number is expected to rise as rescue workers search through the deb...

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7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria: A castle built nearly 2,000 years ago in southern Turkey partially collapsed



Gaziantep Castle, a historic site and popular tourist destination in southeast Turkey, collapsed as a result of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday in the early hours...

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GeoWorld reaches 30,000+ members!



GeoWorld, the largest online professional networking site for geotechnical engineers and associated fields, has now reached 30,000+ active members listed from the worldwide community! GeoWorld was...

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Introducing CloudCompare: Open Source 3D point cloud and mesh editing processing software



Whether you are an engineer, a geospatial analyst, a drone pilot, a reality modeler, you have probably encountered numerous challenges on manipulating and analyzing 3D point clouds of any natural or m...

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Introducing CloudCompare: Open Source 3D point cloud editing and processing software



Whether you are an engineer, a geospatial analyst, a drone pilot, a reality modeler, you have probably encountered numerous challenges on manipulating and analyzing 3D point clouds of any natural or m...

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The quick easy-to-use online widget for calculating the Hoek and Brown Rock Mass Strength



If you are working on rock mechanics, you are likely to have encountered, or used, the Hoek and Brown rock strength criterion. The Hoek and Brown Strength criterion is used to derive strength estimate...

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Fehmarnbelt Tunnel: The longest underwater rail and road tunnel in the world will connect Germany and Denmark



An 18-kilometer underwater tunnel will soon connect Germany and Denmark. It should be mentioned that when it is finished, in 2029, the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be the longest combined rail and road tu...

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Powerful quake hits southern Turkey and Syria



Around 4 a.m. on Monday, one of the largest earthquakes in a century to hit south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, jolted locals out of their beds and sent tremors as far as Lebanon and Israel...

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7.8-magnitude quake struck Turkey and Syria: over a thousand fatalities



A strong earthquake struck southeast Turkey near the Syrian border killing over a thousand and trapping countless others. In Turkey, there were at least 5,383 injuries, and in Syria, there were 1,000...

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