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Five-storey building collapse in Egypt: at least six fatalities
- Jan, 13, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Reliability Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes
- Egypt
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas. At least six people were killed...
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Hotel roof collapse in Turkey: dozens injured
- Jan, 12, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Roofs
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least 32 people were injured on Saturday in a hotel in the town of Sarikamis, in the northeastern province of Kars, Turkey when the roof of a hotel collapsed during a documentary screening. In p...
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Bridge collapses in Woodville, Mississippi; no injuries reported
- Jan, 09, 2023
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A bridge collapsed in Woodville, Mississippi, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Woodville is in the southwest corner of Mississippi, a few miles from the Louisiana border. The Wilkinson County Emergency Manag...
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Portsmouth house collapse: Poor quality of the bricks may cause the partial collapse
- Jan, 05, 2023
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Design Structural Reliability Walls Structural Stability Other Structural
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A terraced house is believed to have collapsed due to the low grade bricks used to build it. The house in Langford Road, Portsmouth caved in on 7 December and caused the partial collapse of the home...
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California: outages and damage were reported
- Jan, 05, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Seismic Effects Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California on Sunday for the second time in less than two weeks, causing power outages and damage, according to officials. The New Year's Day earthquake, w...
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California: Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Northern California coast
- Dec, 21, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled Northern California early Tuesday morning, causing some damage and leaving thousands without power in Humboldt County. The quake was reported at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday 1...
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Delhi’s Shashti Nagar: Video shows a four-storey building collapses
- Dec, 16, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A four-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Shashti Nagar Monday (5 December 2022) morning. A horrifying video is doing rounds on social media in which can be seen the building collapsing on the road...
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Indonesia earthquake: at least 271 fatalities, 40 missing - search for survivors from rescuers
- Nov, 25, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Seismic Effects Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- Indonesia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 5.6 magnitude quake struck a mountainous region in Indonesia on Monday, causing landslides that buried entire villages near the West Java town of Cianjur. The earthquake, which struck at a shallow...
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Lille, France: four-story building collapse, one fatality
- Nov, 21, 2022
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural
- France
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A building collapsed in the northern French city of Lille over the weekend. One person is confirmed to have died. French authorities have stated that an early warning by one resident prevented more c...
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Building collapse due to fire in Iraq's capital: at least 32 injuries
- Nov, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Stability Other Structural Blasting Effects
- Iraq
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A commercial building in the capital of Iraq caught fire and then collapsed on Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of I...
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