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A 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits southern Turkey two weeks after the major earthquake of magnitude 7.8: 3 people killed and hundreds injured

The earthquakes that rocked both countries on February 6 were followed by tremors of magnitudes 6.4 and 5.8 that occurred on Monday February 20 in the southeast, close to the border with Syria. The t...

At least 46,000 fatalities as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

Although the number of people who have died as a result of the powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 46,000, some survivors were still being pulled from the debris 11 days after t...

Experts answer: “Why did so many buildings collapse in Turkey?”

Following Monday's terrible earthquakes, many of people are reportedly still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings around southeast Turkey. The government claims that thousands of people were...

Around 1000 destructive landslides in Auckland as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle

A geologist has called for a priority study of the city's vulnerability and risk, while an Auckland Council engineer estimates that recent storms have caused about 1000 landslides that have affected...

UB earthquake engineers: building collapses in the Turkey-Syria earthquake were not unexpected

A scene, shown in various videos, was taken following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tremors that devastated central Türkiye and northern Syria earlier this week and the pictures are hor...

Quick online tool for graph digitizing

Feb, 14, 2023
General Civil
Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org

It is often necessary to obtain data values from graphs, e.g. from scanned scientific plots, laboratory logs and others. You can either eyeball the values of interest or use a digitizing tool when the...

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...

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...

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...

GeoWorld reaches 30,000+ members!

Feb, 11, 2023
Other Geotechnical
Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org

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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