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More than 20000 fatalities after Turkey-Syria earthquake
- Feb, 11, 2023
- Seismic Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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
- Feb, 11, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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...
Read More 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
- Feb, 08, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Underground Structures Deep Excavations Other Geotechnical
- Germany
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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
- Feb, 06, 2023
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic Other Geotechnical
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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
- Feb, 06, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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Construction of Jamaica's tallest building will begin in February
- Feb, 03, 2023
- Structural Design Structural Behavior Other Structural Earthquake Engineering Expert Witness
- Jamaica
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The construction of the tallest structure in Jamaica will begin, in its first phase, the following month. The Ascent at the Oxford, Sheer Luxury will be the name of the 27-story structure being built...
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