Geologic Hazards
Amazing video of 2011 magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan
Via @davely on Twitter.
Geologic Hazards
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Video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train near Seattle
I think the tile says it all. Check out this amazing video of a train derailed by a ‘small’ landslide. [Source: Landslide Blog]
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Study: Port of Anchorage replacement vulnerable to liquefaction in earthquake
A recent study concluded that three of four recently constructed segments of a new port facility in Anchorage, Alaska were not constructed correctly and even if they were, are vulnerable to liquefaction related damage during […]
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Frozen debris flow threatens Trans-Alaskan Pipeline
A 300 foot wide frozen debris flow has been moving towards an important Alaska highway and the Trans-Alaska pipeline at a rate of about 1-cm per day…and it seems to be accelerating. The ‘Frozen Debris […]
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Ohio Sinkhole Devours Four Football Fields Of Land, Stretch Of State Highway 516 Near Dover
A sinkhole the size of 4 football fields has opened up in Dover, Ohio. The sinkhole is located near a Lake where an Asphalt company has been dredging for sand some 50 feet below the […]
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Mortrench pitches in to pump out after Sandy
Geotechnical contractor Moretrench (also a valued GeoPrac sponsor) was heavily involved in emergency pumping and dewatering efforts in New York City in the aftermath of super storm Sandy. Every piece of pumping equipment they had […]
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Maccaferri rockfall barrier passes 6500KJ test in Italy
Maccaferri’s prototype P650 rockfall barrier was successfully tested at Fonzaso test centre in Rocciatori in Italy. The mesh was tested with a 16 metric ton (over 36 kip) concrete block dropped from a height of […]
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New paper: a historic landslide-induced tsunami in Lake Geneva
New research indicates that a tsunami as high as 8 m (26 feet) may have struck on Lake Geneva in the year 563 A.D. A large rockfall at the East end of the lake near […]
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Dramatic Image of WTC Ground Zero from Sandy Flooding
I shared this image in my October newsletter this week, but this was one of the most striking images for me. Flood waters from the Hudson River pouring into the ground zero excavation. Some 100 […]
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Italian scientists convicted over earthquake warning
In a ruling that has rocked the geophysical community, six Italian scientists and one government official have been sentenced to 6 years in prison for failing to give adequate warning of a 2009 earthquake that […]