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Minnesota Boulevard embankment failure from 2018 Anchorage Earthquake
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GEER Report Released for 2018 Anchorage Earthquake

January 21, 2019 rockman Comments Off on GEER Report Released for 2018 Anchorage Earthquake

The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association has released Version 1.0 of their report for the November 30, 2018, M7.0 Anchorage Earthquake. The GEER Phase I team collaborated closely with a number of other agencies […]

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Video: Rockfall Near Miss at Spantik Basecamp

January 15, 2019 rockman Comments Off on Video: Rockfall Near Miss at Spantik Basecamp

Some mountain climbers got the scare of their life when a huge, tabular boulder came flying down the mountain and barely missed striking the cameraman and then another person.  It occurred at the base camp for […]

Anak Krakatoa in early January, 2019 - BBC
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New Landslide and Tsunami Fears at Anak Krakatoa in Indonesia

January 7, 2019 rockman Comments Off on New Landslide and Tsunami Fears at Anak Krakatoa in Indonesia

Fears of another landslide and possible tsunami are mounting for the Anak Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia.  Scientists with Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) have discovered new cracks that could be […]

Deadly Indonesian Tsunami was Triggered by Landslide, Study Suggests
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Deadly Indonesian Tsunami was Triggered by Landslide, Study Suggests

December 18, 2018 rockman Comments Off on Deadly Indonesian Tsunami was Triggered by Landslide, Study Suggests

Until recently, scientists were puzzled why an earthquake of only 7.5 magnitude caused a devastating tsunami that killed over 2,000 people on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia in September of 2018.  The earthquake didn’t […]

Alaska Highway damaged by magnitude 7 earthquake
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Video: Magnitude 7 Earthquake Strikes Anchorage, Alaska

December 1, 2018 rockman Comments Off on Video: Magnitude 7 Earthquake Strikes Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck just 8 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska this morning causing widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure. The quake struck at 8:29 am local time and the focus of the earthquake […]

Example of simple post base support used for high energy rockfall catchment fences consisting of a small concrete pad, two soil anchors and a micropile tube. Source: AGHP
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Rockfall Catchment Fence Foundations – Rigid or Flexible?

November 28, 2018 rockman Comments Off on Rockfall Catchment Fence Foundations – Rigid or Flexible?

An important part of a flexible net rockfall catchment fence system is the foundation.  Catchment systems have been growing in capacity, able to stop larger and higher energy rockfall events.  The trend for foundations has […]

September 2018 Cliff Collapse at Navagio beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos. REUTERS via BBC
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Video of Cliff Collapse at Popular Greek Beach

September 24, 2018 rockman Comments Off on Video of Cliff Collapse at Popular Greek Beach

A dramatic video shows the collapse of a cliff at Navagio beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos earlier this month. The popular tourist destination is only reachable by boat and is also known as […]

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Debris Flow Videos from Chamoson, Switzerland August 7th, 2018

August 15, 2018 rockman Comments Off on Debris Flow Videos from Chamoson, Switzerland August 7th, 2018

There was a major flash flood and debris flow event in the Swiss Town of Chamoson and the video is unreal.  The videos below are pretty crazy!

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Rockfall Near Miss With Motorcycle Rider in India

August 15, 2018 rockman Comments Off on Rockfall Near Miss With Motorcycle Rider in India

This video pretty much speaks for itself! I don’t have any details on the incident, but it is reportedly from India and it hit social media outlets in the past week.

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Landslide Caused Pipeline Explosion on Leach Xpress Line

August 15, 2018 rockman Comments Off on Landslide Caused Pipeline Explosion on Leach Xpress Line

A preliminary investigation report notes that “land subsidence” was the cause of a June 7th pipeline explosion near Moundsville, West Virginia, in other words, a landslide.  An 83-foot section of the 36-inch diameter pipeline was […]

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