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Freight train derailed by rockslide in West Virginia, USA
- Mar, 10, 2023
- Rock Mechanics Transportation Geotechnics Geoenvironmental Engineering Remediation Technology
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A freight train was derailed due to a rockslide on Wednesday, March 8 at 4.51 a.m. near Sandstone, West Virginia. More specifically, the train mainly consisted of empty coal cars and, according to U...
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NASA records biggest ever 'Monster quake' on Mars, estimated to be magnitude 5
- May, 11, 2022
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Structural Geology Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detected the strongest quake ever detected not only on Mars but on any planet besides Earth. The temblor had an estimated magnitude 5 and on May 4, 2022. This adds to t...
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