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Canterbury Television Building collapse: Christchurch, South Island New Zealand: Commercial building: 115 dead (collapsed during earthquake) 2011: Kutai Kartanegara Bridge Collapse: Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Indonesia: Bridge: 20 dead, 39 injured 2011 O'key hypermarket collapse Saint Petersburg, Russia Shopping mall 1 dead, 17 injured 2012
Most of the 33 buildings are in the Los Angeles Basin, which has been spared the strongest shaking of L.A. County’s two most destructive earthquakes since World War II — the magnitude 6.6 ...
Earthquakes may cause landslips to dam rivers, which collapse and cause floods. [ 73 ] The terrain below the Sarez Lake in Tajikistan is in danger of catastrophic flooding if the landslide dam formed by the earthquake, known as the Usoi Dam , were to fail during a future earthquake.
A powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, damaging buildings in the capital, Port Vila, including one housing the U.S. Embassy. A witness said bodies were seen in the city.
The earthquake killed at least 126 people and wounded 338, [24] including 19 in serious condition. [25] More than 27,200 buildings were damaged and 3,612 homes collapsed. [25] [26] [27] Local officials attributed the casualties to the collapse of poorly constructed traditional buildings. [28] In some villages, 80 to 90 percent of homes were ...
Death toll surpasses 9,400, making quake world’s deadliest seismic event since 2011. 08:30, Andy Gregory. The death toll has climbed past 9,400, making it the world’s deadliest seismic event ...
Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan's north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1, but the latest shaking caused no major damage.
The 2021 Dali earthquake caused some buildings to collapse, trapping people under the rubble, and others were damaged. Three people were killed and 32 others injured. [222] 3 32 21 [223] China, Qinghai, 388 km southwest of Xining: 7.3 10.0 X [221] Several bridges in Maduo County were severely damaged and collapsed during the 2021 Maduo ...