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The suspect building technique called flat slab — in which floors are supported only by concrete columns — caused 61 percent of the building collapses in last month’s magnitude 7.1 quake ...

Unlike standard subduction, in which a tectonic plate descends beneath another plate into Earth, flat slab subduction is a process in which a tectonic plate descends to depths of about 30 to 60 ...

Flooring work in a fourth-floor flat at Saptashrungi building apparently caused its slab to crash through four stories on Tuesday afternoon, police said. PTI Updated: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 12: ...