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22 February 2022
Increased landslide activity after low-magnitude earthquakes
A new study has found increased landslide activity in the months after the low-magnitude 2018 Molise earthquake in Italy
12 October 2021
A large rock slope collapse from Punta dei Ross, Croda Marcora in the Italian Dolomites
A large rock slope collapse from Punta dei Ross, Croda Marcora in the Italian Dolomites
21 May 2021
The Pietrafitta landslide: can traffic vibration cause a landslide to move?
The Pietrafitta landslide: a new paper published in Landslides (Guerriero et al. 2021) shows that traffic vibration can cause a landslide to move under certain circumstances
11 March 2021
The Tavernola landslide: a potential tsunami-inducing failure causing concern in Italy
The Tavernola landslide: in Italy there is concern that failure of a large rock slope could generate a substantial tsunami in Lago d’Iseo
23 February 2021
Camogli, Italy: the unfortunate impact of a landslide in a cemetery
Camogli, Italy: a large coastal landslide on 22 February 2021 has severely damaged a cemetery
10 January 2021
Protecting the rescuers – a disastrous double landslide at Cihanjuang in Indonesia and a lucky escape in Italy
Cihanjuang, Indonesia & Bolzano, Italy: a tragedy in which rescuers were killed by a second landslide and a lucky escape in a rock slope failure on a hotel
19 December 2019
Landslides in Art Part 31: Leonardo da Vinci
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Margottini 2019) suggests that Leonardo da Vinci depicted at least two landslides in his wonderful drawings
25 November 2019
Savona: a landslide-induced bridge collapse in Italy
Yesterday, a landslide struck an elevated section of the A6 motorway on the road between Savona and Turin in Italy, causing the roadway to collapse
20 September 2019
The 1985 Stava tailings dam disaster
The failure of the Stava tailings dam in Trento, Italy in 1985 generated a mudflow that killed 268 people downstream of the facility.
30 July 2019
The Mount Zandila (Valpola) rock avalanche
The 1987 Mount Zandila landslide in northern Italy is probably the most important rock avalanche in Europe in the last 40 years. The 34 million cubic metre slide killed 29 people
4 March 2019
Seemingly dormant geologic fault damaged famous Roman buildings 1,500 years ago
A geologic fault system in central Italy that produced a deadly earthquake in 2016 is also responsible for a fifth-century earthquake that damaged many Roman monuments, including the Colosseum, according to new research. The Mount Vettore fault system, which winds through Italy’s Apennine Mountains, ruptured in the middle of the night on August 24, 2016. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake it generated killed nearly 300 people and destroyed several villages in the surrounding region. The fault ruptured again in October 2016, producing two more earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 6.
28 November 2018
New automated volcano warning system forecasts imminent eruptions
Scientists have developed an automated early warning system for volcanic eruptions, according to a new study. The new system helped government officials warn the public of impending eruptions in Italy and could potentially do the same around the globe, according to the study’s authors. The new research details the new system that monitors volcanic noises and automatically alerts officials if an eruption is imminent. The study’s authors tested this system over a period of eight years on Mount Etna, a volcano on the island of Sicily. Using the new system, the Italian government activated an emergency plan about one hour prior to an eruption for the first time in late 2015.
24 September 2018
For great Italian geology, go to church
There’s so much to see in Naples – so much gelato to eat – but one thing I learned was that if you want to sample the local geology, you could do worse than visit a church.
29 August 2018
Landslides from the 16 August 2018 Mw=5.1 Molise earthquake in southern Italy
Salvatore Martino has kindly provided information about landslides triggered by the 16 August 2018 Mw=5.1 Molise earthquake in southern Italy
24 February 2017
Ponzano di Civitella del Tronto: a highly destructive landslide in Italy
In Italy, a landslide at Ponzano di Civitella del Tronto is moving at a rate of about one metre per day, destroying the houses of about 120 people
6 February 2017
Bova Marina – an interesting retaining wall failure video
On Saturday the landslide induced collapse of a large retaining wall at Bova Marina in Italy was captured on video and posted to Youtube
8 December 2016
Civita di Bagnoregio: the worlds first landslide museum?
In the small historic village of Civita di Bagnoregio is located what may be the worlds first museum dedicated to landslides
4 November 2016
The Nera River landslide triggered by the Norcia earthquake
The Norcia earthquake last weekend triggered the Nera River landslide, a 600,000 cubic metre rock slope failure that blocked the river
Landslides from the Norcia earthquake sequence in Italy
Salvatore Martino has kindly provided an update on landslides triggered by the M=6.5 Norcia earthquake in Italy this weekend
31 August 2016
Landslides from the 2016 Central Italy earthquake
alvatore Martino of CERI in Rome has kindly provided a first report and images of landslides triggered by the 24th August 2016 Central Italy Earthquake
