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29 March 2021
Yarlung Tsangpo: another giant, high mountain landslide on 22 March 2021
Another giant, high mountain landslide occurred on 22 March 2021, this time close to the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. The estimated mass is around 100 million tonnes.
10 December 2020
Mindu in Tibet: detecting precursors of an imminent landslide
Mindu in Tibet: a new open access paper in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences explores the detection of precursors of an imminent landslide using satellite images
3 August 2020
Yigongxiang: a valley blocking debris flow in Tibet
In the high, remote mountains of Tibet a debris flow, possibly induced by recent seismic activity, has created a valley-blocking landslide dam
5 November 2019
The Tagarma rock avalanche in the Pamir-western Himalayan syntaxis of the Tibetan Plateau
The 5 km long ancient, earthquake triggered (?) Tagarma rock avalanche in the Pamir-western Himalayan syntaxis of the Tibetan Plateau
2 April 2019
Tsangpo gorge: a first analysis of landslides triggered by the 2017 Ms=6.9 Milin earthquake
A study has been published of landslides triggered by the 18th November 2017 Ms=6.9 earthquake in the Tsangpo Gorge area of Tibet
25 February 2019
The Baige landslide, Tibet: analysing seismic data to determine mass movement behaviour
The valley-blocking Baige landslide, Tibet in October 2018: an interesting analysis of seismic data to determine rockslide behaviour
21 December 2018
The ancient Xuelongnang landslide in Tibet
The ancient, very large Xuelongnang rockslide and quake lake in Tibet, which was probably triggered by an earthquake 2100 years ago.
14 December 2018
The Nyixoi Chongco rock avalanche in Tibet
The Nyixoi Chongco rock avalanche; a spectacular, very large ancient landslide in a tectonically active area of the Tibetan Plateau
16 November 2018
Images and video of the aftermath of the Jinsha River landslide
Satellite images from Planet Labs show the aftermath of the breach of the Jinsha River landslide in Tibet. Videos also show the downstream impacts.
12 November 2018
A dangerous, valley-blocking landslide in Jomda County, Tibet
On the Tibet / Sichuan border a very large landslide has occurred in Jomda County, blocking the Jinsha River. A very large lake has formed, with a volume of 469 million cubic metres. Overtopping is expected to occur today.
5 November 2018
Another major glacial debris flow blocked the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet
Following initial analysis by @rajfortyseven, Planet Labs images show that another major glacial landslide blocked the Yarlung Tsangpo river last week
30 October 2018
Planet Labs imagery of the 11th October 2018 Jomda County rockslide in Tibet
A kind reader has successfully found the valley-blocking 11th October 2018 Jomda County rockslide in Tibet, allowing us to view it using Planet Labs images
23 October 2018
Jomda County: a large, valley blocking landslide in Tibet on 11th October
A large valley blocking landslide occurred at Bolo Township in Jomda County, Tibet on 11th October, causing 20,000 people to be evacuated.
2 January 2018
Yarlung Tsangpo: an ongoing “quake lake” scare in India (with images from Planet Labs)
The M=6.4 17th November 2017 earthquake in Tibet has triggered multiple landslides on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, triggering fears of a catastrophic flood in India
11 September 2017
A dramatic earthflow video from Dimye village in Tibet
An interesting earthflow was caught on video last week at Dimye in Tibet. It is currently unclear as to whether this was associated with permafrost loss
25 October 2016
Structures in the Aru Mountains giant avalanche deposits
The new satellite start-up, Planet, have collected satellite imagery of the second Aru Mountains avalanche in Tibet, allowing initial analysis of the flow
24 October 2016
The mysterious Tibetan ice avalanches of summer 2016
This summer there has been an unprecedented pair of giant Tibet avalanches caused by glacial collapse in the Aru mountain range
