6 July 2020 07:20 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large landslide on a steep, forested slope was triggered by exceptional rainfall this weekend at Ashikita in the Kumamoto area of Japan
Tags: featured, japan, Kumamoto, Kyushu, landslide report
18 October 2019 06:59 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
Various newspaper articles in Japan are serving to illustrate the multiple landslides triggered in Japan by Typhoon Hagibis last weekend.
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5 September 2018 22:39 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Initial images from Japan indicated that the Mw=6.6 earthquake in Hokkaido today has induced significant numbers of landslides
Tags: coseismic landslide, earthquake, East Asia, japan, PAGER
16 July 2018 06:13 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Planet Labs have been able to collect 0.8 m resolution SkySat imagery of the aftermath of the Japan landslide disaster in the Kure area, near Hiroshima
Tags: debris flow, East Asia, featured, japan, Planet Labs, satellite
12 July 2018 08:05 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Over the last week exceptional rainfall has triggered thousands of landslides in Japan, with disastrous consequences. Images are starting to emerge showing the scale of the disaster.
Tags: East Asia, featured, imagery, images, japan, landslide report, planet, satellite image
18 April 2016 07:18 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The Kumamoto earthquake in Japan appears to have triggered a large number of landslides. This post provides some images of some of the larger landslides
Tags: earthquake, East Asia, featured, japan, landslide images, seismic
3 August 2015 07:38 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Even better footage has now emerged of the Fukaminato River landslide in Japan, which appears to be occurring at the site of an old quarry
Tags: East Asia, featured, japan, landslide report, landslide video, quarry
29 July 2015 07:32 in landslide video by Dave Petley
In the last 24 hours two tremendous new landslide videos have appeared online, one from Japan and one from Taiwan
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19 October 2013 07:48 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Aerial images of the Izu-Oshima debris flows in Japan, triggered by typhoon Wipha, reveal multiple shallow landslides that formed two major debris flows
18 October 2013 09:44 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Images are starting to emerge of the Izu-Oshima debris flow in Japan, triggered by Tphoon Wipha, which killed 23 people and have left another 26 missing
Tags: debris flow, featured, japan, landslide repoirt, typhoon