by Dave Petley
25 January 2023 08:00 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a paper published in the journal Landslides, Yan et al. (2023) discuss the 30 August 2020 debris flow at Azijue village in Sichuan, China, which killed three people and destroyed two villages. The losses were caused by an unusual secondary failure of ancient deposits in the channel bed.
by Dave Petley
7 September 2022 09:00 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The 5 September 2022 M=6.8 earthquake in Luding County, Sichuan has triggered large numbers of landslides, causing extensive damage.
by Dave Petley
2 November 2021 08:07 in landslide report, Review of a paper by Dave Petley
According to a new paper in the journal Landslides (Cheng, Yang and Du 2021), the 220,000 cubic metre 2017 Tonghua landslide in Sichuan Province, China was triggered by nearby blasting during tunnel construction.
by Dave Petley
26 October 2021 07:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Liu et al. 2021) describes the complex 5 April 2021 Tiejiangwan landslide in Sichuan Province, China, which killed three people.
by Dave Petley
6 October 2021 06:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
An interesting and potentially very dangerous rockslide was caught on video in Heishui, in Sichuan Province in China. Fortunately there were no casualties.
by Dave Petley
17 December 2018 07:05 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
At 12:46 pm local time yesterday a shallow M=5.7 earthquake struck Sichuan Province in China, triggering at least one large landslide, at Luopo village
by Dave Petley
8 August 2017 22:02 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Early indications suggest that M=7.0 Jiuzhaigou County earthquake in Sichuan Province yesterday should have generated significant landslide activity
by Dave Petley
25 June 2017 08:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
An 8 million cubic metre landslide struck the town of Xinmo in Sichuan Province, China on 24th June 2017, killing an estimated 133 people.
by Dave Petley
22 February 2017 08:13 in landslide report, Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In 2013 the catastrophic Sanxicun landslide in Sichuan Province in China killed 166 people. A new paper suggests that it reached a peak velocity of 170 km/h
by Dave Petley
9 February 2017 08:14 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a new paper in landslide, my colleague Lis Bowman and her co-authors describe the reactivation by bridge construction of the Dongla landslide in China
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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