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30 April 2019
Bashkara Glacier: a major rock avalanche in the Caucasus last week
Satellite imagery shows that a major rock avalanche, with a runout length of about 2.7 km, occurred on the Bashkara Glacier in the Caucasus last week.
29 April 2019
Landslides from the 22 April 2019 M=6.1 earthquake at Gutad, Luzon in the Philippines
The 22 April 2019 M=6.1 earthquake at Gutad in Luzon, Philippines triggered multiple landslides. These are evident in a Planet Labs satellite image.
25 April 2019
Balakh village: yet another catastrophic jade mine landslide in Myanmar
On Tuesday morning a slope collapsed at a jade mine at Balakh village in Myanmar, killing 54 miners. This is the latest of a long series of such landslides in Myanmar.
20 April 2019
Taroko Gorge: a dashcam video of a very near-miss with a co-seismic rockfall in Taiwan
Taroko Gorge: a dashcam video has been posted to Youtube showing a very near-miss with an earthquake-triggered rockfall in Taiwan
18 April 2019
A dramatic debris flow video
A new video posted to Youtube shows a debris flow cascading over a cliff above a mountain road, with a trapped 4×4. The location and timing are unclear.
16 April 2019
Planet Labs Skysat image of the Hindalco tailings failure
Planet Labs have successfully acquired a high resolution SkySat image of the Hindalco Tailings failure in Muri, India, which occurred last week
15 April 2019
Flüela Wisshorn: a large rockslide in the Alps on 18th March 2019
On 18th March 2019, late in the night, a spectacular 250,000 cubic metre rockslide occurred at Flüela Wisshorn in the Swiss Alps
13 April 2019
Hindalco, Muri: another tailings failure, this time in India
On 9th April 2019 yet another significant tailings failure occurred, this time at the Hindalco works at Muri in Jharkhand, India
10 April 2019
GEER report on the Palu landslides
GEER has published a report on the Palu-Donggala landslides, triggered by the 28 September 2018 Mw=7.5 Palu earthquake in Indonesia
9 April 2019
Eco-Safe Roads – resources to guide construction
A consortium has produced a very useful guide to the design and construction of eco-safe rural roads in high mountain areas
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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