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26 September 2011
Photo album from the Himalayan earthquake
A gallery of images of Sikkim after the earthquake, many showing landslides, is now available online.
21 September 2011
The earthquake in the Himalayas, Typhoon Roke, and landslides in Guatemala and Rwanda
Updates on the earthquake in the Himalayas, the overtopping of landslide dams in Japan resulting from typhoon Roke, and landslides in Rwanda and Guatemala.
20 September 2011
First photos of the earthquake damage in Sikkim
First images of the damage in Sikkim.
19 September 2011
Update on the earthquake in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet
An update on reported losses from the earthquake in the Himalayas yesterday. Landslides are clearly a major problem, and further heavy rainfall is forecast.
18 September 2011
First news – the earthquake in India, Nepal and Bhutan this afternoon
At 12:40 UT (18:40 local time) today an earthquake struck Sikkim in northern India, producing significant shaking in Nepal, India and, probably Bhutan. According to the USGS information page for the event, this is a magnitude 6.9 event at a depth of about 20 km, though note that this will probably change slightly as better data become available. The epicentre is located as shown on the map below: Although this …
8 September 2011
Videos of a large rockfall near to Christchurch
Tow new videos showing rockfalls, triggered by clearance crews, in the Sumner area of New Zealand.
6 August 2011
Landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes part 5: landslides that involve sliding
This is the 5th part of the series of posts, this time examining landslides that involve sliding triggered by the Christchurch earthquakes
5 August 2011
Landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes part 4: large-scale cliff collapses
Part four in the series posts examining landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes. This edition looks at large-scale cliff collapses.
4 August 2011
Images of landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes part 3: topographic amplification at the cliff tops
Part three of the series of posts on landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes, this time looking at topographic amplification of shaking, as shown by building damage.
2 August 2011
Images of landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes part 2: evil dancing boulders
Part two of the series of posts on landslides from the Christchurch earthquake sequence. This post shows rockfalls from the Port Hills area.
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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