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25 September 2019
The Mirpur earthquake in Pakistan: images of lateral spreading
The 24th September 2019 M=5.6 Mirpur earthquake in NW Pakistan appears to have generated some large lateral spreads along the banks of the Jhelum River.
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.
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
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
15 March 2019
Landslides induced by the 2010 Chile megathrust earthquake – my new paper
A new study (Serey et al. 2019) of the Mw=8.8 2010 Chile megathrust earthquake indicates that it triggered a surprisingly low number of landslides.
18 February 2019
The giant Daguangbao landslide: superheated steam and hot carbon dioxide
The runout of the one cubic kilometre Daguangbao landslide was controlled by complex processes in a basal layer that may have been just 0.1 mm thick
1 December 2018
First images of slope failures triggered by the M=7.0 Alaska earthquake
First images of landslides triggered by the M=7.0 Alaska earthquake on 30th November 2018. Initial images show lateral spreads and rockfalls
9 November 2018
Landslides from the M=6.7 6th September 2018 Hokkaido Iburi-Tobu Earthquake – a first technical report
On 6th September 2018 the M=6.7 Hokkaido Iburi-Tobu earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan. The earthquake triggered over 6000 landslides, killing 36 people
29 October 2018
Rockfalls from the 25th October 2018 M=6.8 Zakynthos earthquake
On 25th October 2018 an M=6.8 earthquake occurred at 14 km depth off the coast of Greece. The Zakynthos earthquake is reported to have triggered rockfalls
19 October 2018
Landslide tsunamis from the Sulawesi earthquake
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the multiple landslide tsunamis generated by the Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia.
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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