12 July 2021 07:58 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A new paper in Landslides explores the cause of the Petobo landslide from the 28 September 2019 Palu-Donggala Indonesia earthquake
Tags: earthquake, featured, flowslide, indonesia, landslide report, liquefaction, paper, research, SE. Asia
5 July 2021 08:10 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Atami mudslides in Japan Over the weekend there was considerable attention paid to the remarkable videos of the mudflows in Atami, Japan. This one in particular gained traction:- . But there are several others, which are helpfully combined into a compilation here: . I particularly draw your attention to the excerpt that begins at 8 minutes 16 seconds into the second video (the same sequence appears in the first …
Tags: debris flow, East Asia, featured, japan, landslide report, mudflow
26 April 2021 07:25 in landslide video by Dave Petley
The extraordinary 21 October 1993 Pantai Remis landslide in Malaysia: an upscaled video has been posted to Youtube.
Tags: featured, landslide video, malaysia, mine, mining, quarry, SE. Asia
18 February 2021 08:49 in landslide images by Dave Petley
With thanks to @Angel_V_A for highlighting it, there is now a fantastic GIS-based map of the Chunchi landslide in Ecuador online
Tags: Ecuador, featured, GIS, landslide report, South America
13 January 2021 08:28 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
On 7 August 2020 a landslide in Gokseong County, S. Korea killed 5 people. A new paper (Choi et al 2021) suggests that this was triggered by the failure of an under construction embankment during heavy rainfall
Tags: East Asia, featured, landslide report, paper, research, South Korea
5 January 2021 20:51 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
A high resolution satellite image has now been captured by Planet Labs of the Gjerdrum quick clay landslide in Norway
Tags: Europe, featured, Norway, Planet Labs, satellite image
14 December 2020 08:12 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
The Eureka Valley Landslide in Death Valley National Park: a new paper (Shaller et al. 2020) on a beautifully-preserved, ancient, long runout failure.
Tags: california, featured, North America, paper, rock avalanche, sedimentaology, USA
13 November 2020 08:07 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Quang Nam Province in Vietnam: A terrifying video that shows why the aftermath of a landslide can be very dangerous
Tags: featured, landslide report, landslide video, road, SE. Asia, Vietnam
20 October 2020 06:56 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
Hanyuan County: an initial analysis of the 21 August 2020 rainfall triggered landslide in China, which killed nine people
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, paper, research, sichuan
30 March 2020 06:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 27 March 2020 a large and unusual failure in a sand heap at the Guizhou Commercial Concrete Co in Guiyang in Guizhou province, China killed 7 people
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, heap, landslide report, sand
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