2 January 2016 10:39 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In October 2015 the 72 million cubic metre Tyndall Glacier landslide in Alaska generated a significant tsunami that swept down the Taan Fjord.
Tags: Alaska, glacier, landslide report, North America, rock avalanche, tsunami, USA
30 August 2015 06:30 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A landslide a couple of weeks ago at Sitka in Alaska killed 3 men. Google Earth imagery of the site suggests that it may have an active geomorpic history
Tags: Alaska, featured, geomorphic, geomorphology, landslide report, mapping, USA
10 June 2014 07:27 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Pilot Drake Olson has identified another rock avalanche in Alaska, this time on the upper reaches of the Ferebee Glacier
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, USA
22 February 2014 07:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Helicopter pilot Drake Olson has found the rock avalanche that occurred in Alaska on Sunday. It is on the flank of Mount La Perouse.
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, seismic data
20 February 2014 07:42 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Using seismic data, Colin Stark and colleagues have detected a new, very large landslide in Alaska on Sunday. At about 68 million tonnes, this may have been the largest natural landslide since 2010
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, seismic data, USA
29 January 2014 18:53 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Keystone Canyon avalanche, a very large snow and ice avalanche on the Richardson Highway in Alaska has blocked the road and impounded a lake
Tags: Alaska, avalanche, featured, ice, lake, snow, USA
31 August 2013 06:53 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Colin Stark and Goran Ekstrom have detected another spectacular rock avalanche in Alaska. It occurred on 25th July near to Mount Jarvis.
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, satellite image, USA
12 July 2012 06:19 in landslide images, landslide report by Dave Petley
New images have emerged of the Mount Lituya landslide in Alaska last month. It was a very large, very long runout rock avalanche
Tags: Alaska, featured, rock avalanche
14 June 2012 07:18 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Seismic instruments picked up a large landslide on the border between Canada and Alaska on 11th June. Can you help us to find it?
Tags: Alaska, Canad, landslide report, seismic
24 May 2012 08:55 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Using seismic data, Colin Stark identified a large landslide that occurred in remote Alaska on Tuesday. Landsat imaged it a few hours later.
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide report, seismic data, USA
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