An interesting landslide on Highway 101 in California
5 April 2011 05:42 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A report on a landslide on Route 101 in California, which caused some fascinating compressional deformation to the road bed.
5 April 2011 05:42 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A report on a landslide on Route 101 in California, which caused some fascinating compressional deformation to the road bed.
23 December 2010 09:19 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
News reports coming out of Colombia this morning suggest that there has been yet another large landslide in that battered country. Colombia Reports is carrying a story that a landslide occurred yesterday in Santander Province in the north of the country. The landslide is reported to have struck a small hamlet between Rionegro and El Playon, destroying the a number of houses and reportedly burying 20 people.
6 April 2010 08:14 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Mw=7.2 earthquake on the Laguna Salada fault in Mexico on Sunday was certainly sufficiently large and shallow (10 km) to generate landslides, and there are areas of mountains that provide enough relief for slides to develop. To date the number of reports of slides is quite limited, but CNN has this amazing amateur footage of the mountains to the south of Mexicali. The huge dust clouds were almost certainly …
18 February 2010 22:27 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Thanks to reader CConkle for the heads-up on this one. An impressive slide happened this morning by the side of Freeway 10 near to Pamona in California. The slide has completely blocked the road (pictures from the LA Times): It is uite interesting that the weather does not indicate an obvious trigger for what appears to be a failure on a reprofiled slope. However, California has suffered recent exceptional rainfall …
18 January 2010 00:19 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Amongst the (appropriate) focus upon Haiti at the moment, we must of course remember that landslides do not stop elsewhere. So, here are two important ongoing stories: 1. Potential landslides in California this week:The US National Weather Service has issued a series of warnings for very heavy rainfall in California this week, with the pontential for landslides, flash flood and debris flows. For example: …Flash flooding and debris flows possible …
15 September 2009 03:07 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Image from here The La Jolla landslide in San Diego California occurred in October 2007, destroying three houses and a road, and leaving many more damaged. The landslide is currently the subject of a lawsuit that was filed by the householders. I am not going to comment further on the slide whilst this is going on, but as part of the evidence in the case some mobile phone footage has …
5 June 2023 06:37 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Several significant landslides associated with rapid snowmelt in western North America in May 2023, driven by exceptional temperatures.
11 January 2023 07:53 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A very large, unusual landslide has occurred in Rosas, Cauca in Columbia, displacing over 700 people and closing the Pan American Highway
16 December 2022 05:00 in blogging by Dave Petley
Today marks the 15th anniversary of my first post to the Landslide Blog – I have made 2,470 posts so far, with many more to come.
14 December 2022 07:45 in landslide video by Dave Petley
On 9 December 2022 a landslide occurred on a cliff at Palos Verdes Estates in California. The failure was captured on video from a news helicopter.
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