15 March 2019 07:25 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
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.
Tags: Chile, earthquake, featured, megathrust, South America
5 September 2018 22:39 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Initial images from Japan indicated that the Mw=6.6 earthquake in Hokkaido today has induced significant numbers of landslides
Tags: coseismic landslide, earthquake, East Asia, japan, PAGER
15 March 2018 08:36 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Over the last week a large, complex rotational landslide has destroyed over 100 houses at Llusco in the Cusco region of Peru
Tags: drone, featured, landslide report, Peru, South America
26 September 2017 06:57 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A stunning video has been posted to Youtube showing landslides at El Jale, Ixtapaluca, Mexico City, triggered by the earthquake on 19th September 201
Tags: earthquake, featured, Mexico, quarry, video
25 April 2017 06:39 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
On the second anniversary of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, a recent paper compares the landslide distributions for the Nepal and China earthquakes. The results have profound implications for the understanding of potential landslide distributions from future earthquakes.
Tags: china, erathquake, featured, gorkha, nepal, Wenchuan
24 April 2017 06:58 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A few days ago a newspaper in New Zealand highlighted the potential Wellington earthquake landslide problem. Research is ongoing into this key issue
Tags: earthquake, featured, New Zealand, risk, Wellington
13 December 2016 19:24 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
GNS Science have just released a report detailing an inventory of landslides triggered by the 1929 Murchison Earthquake in New Zealand
Tags: earthquake, featured, landslide dataset, New Zealand
7 December 2016 07:47 in landslide video by Dave Petley
. The Icy Bay landslide in Alaska A very nice video has been posted on Youtube describing the link between the giant Icy Bay landslide in Alaska in 2015 (this landslide is also variously known as the Taan Fjord landslide and the Tyndall Glacier landslide), which is the largest known recent landslide in North America, and the melting of the adjacent glacier. The video features Dr Michael Loso, physical scientist …
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide video, New Zealand, North America, USA, video
2 December 2016 08:05 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Canterbury Maps has created the North Canterbury Landslide Dams portal to provide information about valley blocking landslides after the Kaikoura Earthquake
Tags: earthquake, featured, Kaikoura, landslide dam, New Zealand
17 November 2016 08:48 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A very large valley blocking landslide has occurred on the Hapuku River in New Zealand following the Kaikoura earthquake, creating a 150 m high dam
Tags: earthquake, featured, Kaikoura, landslide dam, New Zealand, valley blocking landslide
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