16 October 2017 06:02 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A major landslide at Phu Cuong commune in Vietnam has killed 18 people. Images suggest that this was the collapse of a large overhang at a waterfall
Tags: featured, landslide report, southeast asia, typhoon, Vietnam
30 December 2016 18:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Jharkhand in India and Hpakant in Burma (Myanmar): two mine waste landslides in the last two days that have caused multiple fatalities
Tags: Burma, featured, India, landslide report, mine, mine waste
8 May 2016 09:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
This weekend there have been two deadly landslides that repeat familiar themes: one was associated with mining in Burma (Myanmar) and the other with the construction of facilities to generate hydroelectric power in China
Tags: Burma, china, East Asia, featured, hydroelectric, Jade, landslide report, mining, Myanmar, SE. Asia
16 December 2015 16:50 in landslide report by Dave Petley
This has been a terrible year for Burma jade mine landslides, with over 300 deaths. The cause is probably an increase in mining activity this year.
Tags: Burma, featured, landslide report, mining, Myanmar, SE. Asia, spoil
27 November 2015 07:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
As rescue and recovery operations at the site of the Hpakant jade mine landslide in Burma cease, a war of words has broken out as to whose fault it was
Tags: Burma, landslide report, mining, Myanmar, SE. Asia, waste
24 November 2015 06:26 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster on Friday was a massive flowslide that is now known to have killed over 110 people. The final toll may be about 200 people, most of them poor miners living in an unofficial settlement.
Tags: Burma, flowslide, mine, mining, Myanmar, SE. Asia, spoil
3 June 2015 07:42 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two videos have appeared on Youtube showing an amazing liquefaction landslide in mine wastes in Pharkant, Burma in April
Tags: Burma, featured, landslide video, liquefaction, mine waste, mining, tailings
9 March 2015 07:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Friday another major mining related landslide occurred at a jade mine near Hpakant in Burma, killing between 50 and 100 miners
Tags: Burma, featured, Jade, landslide report, mining, Myanmar
12 November 2012 08:42 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Impressive images of lateral spreads caused by yesterday’s earthquake in Burma (Myanmar)
Tags: earthquake, featured, lateral spread, Myanmar, tension crack
11 November 2012 07:39 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
First news of the Burma earthquake and an update on the one in Guatemala
Tags: Burma, earthquake, featured, Guatemala, quarry
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