New landslide videos: Russia and California
16 June 2020 07:24 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two new landslide videos: a large landslide in a mine in Russia & dashcam footage of a small but high impact rockfall in California
16 June 2020 07:24 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two new landslide videos: a large landslide in a mine in Russia & dashcam footage of a small but high impact rockfall in California
19 March 2020 07:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In May 1971 the Saint Jean Vianney landslide, a very large failure in a sensitive clay, destroyed 40 houses and killed 31 people in Canada
4 February 2019 07:35 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The two important videos showing the Brumadinho tailings dam landslide allow some estimates to be made of the speed of the movement.
1 October 2018 06:40 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Video has emerged on Youtube apparently showing lateral spreads as they were triggered by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake on Friday
7 January 2012 01:45 in landslide report by Dave Petley
An update on recent landslides from around the world, including events in Norway, the Philippines, the UK and Brazil
16 October 2010 16:06 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
In weeks in which I have been too busy to post a great deal of material, I often provide a summary of interesting landslide events around the world. This is the summary for the last week:1. A very strange landslide in Germany Thanks once again to Peter Diehl, the prize for bizarre landslide event of the week goes to a very strange event at a former lignite mine near Hoyerswerda, …
11 May 2010 17:11 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Canadian media is reporting the case of a “sinkhole” that developed in St Jude, 77 km to the north of Montreal, last night. The sinkhole included a family house, with four people inside. At the moment these occupants are reported to be missing. The Montreal Gazette has a photo gallery of the site. One of the photos is this one: Based upon this image this does not look like …
9 March 2008 16:01 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Farmers Weekly Interactive carries a rather strange report and some excellent photos of a landslide that occurred near to Widnes in NW England on 29th February: “Tractor Driver James Fletcher who works for Chester-based contractor Mike Harley, had a lucky esacpe when the field he was ploughing gave way beneath him. He was on the final run of a sloping field near Alvaney, Widnes, when the bank he was on …
3 July 2020 07:52 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
John Flynn’s remarkable drone video of Dawn of Hope peat slide suggests that this might have been a bog burst that underwent retrogression
30 July 2019 22:25 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The 1987 Mount Zandila landslide in northern Italy is probably the most important rock avalanche in Europe in the last 40 years. The 34 million cubic metre slide killed 29 people
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