12 August 2015 15:50 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Early on Wednesday morning a major landslide at a vanadium mine in Shanyang County in Shaanxi Province China killed about 60 people. This is the latest in a long catalogue of mining-related landslides in China. Such disasters should be avoidable with proper slope management.
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide report, mine, mining
30 June 2015 07:12 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The Araniko Highway is the main route that links Nepal with Tibet. In the wake of the recent earthquake it is facing major landslide problems in the monsoon
Tags: earthquake, featured, landslide report, monsoon, nepal, South Asia
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
16 May 2015 08:19 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Some satellite imagery is now available via Digital Globe of the area affected by the second Nepal earthquake on Tuesday. The images show many landslides
6 May 2015 10:30 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The EWF team, working with the British Geological Survey, have provided an update on landslide hazard after the Gorkha earthquake, including a landslide map
Tags: earthquake, featured, gorkha, nepal, South Asia, valley blocking landslide
2 May 2015 08:51 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Bit by bit details are emerging of losses associated with landslides in the Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal. The overall picture remains very unclear though
Tags: earthquake, featured, landslide report, nepal, South Asia
29 April 2015 08:19 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
It is increasingly clear that landslides and avalanches have had a chilling impact in the Langtang area of Nepal during and after the Nepal earthquake
Tags: avalanche, earthquake, featured, landslide report, nepal, seismic
20 April 2015 06:41 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
The Bolshaya Talda earthflow, which I featured on this blog on Friday was a mine waster landslide. Readers have helped identify the location of the slide.
Tags: earthflow, featyrd, landslide video, mining, Russia, tailings
29 January 2015 08:04 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In Northern India, landsliding is occurring upslope of the Pakyong airport construction site, which has used extensive slope cutting during construction
Tags: airport, featured, India, landslide report, South Asia
20 January 2015 07:43 in landslide report by Dave Petley
New images have emerged of the landslide that has blocked the Zanskar River in northern India
Tags: featured, Himalayas, India, landslide dam, S. Asia, valley-blocking landslided
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