At 12:46 pm local time yesterday a shallow M=5.7 earthquake struck Sichuan Province in China, triggering at least one large landslide, at Luopo village

Breaching has started at the Jinsha River landslide in Jomda, Tibet after a 240 metre long channel was excavated to release the water.

A large valley blocking landslide occurred at Bolo Township in Jomda County, Tibet on 11th October, causing 20,000 people to be evacuated.

Reports suggest that there has been yet another mining landslide in Hpakant, Myanmar. In the last 4 years over 800 people have died in mining landslides there

A landslide triggered by typhoon Mangkhut ahs killed at least 33 miners, sheltering in their dormitory, at Barangay Ucab in the Philippines

In a short space of time, Typhoon Mangkhut, Hurricane Florence and the earthquake in Hokkaido all have the potential to generate large numbers of landslides

Dynamic liquefaction, a key process that generates landslides in earthquakes, especially for example in the loess of China, also sinks large ships

On 12th July 2018 a 5 million cubic metre landslide occurred at Nanyu township in Gansu Province, China, partially blocking the large Bailong River.

On Sunday a comparatively small geotechnical failure triggered a train derailment in Turkey, killing 24. The accident serves to illustrate the need for vigilance on earthworks on the railway network.

Yesterday a large retaining wall failed on a tall slope in Guang’an, Sichuan Province, China. This event was captured from a number of angles on video, now posted online