by Dave Petley
22 June 2017 06:42 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Friends from NGU, NGI, IIT Kharagpurhttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/ and WIHG have discovered a recent large rock avalanche in the Yumthang valley of Sikkim in northern India
by Dave Petley
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.
by Dave Petley
31 March 2017 06:39 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A video has been posted on Youtube that shows a dramatic landslide that occurred at Point Dume on the Californian coast on 25th March 2017
by Dave Petley
22 January 2017 09:10 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Friday night a major rockslope failure in Nanzhang County, Hubei, China crushed a hotel, killing 12 people and injuring three more.
by Dave Petley
1 January 2017 17:37 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday heavy rainfall triggered nine landslides on the Tumpat-Kuala Lipis railway line in Malaysia, one of which derailed a train
by Dave Petley
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
by Dave Petley
27 December 2016 10:02 in landslide report, Research project by Dave Petley
The full set of project reports about landslide hazard and risk management from the EU FP7 Safeland project are now available online once more.
by Dave Petley
22 December 2016 09:08 in typhoon by Dave Petley
The aboriginal village of Jiuhaocha in the Central Mountains was destroyed by typhoon Morakot in 2009, illustrating the dynamic landscape of Taiwan
by Dave Petley
28 November 2016 07:38 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Valkaniotis Sotiris of the University of Thessaloniki has posted a revised map of landslides triggered by the M=7.8 Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand
by Dave Petley
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
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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