Updates on landslide events over the last few weeks – including a new video, a trai accident in Germany, landslides from Hurricane Irene, and the trial of the Italian seismologists.

Updates on the earthquake in the Himalayas, the overtopping of landslide dams in Japan resulting from typhoon Roke, and landslides in Rwanda and Guatemala.

First images of the damage in Sikkim.

Latest information on the earthquake in the Himalayas, plus an earthquake in Guatemala and landslides in China and Italy

An update on reported losses from the earthquake in the Himalayas yesterday. Landslides are clearly a major problem, and further heavy rainfall is forecast.

At 12:40 UT (18:40 local time) today an earthquake struck Sikkim in northern India, producing significant shaking in Nepal, India and, probably Bhutan.  According to the USGS information page for the event, this is a magnitude 6.9 event at a depth of about 20 km, though note that this will probably change slightly as better data become available.  The epicentre is located as shown on the map below: Although this …

Images of the earthquake-damaged city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand

This is the 5th part of the series of posts, this time examining landslides that involve sliding triggered by the Christchurch earthquakes

Part four in the series posts examining landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes. This edition looks at large-scale cliff collapses.

Part three of the series of posts on landslides from the Christchurch earthquakes, this time looking at topographic amplification of shaking, as shown by building damage.