7 May 2019 05:55 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Planet Labs have captured a high resolution SkySat image of the Bajo Llojeta landslide in La Paz, Bolivia, which destroyed 68 houses last week.
Tags: Bolivia, featured, Planet Labs, satellite, South America
3 May 2019 09:35 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Over the last few days, but primarily on 30th April 2019, a major landslide affected Bajo Llojeta in La Paz, Bolivia. This landslide was captured in a series of dramatic videos
Tags: Bolivia, earthflow, featured, landslide report, landslide video, South America
10 April 2019 02:50 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
GEER has published a report on the Palu-Donggala landslides, triggered by the 28 September 2018 Mw=7.5 Palu earthquake in Indonesia
Tags: earthquake, featured, flowslide, indonesia, landslide report, SE. Asia
2 April 2019 06:59 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A study has been published of landslides triggered by the 18th November 2017 Ms=6.9 earthquake in the Tsangpo Gorge area of Tibet
Tags: china, earthquake, featured, landslide dam, tibet, valley blocking landslide
26 March 2019 07:36 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Yesterday NASA posted imagery of the Chimanimani landslides in Zimbabwe, triggered by Cyclone Idai. The images show multiple channelised debris flows.
Tags: Africa, debris flow, featured, tropical cyclone, Zimbabwe
25 March 2019 07:25 in Tailings by Dave Petley
Brazilian mining company Vale warned on Friday that the Sul Superior tailings dam, at the Gongo Soco mine in Minas Gerais, is at risk of imminent collapse
Tags: brazil, dam, featured, mining, South America, tailings
20 March 2019 07:15 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Cyclone Idai: evidence of the impact of landslides and debris flows As the true magnitude of the likely costs of Cyclone Idai across southern Africa becomes clear, some images are emerging that indicate that in some areas landslides may have been a significant part of the problem, in Zimbabwe at least. This is directly indicated in a few news reports – for example, it has been widely noted that two …
Tags: Africa, cyclone, debris flow, featured, idai, tropical cyclone, Zimbabwe
15 March 2019 07:25 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A new study (Serey et al. 2019) of the Mw=8.8 2010 Chile megathrust earthquake indicates that it triggered a surprisingly low number of landslides.
Tags: Chile, earthquake, featured, megathrust, South America
14 March 2019 07:23 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
A new paper in Engineering Geology documents loss inducing landslides in South Korea from 1970 to 2018, revealing that 1728 people have lost their lives.
Tags: database, East Asia, fatalities, featured, losses, South Korea
1 March 2019 07:10 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Tuesday, significant movement occurred on a large landslide in Oregon, closing the important US101 highway near to the coastal town of Brookings.
Tags: earthflow, featured, highway, North America, Oregon, USA
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