28 September 2020 07:27 in Earthquake-induced landslide, Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper (Xu et al. 2020) provides a greatly improved estimate of landslide fatalities from the The 1920 Haiyuan earthquake in China. They conclude that about 32,500 people were killed by landslides.
Tags: china, earthquake, East Asia, featured, paper, research
22 July 2020 08:13 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
On 20 July 2020 a 10 million cubic metre landslide occurred in the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei, China, blocking the Quinjiang River.
Tags: china, featured, landslide dam, landslide report, loess, valley blocking landslide
15 June 2020 07:19 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper (Zhao and Zhao 2020) in the journal Natural Hazards describes the 15 March 2019 Xiangning landslide in Shanxi Province, China, which killed 20 people.
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide report, loess, Shanxi
7 October 2019 06:15 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On 5 October 2019, a 20,000 cubic metre landslide on the Heifangtei terrace in Gansu, China was successfully forecast based upon the monitoring of movement.
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, loess, monitoring, prediction
22 February 2019 07:54 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On 17 February 2019 a >1 million cubic metre rockslide occurred at Longjin village in Guizhou Province. The failure was predicted using a monitoring system
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, monitoring, prediction
3 September 2018 23:12 in Oddities by Dave Petley
Dynamic liquefaction, a key process that generates landslides in earthquakes, especially for example in the loess of China, also sinks large ships
Tags: dynamic liquefaction, earthquake, featured, granular materials, ship, shipping
17 July 2018 06:53 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On 12th July 2018 a 5 million cubic metre landslide occurred at Nanyu township in Gansu Province, China, partially blocking the large Bailong River.
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, Gansu, landslide report, valley-blocking landslided
1 May 2018 06:31 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday a landslide in loess at Caijiazhuang in Shanxi Province, China killed nine people. This landslide seems to be similar to the cracking-sliding landslides described in recent research
Tags: Chine, East Asia, featured, landslide report, loess
30 April 2018 06:57 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A new paper (Li et al. 2018) in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences makes a surprising but important discovery on the timing of “cracking-sliding failure” loess landslides in China
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, loess, paper, research
2 May 2017 06:52 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Two large landslides occurred in Kyrgystan this weekend. One, at Ayu in Osh, killed 24 people whilst the other, in Uzgen region, appears to be highly mobile
Tags: Central Asia, featured, flowslide, Kyrgyzstan, landslide report, loess
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