by Dave Petley
24 February 2020 07:20 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
The Kandersteg rock avalanche is a 1.2 cubic kilometre rockslide that occurred in Switzerland about 3,200 years ago, according to new research
by Dave Petley
14 February 2020 07:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 13 February 2020 at about 7 am a train carrying ethanol was derailed by a landslide close to Elkhorn City in Pike County in Kentucky, USA
by Dave Petley
18 December 2019 07:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Late on Friday 13 December 2019 a large wedge failure developed on a cut rock slope on the E18 motorway at Larvik in Norway
by Dave Petley
22 November 2019 07:58 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Piz Dora deep-seated gravitational slope deformation in Switzerland is a beautiful example of a giant creeping landslide in a high mountain area
by Dave Petley
12 November 2019 07:23 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The Barangay Bato landslide cluster from the 2019 Cotabato earthquakes in the Philippines, captured by Planet Labs satellites
by Dave Petley
6 November 2019 07:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Today a major landslide occurred in the Genting Highlands of Malaysia, a popular tourist area. The channelised flow was captured in a mobile phone video.
by Dave Petley
22 October 2019 06:08 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
On 19 October 2019 a M=5.7 earthquake struck the island of Kadavu in Fiji, triggering multiple rockslides that are visible on Planet Labs imagery captured a day later.
by Dave Petley
6 September 2019 06:11 in landslide report by Dave Petley
After a phase of accelerated movement in the last few days, the large Velsemannen rockslide in Norway underwent a significant failure overnight
by Dave Petley
27 June 2019 06:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A very large landslide occurred on the flanks of Mount Iliamna, a volcano located in Alaska, on 21st June 2019.
by Dave Petley
12 June 2019 06:21 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
An analysis by Zhu et al (2019) of the dynamics of the 2017 Nayong rock avalanche in China, using a combination of seismic data and drone imagery
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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