2 February 2023 07:28 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A paper in Science of the Total Environment (Svennevig et al. 2023) describes the 15 December 1952 Niiortuut landslide in Greenland. It concludes that this was one of the earliest anthropogenic warming-induced landslides identified to date.
Tags: featured, global warming, Greenland, permafrost, research, review of a paper
4 February 2022 07:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 16 October 1979 a landslide in fill at Nice airport triggered a massive submarine landslide and tsunami, which killed at least 8 people.
Tags: Europe, featured, France, submarine landslide, tsunami
11 March 2021 08:47 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Tavernola landslide: in Italy there is concern that failure of a large rock slope could generate a substantial tsunami in Lago d’Iseo
Tags: Europe, featured, Italy, mine, mining, tsunami
26 December 2018 11:51 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Sentinel-1 imagery suggests that the landslide that triggered the tsunami on Anak Krakatau appears to have been a large-scale flank collapse. Unfortunately it is difficult to ascertain the current situation on the volcano
Tags: featured, flank collapse, indonesia, landslide report, SE. Asia, tsunami, volcano
19 October 2018 08:24 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the multiple landslide tsunamis generated by the Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia.
Tags: coseismic landslide, earthquake, featured, indonesia, landslide report, Palu, SE. Asia, sulawesi, tsunami
1 August 2017 07:06 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A 50 cm high tsunami struck the Caribbean coast of Colombia at Santa Marta on 19th July 2017. The most likely cause was a submarine landslide.
21 June 2017 06:20 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the last 24 hours new images and video have emerged showing the Greenland landslide and the terrifying tsunami that it triggered.
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, rock avalanche, tsunami
20 June 2017 06:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Details and some video are now available about the landslide that triggered the Nuugaatsiaq tsunami in Greenland on Saturday night
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, tsunami
19 June 2017 06:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Late on Saturday, a substantial tsunami struck the village of Nuugaatsiaq in Greenland. The most likely cause would appear to be a very large landslide
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, tsunami
20 September 2016 06:30 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Like a zombie that refuses to die, the Canary Islands megatsunami scare story has once again re-emerged to the normal hysterical headlines
Tags: Canary Islands, Europe, featured, flank collapse, landslide report, tsunami, volcano
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