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11 January 2009
Costa Rica earthquake – landslides have proven to be a major threat
News continues to flow in regarding the impact of the earthquake in Costa Rica. It is increasingly evident that landslides have probably been the major problem, which is unsurprising given the topography and soils. The landslides have clearly caused substantial loss of life and are also hampering rescue operations. The Washington Post is reporting, quite rightly, that there are now concerns about the stability of the slopes in the affected …
9 January 2009
Magnitude Mw=6.1 earthquake in Costa Rica
At 19:21 UTC (13:21 local time) on 8th January a Magnitude Mw=6.1 earthquake struck Costa Rica. Although this is not a particularly large earthquake, it is certainly substantial enough to have triggered many landslides, especially given that it occurred very close to the surface (the USGS depth estimate is just 4.5 km). Several reports have come in already about fatalities associated with landslides. Confirmed are the deaths of two girls …
8 January 2009
Guatemala landslide
As the Guatemala landslide now fades from media prominence, Reuters have released probably the best image to date of the landslide site: It is now clear that this was a a large rockslide (not a mudslide as reported elsewhere). AP have released a good image of the site: Whilst this Reuters image shows the runout of the landslide quite well: Finally, CONRED released this image of the site to show …
22 October 2008
Landslide crisis in Honduras
Although it has not received any substantial coverage in the west, it appears that there is a serious landslide crisis developing in Honduras. Over the last few days Honduras has experienced intense rainfall as a consequence of a stalled tropical depression. A state of emergency has been declared. The most serious problem appears to lie in Corquin in Copan, in the very west of Honduras. Here, both La Prensa and …
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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