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7 March 2023
The remarkable landslide in an olive grove near to Hatay, triggered by the Turkey earthquakes
The remarkable landslide in an olive grove near to Hatay, triggered by the Turkey earthquake, has been captured in satellite imagery by Planet.
7 February 2023
First images of landslides from the 6 February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes
First images of landslides from the 6 February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes
6 February 2023
Potential landslides from the 6 February 2023 Mw=7.8 earthquake near Nurdağı in Gaziantep, Turkey
The 6 February 2023 Mw=7.8 earthquake near Nurdağı in Gaziantep, Turkey is likely to have triggered substantial numbers of landslides
29 November 2022
Cianjur: a deadly landslide from the 21 November 2022 West Java earthquake
Several landslides were triggered by the 21 November 2022 West Java earthquake in Indonesia. Reports indicate multiple fatalities.
20 October 2022
Landslides from the 14 August 2021 M=7.2 earthquake in Haiti
The 14 August 2021 M=7.2 earthquake in Haiti triggered many landslides. A recent paper (Havenith et al. 2022) suggests that this might in part have been because the slopes were preconditioned (weakened) by earlier earthquakes and storms.
28 July 2022
Landslides from the 27 July 2022 M=7.0 earthquake in Abra, Philippines
The 27 July 2022 M=7.0 earthquake in Abra Province, Philippines is likely to have triggered large numbers of landslides.
9 March 2021
Ebisu Circuit: an intriguing landslide caused by the 2021 Fukushima Earthquake
Ebisu Circuit: an intriguing, high mobility landslide in volcanic materials caused by the 2021 Fukushima Earthquake in Japan
9 June 2020
Landslides triggered by the Mw = 7.8 14 November 2016 Kaikoura earthquake: an update
A new paper in the journal landslides (Massey et al. 2020) has mapped almost 30,000 landslides triggered by the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand
29 January 2020
The role of weak pumice layers in landslides triggered by the M=6.7 6 September 2018 Hokkaido Iburi-Tobu Earthquake
A new study (Li et al. 2020) has found that a specific weak pumice layer controlled landslides triggered by the M=6.7 September 2018 Hokkaido Iburi-Tobu earthquake
19 November 2019
Landslides triggered by the Mw=7.8 Haida Gwaii earthquake in Canada
A new study (Barth et al. 2019) has mapped the landslides triggered by the 27 October 2012 Mw=7.8 Haida Gwaii earthquake in British Columbia, Canada
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