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8 May 2016
Mining in Burma and hydroelectric power in China: two major landslides with familiar causes this weekend
This weekend there have been two deadly landslides that repeat familiar themes: one was associated with mining in Burma (Myanmar) and the other with the construction of facilities to generate hydroelectric power in China
26 April 2016
The distribution of landslides from the M=7.0 Kumamoto Earthquake
Stunning data from DPRI at Kyoto University, and available as a Google Earth kmz file, provides the first map of the distribution of landslides triggered by the M=7.0 Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan
25 April 2016
Two new landslide videos: Espirito Santo, Brazil and an unknown site in SW China
Espirito Santo rock joint collapses There is an extraordinary video on Facebook showing massive collapses of sheeting joints in Espirito Santo Brazil. I cannot embed the video, but really recommend that you take a look. This is the moment of collapse: . The collapse occurred in Pancas County of Espirito Santo in an area of granite massifs. The video was posted by Heinrich Theodor Frank, who provides the following comment …
20 April 2016
Images of other landslides from the Kumamoto earthquakes
Another set of high quality aerial images of several of the landslides triggered by the Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan, as photographed by Asia Air Survey
19 April 2016
Drone footage of the Kumamoto earthquake landslides
Drone footage and high quality images are now becoming available of the Kumamoto Earthquake landslides in Japan. In some cases the landslides appear to be remarkable.
18 April 2016
Landslides from the Kumamoto earthquake in Japan
The Kumamoto earthquake in Japan appears to have triggered a large number of landslides. This post provides some images of some of the larger landslides
10 February 2016
Fude Village, China: six killed in a rockslide
Early on Monday morning six people were killed in a rockslide at Fude village in southern China.
8 February 2016
Taking responsibility for disaster risk reduction
The recent Taiwan earthquake and the Samarco tailings dam failure both illustrate the critical role of individual responsibility in disaster risk reduction
11 January 2016
The weirdness of Mass Ejection Landslides in China
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, a small number of mass ejection landslides have been described. Strangely, these have never been observed elsewhere.
23 December 2015
Videos of the Shenzhen landslide
I have pulled together a series of videos showing the Shenzhen landslide in Guangdong, China, and its aftermath.
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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