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28 April 2023
Sand in Taufers: an interesting rockslide in Italy
Sand in Taufers: an unusual and interesting rockslide in Italy that was caught on surveillance camera. Fortunately it caused minimal damage.
27 April 2023
The 25 April 2023 landslide Bukit Tunku in Malaysia
The 25 April 2023 landslide at Bukit Tunku in Malaysia, which appears to have been triggered by a leaking pipe.
26 April 2023
Planet Labs image of the coseismic landslide near Islahiye in Turkey
Planet has captured a high resolution Skysat image of the valley-blocking coseismic landslide near Islahiye, Turkey.
25 April 2023
The 22 April 2023 landslide in Draper in Utah
On 22 April 2023, a large landslide in a fill slope in Draper, Utah, destroyed two recently constructed houses. Two further houses have been evacuated.
24 April 2023
The 22 April 2023 landslide at Artvin in Turkey
On 22 April 2023 a large landslide occurred on an engineered slope associated with the Yusufeli Dam at Artvin in Turkey. The landslide was captured on a dramatic video.
21 April 2023
Post-seismic evolution of landslides in the Wenchuan earthquake area
A new paper in the journal Engineering Geology (Zhang et al. 2023) examines the evolution of landslides after the Wenchuan earthquake. It found that in the first two years landslide activity increased further, but then declined.
20 April 2023
The 26 November 2022 Casamicciola landslide on the island of Ischia in Italy
A new paper in the journal Landslides describes the 26 November 2022 Casamicciola landslide on the island of Ischia in Italy, which killed 12 people
19 April 2023
Torkham – a large rockslide in Pakistan
On 18 April 2023 a large rockslide occurred at Torkham in Pakistan, very close to the border with Afghanistan. At least three people were killed.
18 April 2023
Landslides as a dominant landscape process on icy satellites
Landslides as a dominant landscape process on icy satellites The journal Icarus has a very interesting new paper (Mills et al. 2023) that considers why some icy satellites of large planets, such as those orbiting Jupiter and Saturn (in particular Ganymede, Europa, and Enceladus), have smooth surfaces with very few impact craters. There is a good plain English summary of this work on the Interesting Engineering website too. Conventionally, the …
17 April 2023
The Arroyo Seco landslide in Monterey County, California
Over the last week, concerns have been raised about a landslide that has developed in Arroyo Seco in Monterey County in California, USA.
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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