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6 June 2023
The 4 June 2023 landslide at Yongsheng Township in Sichuan Province, China
The 4 June 2023 landslide at Yongsheng Township in Sichuan Province, China, which killed 19 people near to a mine site.
13 March 2015
Yeager airport – a massive, damaging fill slope landslide
Over the last two days a massive and very spectacular landslide has developed in a reinforced slope at the end of the runway at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia
27 October 2009
Animation of Seattle harbour liquefaction failures
Youtube has a rather cool video of an animation of the effects of a large earthquake on the harbour side area of Seattle. The main point is I think to show the effects of the earthquake on the elevated roadway, but it also shows liquefaction failures of the fill behind the sea wall: Pretty neat – certainly a useful teaching tool.
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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