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26 June 2023
The 27 December 1898 Sasso Rosso landslide in Switzerland
The 27 December 1898 Sasso Rosso landslide in Switzerland, which killed three people and destroyed 11 houses.
28 September 2022
The 1961 Kurenivka mudslide in Ukraine
On 13 March 1961 the Kurenivka mudslide killed up to 1,500 people in the city of Kyiv in Ukraine. Reports of the event were suppressed by the Soviet authorities,
3 June 2009
Are satellite-based landslide hazard algorithms useful?
In some parts of the world, such as the Seattle area of the USA, wide area landslide warning systems are operated on the basis of rainfall thresholds. These are comparatively simple in essence – basically the combination of short term and long term rainfall that is needed to trigger landslides is determined, often using historical records of landslide events. A critical threshold is determined for the combination of these two …
28 March 2009
Images of landslides and other damage from the Sichuan earthquake part 4 – the Mianyuanhe area
This is the fourth part of my photographic description of damage caused by the Sichuan earthquake. The other parts are as follows: Part 1: Beichuan townPart 2: The Tangjiashan landslidePart 3: Hanwang townPart 4 (this part): The Mianyuanhe areaPart 5: The Xingyiu area First a location map. The Mianyuanhe area is a fairly large river valley that cuts through the Longmen mountain chain, with its mouth as Hanwang as shown …
27 March 2009
A Powerpoint presentation on earthquake-induced landslides
On Monday I gave a presentation to staff and students at the State Key Laboratory for Geohazards at Chengdu University of Technology – the topic was the lessons that can be learnt about earthquake-induced landslides from the Taiwan (1999) and Kashmir (2005) earthquakes. This is the presentation: http://www.authorstream.com/player/player.swf?p=167992_633737258388926500Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave I ask only that you acknowledge me in any use that you might make of it.
12 November 2008
Sendai presentations
The following are my presentations from the World Landslide Forum Satellite Conference in Japan on 11th and 12th November 2008. In each case, you should be able to download the Powerpoint show from the link below the file. I am more than happy to send copies of the papers to anyone who might like them, and will post them online next week. I also welcome any comments that you might …
29 April 2008
The Frank Landslide, 29th April 1903
As today is the 105th anniversary of the Frank Landslide in Canada, it seems appropriate to revisit this most interesting event. The town of Frank is located at about 49 degrees 35 minutes North and 114 degrees 24 minutes West at an elevation of about 1300 m in Alberta, Canada. The town on the back of coal deposits at the foot of Turtle Mountain to the west of the town …
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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