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12 November 2018
A dangerous, valley-blocking landslide in Jomda County, Tibet
On the Tibet / Sichuan border a very large landslide has occurred in Jomda County, blocking the Jinsha River. A very large lake has formed, with a volume of 469 million cubic metres. Overtopping is expected to occur today.
23 October 2018
Jomda County: a large, valley blocking landslide in Tibet on 11th October
A large valley blocking landslide occurred at Bolo Township in Jomda County, Tibet on 11th October, causing 20,000 people to be evacuated.
22 October 2018
Yarlung Tsangpo: a large valley blocking landslide in Tibet
Last week a very large landslide occurred on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, temporarily blocking the river. The dam has now breached.
9 July 2018
Fagraskógarfjall: a very large landslide in Iceland on Saturday
On Saturday morning, a very large landslide detached from the Fagraskógarfjall massif in Iceland, travelling about 1.5 km over the valley floor. The landslide has blocked an important salmon river
4 April 2018
Two of the more interesting landslides from the Papua New Guinea earthquake
Better satellite images are now becoming available showing the large landslides triggered by the Papua New Guinea earthquake
2 January 2018
Yarlung Tsangpo: an ongoing “quake lake” scare in India (with images from Planet Labs)
The M=6.4 17th November 2017 earthquake in Tibet has triggered multiple landslides on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, triggering fears of a catastrophic flood in India
17 September 2017
Landslides from the Kaikoura Earthquake part 3: the Leader 220 landslide
The third part of my series of helicopter images of landslides from the Kaikoura earthquake, featuring the magnificent Leader 220 landslide and dam
16 September 2017
Landslides from the Kaikoura Earthquake part 2: the Hapuku landslide
The largest landslide triggered by the Kaikoura earthquake was the valley-blocking Hapuku landslide, an impressive 2.7 km long rock avalanche
6 March 2017
Righa in Nepal: another landslide associated with a hydropower project
At Righa in Baglung District in Nepal, a valley-blocking landslide over the weekend was apparently triggered by road construction for a hydropower project
2 December 2016
The North Canterbury Landslide Dams website
Canterbury Maps has created the North Canterbury Landslide Dams portal to provide information about valley blocking landslides after the Kaikoura Earthquake
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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