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14 November 2016
First news of landslides from the Kaikoura Earthquake sequence in New Zealand yesterday
Images are just starting to emerge of multiple large landslides triggered by the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand yesterday.
27 July 2016
Landslides from the M=6.1 earthquake in the Atacama Desert on 25th July
On 25th July 2016 a M=6.1 earthquake in the Atacama Desert appears to have triggered large numbers of landslides in the hills near the town of El Salvador, 100 km from the epicentre
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
6 March 2016
Kalimpong Day 3: the downstream effects of poor urban water management
On Kalimpong Day 3 we visited a gully that is being actively eroded as a result of poor urban water management in the town
2 February 2016
Landslides in Chile Part 5: Water waves triggered by landslides and the Mentirosa Island Landslide complex
The Mentirosa Island landslide complex comprises four tsunamigenic soil-rock slides in Patagonia, Chile, with a combined volume of 8 million cubic metres.
1 February 2016
Images of the Tbilisi Zoo landslide and flood disaster
Dr Sergey Chernomorets has kindly provided images taken in September 2015 of the Tbilisi zoo landslide and flood disaster.
17 January 2016
Landslides in Chile Part 1: Arauco
In September 2010 a M=8.8 earthquake struck Arauco in Chile. These landslides are part of our Newton Fund project on earthquake induced landslides in Chile.
20 July 2015
Kalimpong: Save the Hills has documented the fatal landslides of 30th June / 1st July 2015
The Save the Hills blog has documented the landslides that occurred in the Kalimpong area of Darjeeling, N India on 3th June / 1st July 2015
18 February 2015
Landslides from the 2015 Wilberforce earthquake in New Zealand
The GNS landslide team have produced a reconnaissance report detailing the landslides triggered by the 2015 Wilberforce earthquake in New Zealand
15 July 2014
Lofoten Islands: images of landslides and rockfalls
Over the weekend I visited the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. This a selection of images of landslides and rockfalls that I saw along the way.
Dave Petley is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. His blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.