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13 February 2023
Emerging information about landslides from the 6 February 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
Information about, and images of, landslides triggered by the 6 February 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes is starting to emerge on social media
7 February 2023
First images of landslides from the 6 February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes
First images of landslides from the 6 February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes
25 September 2019
The Mirpur earthquake in Pakistan: images of lateral spreading
The 24th September 2019 M=5.6 Mirpur earthquake in NW Pakistan appears to have generated some large lateral spreads along the banks of the Jhelum River.
1 October 2018
Lateral spreads from the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake
Video has emerged on Youtube apparently showing lateral spreads as they were triggered by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake on Friday
13 February 2014
Xinjiang: Landslides from the M=6.9 earthquake in NW China yesterday
On 12 February 2014 a Mw=6.9 earthquake struck Xinjiang in China. Images are emerging of some of the landslides that it triggered.
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12 November 2012
Lateral spread failures from earthquakes in Burma
Impressive images of lateral spreads caused by yesterday’s earthquake in Burma (Myanmar)
28 January 2010
Earthquake-driven coastal erosion (or a coastal lateral spread) in Haiti
The Discovery Channel has news of a very interesting example of rapid coastal erosion driven by the earthquake in Haiti. The site is at Petit Paradis to the west of Port-au-Prince. Eye-witness reports suggest that the town was struck by a highly localised tsunami in the earthquake, apparently killing 20. This is interesting in part because it is quite likely such a localised event would have been caused by a …
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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