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6 July 2023
Naucalpan: a large garbage dump landslide in Mexico
On 4 July 2023 a large garbage dump landslide occurred in Naucalpan in Mexico, burying four people. One person remains missing.
10 September 2021
Landslides from the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico
Images of landslides from the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico
24 October 2019
The social impact of landslides in Mexico
Landslides in Mexico: a new study (Diaz et al, 2019) shows that landslides have caused at least 3447 fatalities since 1935.
5 February 2018
Tijuana: a major landslide has destroyed 70 houses.
Last week a major landslide badly damaged the community of Lomas del Rubi in Tijuana in Mexico, destroying 70 houses. A new housing subdivision is under construction at the foot of the slope. There are suspicions that this may have been the trigger.
26 September 2017
El Jale, Ixtapaluca: a stunning earthquake triggered landslide video from Mexico
A stunning video has been posted to Youtube showing landslides at El Jale, Ixtapaluca, Mexico City, triggered by the earthquake on 19th September 201
19 September 2017
Potential landslides from the M=7.1 earthquake at Raboso, Mexico on 19th September 2017
The M=7.1 earthquake at Raboso on 19th September has the potential to have triggered significant numbers of landslides over a wide area
20 March 2017
La Pintada landslide in Mexico: a new paper that links the slide and the cultural history
In a paper just published in Landslides, Alcántara-Ayala et al. (2017) link the La Pintada landslide in Mexico to ancient rock carvings found in the area
2 November 2015
A roundup of new landslide videos
A round up of new landslide videos that have appeared on Youtube in the last fortnight, with examples from Switzerland, Mexico and Pakistan
17 December 2014
Landslides from the 2010 Mw=7.2 earthquake in the Sierra Cucapah, Mexico
In our latest paper, just published, we have mapped and analysed landslides triggered by the 2010 earthquake in the Sierra Cucapah range in Mexico
7 April 2014
Two new landslide videos: Hannover Point, UK and Jalisco, Mexico
A large landslide in Jalisco, Mexico Liveleak has this new video of a large landslide that apparently occurred in Jalisco in Mexico over the weekend. I know no more details, but the impatient driver of the red car was lucky that the landslide did not occur 20 seconds later: .. A small landslide at Hannover Point Meanwhile there is a much better quality video of a somewhat less dramatic landslide …
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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