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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 …
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