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27 November 2015
Who was to blame for the Hpakant jade mine landslide?
As rescue and recovery operations at the site of the Hpakant jade mine landslide in Burma cease, a war of words has broken out as to whose fault it was
24 November 2015
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster on Friday was a massive flowslide that is now known to have killed over 110 people. The final toll may be about 200 people, most of them poor miners living in an unofficial settlement.
29 October 2015
The amazing Tonzang landslides in Burma – NASA images
NASA EO-1 images have revealed the extent of the amazing Tonzang landslides in Burma, which occurred earlier this year. The largest landslide is 5.9 km long
9 March 2015
Hpakant – another serious Jade Mine landslide in Burma
On Friday another major mining related landslide occurred at a jade mine near Hpakant in Burma, killing between 50 and 100 miners
12 November 2012
Lateral spread failures from earthquakes in Burma
Impressive images of lateral spreads caused by yesterday’s earthquake in Burma (Myanmar)
13 July 2009
Disastrous mining related landslide in Burma / Myanmar
A few days ago on 3rd July a major landslide occurred in northern Burma (Myanmar) that appears to have affected a huge number of people. The excellent ReliefWeb site is carrying reports of the UN OCHA response to the disaster. The OCHA report states that: “On the 4th of July 2009, a landslide caused by heavy rains swept away a jade miners’ settlement along the Uru River in Hpakant Township …
8 November 2008
Recent landslide updates
A few updates on landslide events over the last few days:1. Highway 97: various newspapers now report that the teams trying to stop the movement of the slope are making headway. The rate of movement has now slowed to about 8 mm per day (half of the rates measured early in the crisis). The drilling and blasting crews have now moved 5,000 cubic metres per day from the crown to …
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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