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5 October 2021
A significant landslide near to the water supply pipeline for Gisborne in New Zealand
Dr Murry Cave of Gisborne District Council has kindly highlighted an interesting landslide, close to the water supply pipeline for the city of Gisborne in New Zealand. The landslide occurred on 27-28 September 2021
26 March 2021
Raoul Island: landslides from the 5 March 2021 M8.1 earthquake
Raoul Island: Under the auspices of @geonet, researchers from @gnsscience have mapped >300 landslides triggered by the 5 March 2021 M=8.1 earthquake
21 January 2021
Mount Darwin: another rock avalanche in New Zealand, with a groovy runout pattern
Mount Darwin: another recent rock avalanche in New Zealand, with a groovy runout pattern.
19 January 2021
A sensational high resolution satellite image of the Mount Silberhorn rock avalanche
A sensational Planet Labs SkySat high resolution satellite image of the Mount Silberhorn rock avalanche in New Zealand
18 January 2021
Gravity always wins: in New Zealand landslides are more deadly than earthquakes
Gravity always wins: new research by GNS Science has shown that in New Zealand landslides are more deadly than earthquakes
2 January 2021
Mount Silberhorn – a large rockslide in New Zealand
Mount Silberhorn – a large rockslide has occurred in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, close to Aoraki/Mount Cook, in the last few days
4 November 2020
The February 2018 Mangapoike landslide, New Zealand: an intriguing failure mechanism?
A new paper on the 8 million cubic metre 24 February 2018 Mangapoike landslide in New Zealand speculates on an intriguing failure mechanism
15 July 2020
Cromwell: helicopter sluicing to manage a landslide
A large rock slope failure has developed at Cromwell in New Zealand. The NZTA are using helicopter sluicing to try to manage the hazard.
10 June 2020
The role of earthquake and rainstorm induced landslides in shaping mountain chains
A new study published in Science Advances (Wang et al. 2020) shows that rainstorms tend to trigger landslides that sculpt the landscape at lower levels, whilst earthquake induced landslides cause erosion at higher elevations.
9 June 2020
Landslides triggered by the Mw = 7.8 14 November 2016 Kaikoura earthquake: an update
A new paper in the journal landslides (Massey et al. 2020) has mapped almost 30,000 landslides triggered by the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand
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.