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24 January 2023
A coastal cliff collapse at Blacks Beach, San Diego, California
On 20 January 2023 a large coastal cliff collapse at Blacks Beach, San Diego, California was captured on a truly amazing video.
23 June 2020
The Gjerrild Klint landslide on the east coast of Jutland, Denmark
The Gjerrild Klint landslide on the east coast of Denmark, a classic rotational coastal failure triggered by heavy rainfall
6 March 2020
The landslide-induced TGV (high speed train) accident in France yesterday
Yesterday, a TGV (high speed train) travelling at 270 kmh struck a landslide between Strasburg and Vendenheim in the Bas-Rhin area of France, causing a serious derailment that injured 22 people.
18 May 2017
Landslides that make you gasp part 1: Yallourn
This is the first edition of an occasional series on landslides that make you gasp, featuring the Yallourn coal mine landslide in Australia in 2007.
9 September 2015
West Salt Creek Landslide: Colorado Geological Survey report
The Colorado Geological Survey has produced a detailed report on the 2014 West Salt Creek landslide, which killed three men. Surprisingly, this was a high mobility rock avalanche that initiated as a rotational landslide.
3 December 2014
The Domkar Monastery landslide in Qinghai, eastern Tibet
In early November a spectacular and highly destructive rotational landslide occurred at Domkar Monastery in Tibet, destroying many buildings
28 May 2014
Grand Mesa: an unusually large and mobile mudslide
The Grand Mesa mudslide in Mesa County, Colorado at the weekend was an unusually mobile rotational landslide / mudflow event that killed three people
28 March 2014
The Oso (Steelhead) landslide: mechanisms of movement and the challenges of recovering the victims
Seismic data indicates that the Oso (Steelhead) landslide was a two phase movement event. Sadly attention is now focused on the recovery of the remains of the victims rather than on a rescue operation
25 March 2014
The Steelhead landslide in Oso, Washington State
More detail is now emerging of the landslide near to Oso in Washington State, USA on Saturday. The landslip was a reactivation of the Steelhead landslide
4 February 2010
The Rivermist subdivision in San Antonio, Texas is on the move again – and it is a rotational retaining wall failure
The woes of the families displaced by the slope failure at the Rivermist Subdivision in San Antonio, Texas have been exacerbated by a new phase of movement. AP Texas News reports that heavy rain has triggered additional cracking of the wall, and the movement of some debris. However, the houses at the top of the slope are apparently not moving. I have been wondering why they are so confident that …
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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