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19 October 2018
Landslide tsunamis from the Sulawesi earthquake
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the multiple landslide tsunamis generated by the Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia.
12 February 2018
Juneau: a very large rockslope failure in Alaska in December 2016
A large rockslope failure occurred at Cowee Creek near to Juneau in Alaska in December 2016, inducing a 9 m high, 90 m wide displacement wave that travelled at least 13 km down the valley
4 January 2018
The Karrat Fjord rock avalanche: a new paper examining the 3D geometry
In a paper just published in the journal Landslides, Gauthier et al. 2017 use a 3D reconstruction to estimate that the tsunamigenic June 2017 Karrat Fjord rock avalanche in Greenland had a volume of 58 million cubic metres.
13 December 2017
Submarine landslides during the growth of volcanic islands
In a new paper, Hunt and Jarvis (2017) demonstrate that multiple large submarine landslides have occurred close to the Canary Islands in the last 7 million years.
8 August 2017
Updates from the Karrat Fjord landslide in Greenland
Various analyses have now been posted about the the tsunamigenic the Karrat Fjord landslide in Greenland, which killed four people
14 July 2017
Understanding the La Palma mega-landslide hypothesis: part 2
Understanding the La Palma mega-landslide hypothesis part 2: the size of the landslide and the scale of the potential tsunami
12 July 2017
Understanding the La Palma mega-landslide hypothesis: part 1
This is the first of a number of posts exploring the La Palma mega-landslide and tsunami hypothesis. This post explores the main structural features.
21 June 2017
Much more detail about the Greenland landslide and tsunami, including images and video
In the last 24 hours new images and video have emerged showing the Greenland landslide and the terrifying tsunami that it triggered.
20 June 2017
Nuugaatsiaq tsunami: details emerge of the landslide
Details and some video are now available about the landslide that triggered the Nuugaatsiaq tsunami in Greenland on Saturday night
19 June 2017
Nuugaatsiaq: A large landslide-induced tsunami on Saturday night?
Late on Saturday, a substantial tsunami struck the village of Nuugaatsiaq in Greenland. The most likely cause would appear to be a very large landslide
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