{"id":210,"date":"2010-02-12T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T08:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2010\/02\/12\/maps-of-global-fatal-landslides\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T13:36:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T17:36:16","slug":"maps-of-global-fatal-landslides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2010\/02\/12\/maps-of-global-fatal-landslides\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps of global fatal landslides"},"content":{"rendered":"

NB there is an alaysis of the data in thiese maps in this post:
http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/analysis-of-fatal-landslides-in-asia.html<\/a><\/p>\n

I have recently worked up two new maps of the distribution of fatal landslides, based upon the fatal landslide database that I maintain. This first map shows the global distribution of non-seismic landslides for the period 2006-2008. Each dot represents a single fatal landslide. The colours indicate the year:<\/p>\n

Red = 2008
Blue = 2007
Green = 2006<\/p>\n

The background image is the ETOPO digital elevation model, with the darker colours indicating higher ground (click on the image for a better view in a new window):
\"\"<\/a>There are a whole host of interesting aspects of this map. First, note the clustering of the landslides in areas that are tectonically-active (e.g. Western S. America, the Himalayas, Indonesia, etc). Second, note how the patterns change from year to year (e.g. take a look at the south coast of China – this is related to typhoon landfalls). Finally, note that the vast majority of recorded fatal landslides occur in Asia. This is shown better by the second map, for Asia only:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Please feel free to use the information and figures on websites, reports, theses etc, but please reference this as follows:<\/p>\n

Petley, D.N. 2010. An analysis of fatal landslides in the Asia-Pacific region for 2006 to 2008. Dave’s Landslide Blog URL: http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/analysis-of-fatal-landslides-in-asia.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NB there is an alaysis of the data in thiese maps in this post:http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/analysis-of-fatal-landslides-in-asia.html I have recently worked up two new maps of the distribution of fatal landslides, based upon the fatal landslide database that I maintain. This first map shows the global distribution of non-seismic landslides for the period 2006-2008. Each dot represents a single fatal landslide. The colours indicate the year: Red = 2008Blue = 2007Green = 2006 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[148,147,959],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-global-losses","tag-landslide-maps","tag-landslide-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}