{"id":28036,"date":"2018-06-26T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T06:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=28036"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T12:27:09","slug":"waioeka-gorge-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2018\/06\/26\/waioeka-gorge-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Waioeka Gorge: a new landslide video from New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Waioeka Gorge: a new landslide video from New Zealand<\/h4>\n<p>On Sunday, a landslide occurred at Waioeka Gorge on State Highway 2, the main road between Gisborne and Rotorua in New Zealand.&nbsp; The landslide was captured on video by a motorist, Michael Tabudravu, who stopped when he saw debris on the road ahead of the main event.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/bay-of-plenty\/104972631\/Man-videos-slip-that-covered-Waioeka-Gorge-road-to-Gisborne\">Stuff has a nice article about the event<\/a>, in which they provide his description of the landslide:<\/p>\n<p><em>About three other cars coming from the other direction had stopped to see what was going on, too. Some tried to manoeuvre around the debris and keep driving.&nbsp; The cliff face&nbsp;where the rock had come from was clearly unstable, Tabudravu said on Monday.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I could see it started cracking underneath &#8211; this big crack&#8230;Then the whole thing just came down.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By then most other drivers had left, heading back the same way they came.&nbsp;But Tabudravu&nbsp;whipped out his phone&nbsp;in time to record the face collapse into a wave of rubble.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s not something you see every day&#8230;It was a bit of an adrenalin rush to be honest.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eUdNxSlaM1k\">This is video of the event<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eUdNxSlaM1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The landslide appears to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2018\/04\/12\/candelaria-mine-1\/\">wedge failure<\/a> (note the very clear rock mass discontinuity that defines the detachment zone on the opposite wall), with the rock mass showing rapid disintegration to flow down the gully:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28042\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28042\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28042\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/06\/18_06-Waioeka-Gorge-1.jpg\" alt=\"Waioeka Gorge\" width=\"482\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/06\/18_06-Waioeka-Gorge-1.jpg 482w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2018\/06\/18_06-Waioeka-Gorge-1-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rockslide at Waioeka Gorge in New Zealand. Still from a Youtube video shot by Michael Tabudravu.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q1xibGcWbN0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">video on Youtube, posted by CCTV<\/a>, showing a building collapse in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.&nbsp; The report suggests that this landslide occurred in Weijiagou Village, resulting in the collapse of over 20 houses and the evacuation of nearly 380 people:-<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q1xibGcWbN0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The video includes other landslides triggered by the heavy rainfall, including one that killed six people.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday a landslide occurred at Waioeka Gorge in New Zealand.  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