{"id":33387,"date":"2020-03-24T08:25:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T08:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=33387"},"modified":"2020-03-24T08:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T08:25:17","slug":"tendepo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/03\/24\/tendepo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tendepo: a major landslide in Tambul-Nebilyer district in Papua New Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tendepo: a major landslide in Tambul-Nebilyer district in Papua New Guinea<\/h4>\n

On Saturday 21 March 2020 a major landslide occurred at Tendepo in Tambul-Nebilyer district in Papua New Guinea<\/a>, resulting in 12 fatalities.\u00a0 There is an accessible and useful account of this event on The Watchers website<\/a>, which notes that the landslide was triggered by ongoing heavy rainfall, with further events considered to be possible in the coming days.<\/p>\n

That article includes this image of the landslide:-<\/p>\n

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Tendepo: the aftermath of the major landslide in Tambul-Nebilyer district in Papua New Guinea on 21 March 2020. Image by Jux Ablis via The Watchers<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Based upon this image this appears to be reasonably deep-seated, possibly rotational slip in deeply weathered residual soil on a slope that has been deforested. The displaced block appears to have disintegrated to generate a major, probably rapid, earthflow.\u00a0 The mobility of the landslide appears to have been quite high.<\/p>\n

This image, from the same article, provides an alternative view of the scar of the landslide:-<\/p>\n

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Tendepo: the scar of the major landslide in Tambul-Nebilyer district in Papua New Guinea on 21 March 2020. Image by Caligen Giluwe Ice via The Watchers<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The National<\/a> (a Papua New Guinea newspaper) has an account of the landslide:-<\/p>\n

The landslide, which began around 1 am, also washed away 13 homes, domestic animals and food gardens … \u201cPeople who were awake at that time heard a big noise and found out it was a landslide,\u201d Yanga said. He said it was the first time for him to witness a landslide destroying lives and properties. \u201cWe are shocked at the moment because this is the first time to witness people die like that in our Tendepo tribe,\u201d Yanga said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Papua New Guinea is no stranger to major landslides<\/a> – for example, a few years ago I covered in detail the outrageous 2012 Tumbi Quarry landslide<\/a>, which killed at least 25 people, and more recently the 25 February 2018 Mw=7.5 earthquake triggered many landslides<\/a>, causing an unknown number of fatalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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