{"id":37542,"date":"2021-04-30T08:56:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T08:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=37542"},"modified":"2021-04-30T08:56:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T08:56:15","slug":"nakhon-ratchasima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2021\/04\/30\/nakhon-ratchasima\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakhon Ratchasima: a dramatic video of a rock slope collapse in a quarry in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Nakhon Ratchasima: a dramatic video of a rock slope collapse in a quarry in Thailand<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqthZVmIsMg\">A very interesting video has been published on Youtube<\/a> showing a dramatic rock slope collapse of a quarry at Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand.\u00a0 Information about the origin of this video is patchy &#8211; the commentary states:<\/p>\n<p><em>A lorry slammed his foot on the reverse pedal when an entire hillside collapsed at a quarry. Several trucks were loading boulders into their containers when the land suddenly gave way in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeast Thailand. Footage shows how the 30-metre tall cliff along with several trees crashed to the ground in a cloud of dust. Drivers quickly reversed to escape from the path of the flying debris. However, it was all cleaned up and secured afterwards.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nakhon Ratchasima is located at 14.97, 102.08, but it is a large town, so I cannot identify the location beyond this.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqthZVmIsMg\">The video should be visible below<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quick, Reverse! Landslide Crashes Near Truck\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JqthZVmIsMg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The video starts just after the initiation of the failure:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37545\" style=\"width: 808px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37545\" class=\" wp-image-37545\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-1.jpg\" alt=\"The start of the quarry failure at Nakhon Ratchasima, northeast Thailand. \" width=\"798\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-1.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-1-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-1-768x766.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The start of the quarry failure at Nakhon Ratchasima, northeast Thailand. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqthZVmIsMg\">Still from a video posted to Youtube<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse is a near-vertical fall, which suggests that the initiation might have been either undermining of the toe or the failure of a weak layer low on the slope.\u00a0 It is interesting to note how the rock mass broke up as the collapse developed:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37547\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37547\" class=\" wp-image-37547\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-2.jpg\" alt=\"Further development of the quarry failure at Nakhon Ratchasima, northeast Thailand. \" width=\"800\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-2.jpg 1394w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-2-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-2-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2021\/04\/21_04-Quarry-2-768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Further development of the quarry failure at Nakhon Ratchasima, northeast Thailand. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqthZVmIsMg\">Still from a video posted to Youtube<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The dangers posed by the failure 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