{"id":37799,"date":"2021-06-02T10:19:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T10:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=37799"},"modified":"2021-06-02T10:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T10:19:34","slug":"geta-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2021\/06\/02\/geta-landslide\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1918 Get\u00e5 landslide disaster in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1918 Get\u00e5 landslide disaster in Sweden<\/h4>\n

A recent post on Reddit<\/a> has highlighted a landslide disaster that occurred close to the village of Get\u00e5 in Sweden<\/a> on 1 October 1918.\u00a0 The event is also well-described in a Wikipedia page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Early in that evening a landslide removed a section of a railway track.\u00a0 A few minutes later a train, consisting of a locomotive and ten carriages, reached the landslide and derailed spectacularly.\u00a0 The post on Reddit has a fascinating aerial image of the aftermath of the landslide:<\/p>\n

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A vertical aerial photograph showing the aftermath of the 1918 landslide at Get\u00e5 in Sweden. Image from J\u00e4rnv\u00e4gsmuseet.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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The landslide scar and its very large deposit are clearly visible.\u00a0 Interestingly, the crown of the landslide seems to almost perfectly coincide with the upslope boundary of the railway line.\u00a0 The crashed locomotive is visible in the scar, as is one of the carriages.\u00a0 There us a huge pile of debris, which is the aftermath of the fire that destroyed most of the carriages.\u00a0 Other carriages remained upright on the tracks.<\/p>\n

At least 42 people were killed in the accident, the majority of whom are thought to have been trapped in the derailed carriages when the fire engulfed them.\u00a0 A further 41 people were injured.\u00a0 There are thought to be at least five people who remained missing after the accident.<\/p>\n

The image below shows the landslide deposit:-<\/p>\n

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A photograph from the crown of the slide showing the aftermath of the 1918 landslide at Get\u00e5 in Sweden. Image from J\u00e4rnv\u00e4gsmuseet.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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A detailed investigation of the landslide was undertaken.\u00a0 It concluded that there was a prehistoric landslide at the site that had not been identified at the time of the construction of the railway, five years earlier.\u00a0 Failure was triggered by high pore water pressures.\u00a0 The railway line was located on a gravel embankment; sliding initiated on the interface between the embankment gravel and the underlying clay.<\/p>\n

The railway line was rebuilt and remains in use today; the accident spurred the development of the field of geotechnics in Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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