{"id":3989,"date":"2011-12-01T14:39:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2011-12-01T14:39:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:39:30","slug":"landslide-in-indonesia-seven-dead-many-more-reported-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/12\/01\/landslide-in-indonesia-seven-dead-many-more-reported-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Landslide in Indonesia: seven dead, many more reported missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Alexandre Mathieu for the heads up on this landslide.\u00a0 A failure occurred yesterday on the island of Nias off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. The landslide occurred as a result of heavy rainfall in Moze village in the south of the island.\u00a0 It is thought that 37 houses were buried.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2011\/12\/01\/residents-evacuate-7-bodies-after-landslide-hits-nias-sar.html\">To date seven bodies have been recovered<\/a>, with estimates that up to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartaglobe.com\/news\/five-dead-30-missing-in-indonesia-landslide\/482011\">further 30 people may be missing<\/a>.\u00a0 The image below (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/world\/southeast-asia\/37187-five-dead-30-missing-in-indonesia-landslide-.html\">source<\/a>) suggests that the landslide may have been an earthflow of some type.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3990\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3990\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/12\/01\/landslide-in-indonesia-seven-dead-many-more-reported-missing\/11_12-indonesia-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3990\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/12\/11_12-Indonesia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/12\/11_12-Indonesia-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/12\/11_12-Indonesia-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/world\/southeast-asia\/37187-five-dead-30-missing-in-indonesia-landslide-.html<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A rather less clear image has also been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dayandnightnews.com\/2011\/12\/four-dead-30-missing-in-indonesia-landslide\/\">posted on this website<\/a>, and suggests a quite long runout flow from a residual soil slope:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3991\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3991\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/12\/01\/landslide-in-indonesia-seven-dead-many-more-reported-missing\/11_12-indonesia-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3991\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3991\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/12\/11_12-Indonesia-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.dayandnightnews.com\/2011\/12\/four-dead-30-missing-in-indonesia-landslide\/<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports are emerging of a landslide in Nias, Indonesia.  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