{"id":41091,"date":"2022-06-08T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T06:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=41091"},"modified":"2022-06-08T06:52:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T06:52:35","slug":"san-carlos-de-bariloche-a-deadly-slope-failure-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2022\/06\/08\/san-carlos-de-bariloche-a-deadly-slope-failure-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"San Carlos de Bariloche: a deadly slope failure in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Carlos de Bariloche: a deadly slope failure in Argentina<\/h4>\n

On Monday 6 June 2022 a slope failure struck a hotel located close to the town of San Carlos de Bariloche<\/a> in Argentina<\/a>, killing at least one person.\u00a0 According to reports, the slope impacted on the rear of Hotel Villa Huinid, killing a 78-year-old tourist, injuring three other people and leaving two missing.\u00a0 The person who lost his life, and the two that are missing, were reportedly in rooms at the rear of the hotel.\u00a0 There is good drone footage of the site, and some images of the aftermath, on Youtube.<\/a><\/p>\n

The best image that I have found of the site has been posted by Rio Negro<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

\"The

The aftermath of the landslide at Hotel Villa Huinid near to San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina. Image by Marcelo Martinez via Rio Hegro.<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

The same source has also posted a view of the landslide crown:-<\/p>\n

\"The

The crown of the landslide at Hotel Villa Huinid near to San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina. Image by Marcelo Martinez via Rio Hegro.<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

In the second image note the wall of gabian baskets on the left side, and also on the right side of the landslide crown.\u00a0 On first inspection the material looks like fill<\/a>, although this needs confirmation.\u00a0 The site is located at -41.133, -71.341, for which there is a really good archive of images on Google Earth.\u00a0 The image below, from 2019, appears to show significant works being undertaken on the slope:-<\/p>\n

\"Google

Google Earth image from November 2019 showing the site of the landslide at t Hotel Villa Huinid near to San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina. It appears that works were underway on the slope.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

My initial and of course speculative interpretation is that a new platform was constructed to allow a new building to be built.\u00a0 It appears to be the edge of this platform that has failed.\u00a0 It is intriguing to note that it appears that there might have been some construction occurring at the time of the landslide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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