{"id":41576,"date":"2022-09-08T09:19:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=41576"},"modified":"2022-09-08T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:21:00","slug":"labohan-dagang-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2022\/09\/08\/labohan-dagang-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 September 2022 landslide at a mine at Labohan Dagang in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The 5 September 2022 landslide at a mine at Labohan Dagang in Malaysia<\/h4>\n<p>On 5 September 2022 a significant landslide occurred at an active tin (?) mine in Labohan Dagang, Banting, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?s=malaysia&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0&amp;mswhere=blog\">Malaysia<\/a>.\u00a0 The event was captured on several videos that have been circulating on social media in Malaysia.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WxTLKQlxn1k\">The two major components of these videos can be seen on Youtube<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tanah Runtuh Di Sebuah Kawasan lombong Biji Besi,Banting,Selangor\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WxTLKQlxn1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The first sequence shows drone footage of the initiation of a component of the landslide.\u00a0 The failure is clearly retrogressive, with the collapse being rotational, but quickly fluidising to generate a highly mobile flowslide:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41579\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41579\" class=\" wp-image-41579\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2022\/09\/22_09-Malaysia-1.jpg\" alt=\"Failure of the 5 September 2022 landslide at Labohan Dagang.\" width=\"800\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2022\/09\/22_09-Malaysia-1.jpg 930w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2022\/09\/22_09-Malaysia-1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2022\/09\/22_09-Malaysia-1-768x360.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Failure of the 5 September 2022 landslide at Labohan Dagang. S<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WxTLKQlxn1k\">till from a video posted to Youtube<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The second component seems to show a displacement wave generated by the landslide crossing the base of the pit.\u00a0 The mobility of this flow is exceptionally high.\u00a0 The final part of the video reportedly shows the rescue of an excavator operator who was caught up the landslides.\u00a0 However, most reports indicate that there were no casualties, so I&#8217;m glad to say that it is likely that the individual was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>There is comparatively little online about this incident.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selangorjournal.my\/2022\/09\/landslide-on-mining-land-in-banting-no-casualties-reported-police\/\">The Selangor Journal has a brief article<\/a>, which indicates that the landslide occurred at about 1 pm local time on 5 September 2022.\u00a0 On first inspection from Planet imagery of the area, I suspect that the location is an zone of mine workings at 2.808, 101.578, but this needs to be confirmed.\u00a0 The circumstances of the failure are not at all clear, but some reports indicate that three failures were involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sumberkini.my\/notis-larangan-serta-merta-melombong-di-labohan-dagang-kes-tanah-runtuh-disiasat\/\">A prohibition order has been imposed on the site\u00a0<\/a>in the aftermath of the landslide.<\/p>\n<p>There is some confusion about this event online.\u00a0 Some reports suggest that it occurred on 4 September 2022, whilst others claim the accident occurred in an iron ore mine.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h4>Acknowledgement<\/h4>\n<p>I wish to thank a kind loyal reader and old friend in Malaysia who made me aware of this fascinating event.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 September 2022 a significant landslide occurred at an active tin (?) mine in Labohan Dagang, Banting, Malaysia. 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