{"id":43529,"date":"2023-04-27T05:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=43529"},"modified":"2023-04-27T05:41:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T05:41:47","slug":"bukit-tunku-landslide-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2023\/04\/27\/bukit-tunku-landslide-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The 25 April 2023 landslide Bukit Tunku in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 25 April 2023 landslide Bukit Tunku in Malaysia<\/strong><\/h4>\n

On 25 April 2023 a landslide occurred at the site of the \u00a0Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy (MACA) \u00a0at Persiaran Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, in Bukit Tunku, a part of Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia.\u00a0 JBPM (the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia) has posted a gallery of image of the aftermath of this landslide onto their Facebook page<\/a>, which includes these two images of the failure:-<\/p>\n

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The 25 April 2023 landslide at Bukit Tungu in Malaysia. Image posted to the JBPM Facebook site<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The 25 April 2023 landslide at Bukit Tungu in Malaysia. Image posted to the JBPM Facebook site<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fortunately there was no loss of life, although a security post was destroyed.\u00a0 I think the location of this landslide is [3.1677, 101.6722].\u00a0 The Google Earth image below, which shows the site, displays no evidence of distress in the structures and roads:-<\/p>\n

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Google Earth image of the site of the 25 April 2023 landslide at Bukit Tungu in Malaysia.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Slopes Division of the Public Works Division (JKR) is investigating the landslide.\u00a0 The Malay Mail reports that<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Public Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said based on preliminary investigations by the Public Works Department (JKR) slope department, a leak in the underground water pipe most likely caused the landslide.”<\/em><\/p>\n

However, there is also a suggestion that pooled water following recent heavy rainfall may have played a role<\/a>.\u00a0 The site has now been covered in tarpaulins to prevent water ingress during further heavy rainfall, and piling is underway to stabilise the site<\/a> – presumably to prevent expansion of the landslide area.<\/p>\n

Once again, this landslide has led to calls for greater capacity in Malaysia to deal with landslides, most notably in the Kuala Lumpur area<\/a>.\u00a0 There is considerable expertise in slope management and engineering in Malaysia, but the observation that the risk is high is well made. This event highlights the critical importance of the management of drainage systems on slopes, especially when the materials are weak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 25 April 2023 landslide at Bukit Tunku in Malaysia, which appears to have been triggered by a leaking pipe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":43534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30744,469,959,244,314],"class_list":["post-43529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landslide-report","tag-drainage","tag-featured","tag-landslide-report","tag-malaysia","tag-se-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}