{"id":44135,"date":"2023-07-06T06:23:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=44135"},"modified":"2023-07-06T06:23:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:23:23","slug":"naucalpan-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2023\/07\/06\/naucalpan-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Naucalpan: a large garbage dump landslide in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Naucalpan: a large garbage dump landslide in Mexico<\/h4>\n<p>On 4 July 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2023-07-05\/mexico-landfill-collapse-was-so-massive-that-it-buried-a-crane-and-its-operator\">a large garbage dump landslide occurred in Naucalpan in Mexico<\/a>, burying four people. Three of them were rescued, but at the time of writing one remains missing.<\/p>\n<p>News reports indicate that about 7,000 cubic metres of waste failed in the landslide, which was reportedly caught on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seunonoticias\/status\/1676412839018283008\">a CCTV video that has been posted to Twitter<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Tragedia en el basurero de Santiago Tepatlaxco en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Naucalpan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Naucalpan<\/a>: V\u00edctimas atrapadas bajo toneladas de basura <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zCz7CJtxo\">https:\/\/t.co\/8zCz7CJtxo<\/a> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZ4aRq9H2o\">pic.twitter.com\/sZ4aRq9H2o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; S\u00e9Uno Noticias (@seunonoticias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seunonoticias\/status\/1676412839018283008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>That this video is the event at Naucalpan is currently unverified, but it appears to match to the images posted online.<\/p>\n<p>There are some images of the aftermath online,<a href=\"https:\/\/lopezdoriga.com\/nacional\/explosion-en-tiradero-de-santiago-tepatlaxco-naucalpan-sepulta-a-al-menos-cuatro-personas\/\"> the best of which has been posted to https:\/\/lopezdoriga.com\/<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44140\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44140\" class=\"wp-image-44140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2023\/07\/23_07-Naucalpan-1.jpg\" alt=\"The aftermath of the 5 July 2023 garbage dump landslide in Naucalpan, Mexico.\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2023\/07\/23_07-Naucalpan-1.jpg 1553w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2023\/07\/23_07-Naucalpan-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2023\/07\/23_07-Naucalpan-1-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2023\/07\/23_07-Naucalpan-1-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2023\/07\/23_07-Naucalpan-1-1536x819.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The aftermath of the 4 July 2023 garbage dump landslide in Naucalpan, Mexico. <a href=\"https:\/\/lopezdoriga.com\/nacional\/explosion-en-tiradero-de-santiago-tepatlaxco-naucalpan-sepulta-a-al-menos-cuatro-personas\/\">Image from https:\/\/lopezdoriga.com\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a screenshot from a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lopezdoriga\/status\/1676359364750323712\">video of the aftermath that was posted to Twitter<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Reportan un incidente en la zona ejidal de Puente de Piedra, en la comunidad de Santiago Tepatlaxco, Naucalpan.<\/p>\n<p>Se registr\u00f3 una explosi\u00f3n y un deslizamiento en un tiradero<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fCWkiPKqPm\">https:\/\/t.co\/fCWkiPKqPm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joaqu\u00edn L\u00f3pez-D\u00f3riga (@lopezdoriga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lopezdoriga\/status\/1676359364750323712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the garbage landslide at Naucalpan is unclear, but reports have indicated that the site was poorly regulated at best.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?s=garbage&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0&amp;mswhere=blog\">I have highlighted a number of garbage landslides<\/a>.\u00a0 They are particularly awful events for both the victims and the rescuers, and they cause enormous amounts of environmental damage.<\/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 4 July 2023 a large garbage dump landslide occurred in Naucalpan in Mexico, burying four people.  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