{"id":4847,"date":"2012-06-11T11:55:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T11:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=4847"},"modified":"2012-06-11T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T11:55:38","slug":"a-possible-earthquake-triggered-landslide-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/06\/11\/a-possible-earthquake-triggered-landslide-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"A possible earthquake triggered landslide in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning there were two small earthquakes in Afghanistan.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/map\/\">According to the USGS<\/a>, the first was M=5.4 at 49 km depth, and the second was M=5.7 at 33 km.\u00a0 That puts the epicentres on the edge of the Hindu Kush mountains as shown in the Google Earth images below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/06\/11\/a-possible-earthquake-triggered-landslide-in-afghanistan\/12_06-afghan-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4848\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4848\" title=\"12_06 Afghan 1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2012\/06\/12_06-Afghan-1-e1339415077539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/06\/11\/a-possible-earthquake-triggered-landslide-in-afghanistan\/12_06-afghan-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4849\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4849\" title=\"12_06 Afghan 2\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2012\/06\/12_06-Afghan-2-e1339415131866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a>Neither of these events would normally be expected to cause substantial damage, given their size and depth, but Afghanistan is desperately poor and highly vulnerable to the effects of earthquakes.\u00a0 In addition, the landscape is landslide-prone during seismic events.\u00a0 So, reports that there may have been an earthquake triggered landslide with multiple casualties are not that surprising.\u00a0 As I type (in a slightly jetlagged state having just got off my plane from Canada), most reports seem to indicate that a landslide occurred in the Saya Zara area.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-18394720\">This BBC report<\/a> is typical, indicating that the landslide buried about 20 houses, and that there have been casualties.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/world\/asia\/7082209\/Afghanistan-landslide-traps-70\">Other reports provide more detail<\/a>, indicating that the affected area was the village of\u00a0Dara Azara, and that about 70 people have been buried.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly at the moment details are somewhat sketchy, but should become clearer in the next few hours.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis 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