{"id":5764,"date":"2013-01-14T17:17:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T17:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=5764"},"modified":"2013-01-15T18:04:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T18:04:47","slug":"the-yunnan-landslide-and-its-relationship-to-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/01\/14\/the-yunnan-landslide-and-its-relationship-to-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yunnan landslide and its relationship to earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final count of lives lost in the landslide in Yunnan Province in China last week is 46 people, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/china\/2013-01\/12\/c_132098172.htm\">of whom 17 were reported to be children<\/a>.\u00a0 All of the bodies have been recovered &#8211; which given the size of the landslide is a remarkable achievement &#8211; but in China there is some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/china\/2013-01\/14\/content_27679012.htm\">controversy about the decision to cremate the remains without the permission of the relatives<\/a>.\u00a0 It is not clear why this decision was taken, which does not accord with the religious traditions of the community affected.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is more information about the landslide in an article in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/755595.shtml\">Global Times<\/a>.\u00a0 This reports that the landslide was 120 meters long, 110 meters wide and 16 meters deep, which seems surprising given the<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/01\/11\/at-least-18-killed-in-a-landslide-in-china\/\"> images that first appeared in the aftermath of the landslide<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/01\/14\/the-yunnan-landslide-and-its-relationship-to-earthquakes\/13_01-china-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5765\" title=\"13_01 China 1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/01\/13_01-China-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/01\/13_01-China-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/01\/13_01-China-11-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The landslide occurred in an area with coal mines, but the report rules out a link between the failure and these activities, instead drawing attention to the effects of both bad weather and the legacy of the M=5.6 and M=5.3 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Yunnan_earthquakes\">Yiliang County earthquakes on 7th September 2012<\/a>.\u00a0 The link with the earthquakes not unreasonable at first inspection, and once again emphasizes the importance of the post-earthquake legacy of landslides, but the timing seems quite strange to me.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.chinadaily.com.cn\/epaper\/2013-01\/14\/content_16113925.htm\">China Today<\/a> is reporting that the 629 inhabitants of Gaopo Village will now be relocated.\u00a0 Even before the earthquake the area appears to have been under threat from landslides &#8211; the<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.chinadaily.com.cn\/epaper\/2013-01\/14\/content_16113925.htm\"> China Today article <\/a>notes that there is a sign in the undamaged school that reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Try to run and avoid the area if a landslide occurs,&#8221; reads a faded safety message printed on an outdoor blackboard at the Gaopo Middle School.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course knowing where to run is critical &#8211; trying to outrun a fast-moving landslide is unlikely to be successful.\u00a0 In general, instructing people to run away is not on the ideal list of landslide risk reduction approaches.<\/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>46 people are now known to have died in the Gaopo Village landslide in China last week.  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