{"id":6909,"date":"2013-09-20T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=6909"},"modified":"2013-09-20T07:42:12","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T07:42:12","slug":"first-images-of-the-la-pintada-landslide-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/09\/20\/first-images-of-the-la-pintada-landslide-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"First images of the La Pintada landslide in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, images have started to emerge of the La Pintada landslide in Mexico, which is now believed to have killed 68 people earlier this week.\u00a0 A good overview image that I have found is this one from AFP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This does confirm the location that I identified yesterday:<\/p>\n

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I have tried to reconstruct the viewpoint of the above photo in Google Earth:<\/p>\n

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It is clear from this image that the main part of the landslide has gone right through the middle of the town.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the website http:\/\/www.novedadesacapulco.m<\/a>x\/ has this excellent image of the landslide:<\/p>\n

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The landslide source appears to be quite a large, comparatively deep-seated translational landslide in deeply weathered soil, which has then entrained debris to become a large flow.\u00a0\u00a0 There is no sign of any geological structure in the source area, but at the toe of the source it appears to have over-ridden a topographical bench that is probably structurally-controlled.\u00a0 The same site has this more detailed view of the head scarp of the landslide, which is surprisingly deep:<\/p>\n

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The Mexican website (in Spanish) eleconomista.co.mx<\/a> has this rather low resolution image of the aftermath in the town at the toe of the landslide:<\/p>\n

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Again, I have tried to reconstruct that view in Google Earth:<\/p>\n

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There is a large number of buildings beneath the debris; the likelihood of there being any survivors of the landslide seems to be very low.<\/p>\n

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