{"id":7058,"date":"2013-10-16T07:35:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T07:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2013-10-16T07:35:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T07:35:27","slug":"wipha-typhoon-bohol-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/10\/16\/wipha-typhoon-bohol-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial news of landslides from the earthquake in the Philippines yesterday and Typhoon Wipha in Japan today"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>1. The M=7.1 earthquake on Bohol Island in the Philippines<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/usb000kdb4#summary\">Yesterday&#8217;s earthquake in the Philippines<\/a> is now known to have killed at least 107 people.\u00a0 Over the next few days, the Philippines disaster management agency, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndrrmc.gov.ph\/\">NDRRMC<\/a>, will release a series of very informative reports about the costs of this event, and the casualties, but at this stage information remains quite sketchy.\u00a0 However, this is most definitely landslide country, so it is likely that there will be at least some losses from this cause.\u00a0 At the moment, the best information I can find is on the <a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake-report.com\/2013\/10\/15\/very-strong-earthquake-mindanao-philippines-on-october-15-2013\/\">Earthquake-Report website<\/a>, which provides some images of landslides. \u00a0 A part of the area affected is the rather unusual &#8220;Chocolate Hills&#8221;, which look like this (<a href=\"http:\/\/jrosenberry1.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/chocolate-hills-bohol-philippines-wikipedia.jpg\">image from here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7059\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Cohol-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7059\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7059\" alt=\"Chocolate Hills\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Cohol-1-e1381907077775.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/jrosenberry1.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/chocolate-hills-bohol-philippines-wikipedia.jpg<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">..<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake-report.com\/2013\/10\/15\/very-strong-earthquake-mindanao-philippines-on-october-15-2013\/\">Earthquake-report blog<\/a> has these images of a part of this area, suggesting that there has been some landslide damage:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7060\" style=\"width: 481px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7060\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7060\" alt=\"Chocolate Hills after earthquake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-1.jpg\" width=\"471\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-1.jpg 471w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of @docjolt and Earthquake-report.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>These are classic earthquake-induced landslides &#8211; shallow failures eminating from the top of the slope.\u00a0 However, a close up of one of these hills suggests a very interesting failure mode:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7061\" style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7061\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7061\" alt=\"Chocolate hills localised collapse\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-2.jpg\" width=\"419\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-2.jpg 419w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Bohol-2-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Earthquake-report.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In terms of losses, <a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake-report.com\/2013\/10\/15\/very-strong-earthquake-mindanao-philippines-on-october-15-2013\/\">Earthquake-report.com<\/a> are reporting the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The highway in Cortes particularly in Lilo-an was rendered impassable due to a landslide. A part of Cortes\u2019 highway was also damaged.<\/li>\n<li>Many &#8230; deaths have occurred in a collapsed hospital (Congressman Castillo Memorial Hospital at the Loon municipality on Bohol, and due to landslides.<\/li>\n<li>In Balilihan, the Bohol Mayor, Dominisio Chatto has confirmed that 5 people died from a landslide due to the earthquake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>2. Typhoon Wipha in Japan<\/h5>\n<p>Meanwhile, earlier today Typhoon Wipha swept across Japan, bringing quite exceptional levels of rainfall (some areas are reported to have received over 800 mm).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/the-japan-news.com\/news\/article\/0000727274\">Current reports<\/a> suggest that at least 14 people have been killed and a further 50 people may be missing, although these numbers will change during the day.\u00a0 Most of the deaths are reported to be the result of landslides, primarily on the island of Izu Oshima.\u00a0 Again, information is sketchy at the moment about this event.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/the-japan-news.com\/news\/article\/0000727274\">The Japan News<\/a> suggests that the number missing is 43.\u00a0 There is little doubt that much of the loss has been caused by landslides- this image (<a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/typhoon-japan-fukushima-leaks-219\/\">from RT<\/a>) very clearly shows a landslide event:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7062\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7062\" alt=\"Wipha landslide\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-1.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-1.jpg 690w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/typhoon-japan-fukushima-leaks-219\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>Some if the things reported as landslides appear to be very complex events that are rather hard to interpret at this stage due to the very large ampunt of wood present, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/world\/article\/7-dead-more-missing-as-typhoon-lashes-Tokyo-area-4899048.php\">such as this one<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7063\" style=\"width: 623px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7063\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7063\" alt=\"Wipha mudslide\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-2.jpg\" width=\"613\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-2.jpg 613w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/10\/13_10-Wipha-2-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/world\/article\/7-dead-more-missing-as-typhoon-lashes-Tokyo-area-4899048.php<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We will have to wait for a few more hours to know the true story on these events, but landslides appear to have played a key role in both cases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Both the earthquake in Bohol in the Philippines yesterday and typhoon Wipha in Japan appear to have caused high levels of loss from landslides<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt 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