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Google Earth view of the site at Lajia in Gansu Province.
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The destruction of the Bronze Age settlement of Lajia in China

by Dave Petley 23 May 202423 May 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Yesterday, I posted about a new paper (Shi et al. 2024) that describes the liquefaction landslide damage caused to villages in Gansu Province, triggered by the  18 December 2023 Ms=6.2 Jishishan earthquake. The paper is […]

The earthquake ripple hazard area in Jintian and Caotan Villages in Zhongchuan Township, Minhe County, Qinghai Province in China, based on remote sensing imagery and on-site photographs.
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The Jishishan earthquake ripple hazard

by Dave Petley 22 May 202422 May 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A very interesting paper (Shi et al. 2024) has just been published, open access, in the journal Scientific Reports, describing an “earthquake ripple hazard”, a terminology that I have not come across […]

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Landslides in Art Part 35 – Landslide in Front of the Hodogaya Tunnel on the Tōkaidō (1924) by Oda Kanchō

by Dave Petley 3 May 20243 May 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It is over three years since I last posted in my series on Landslides in Art – an unintended gap. For those who are interested, previous editions can be found on the […]

The site of the 1 May 2024 landslide at Meilong in China.
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The 1 May 2024 Meilong Expressway landslide in China

by Dave Petley 2 May 20242 May 2024

36 people were killed when a fill slope failed at 2:10 am, leaving cars to plunge into the landslide scar. The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Those readers who follow me on Twitter (@davepetley) will have seen posts […]

Planet Labs image of the landslides on the Shakadang Trail.
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Landslides on the Shakadang Trail, Taroko, Taiwan

by Dave Petley 26 April 202426 April 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It is unsurprising that the news cycle has mostly moved on from the 3 April 2024 Hualien earthquake in Taiwan. On the ground, activity continues to deal with the aftermath of the […]

Landslides triggered by the heavy rainfall at Jiangwan in southern China
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Landslides associated with the extreme rainfall in Jiangwan, Guangdong, China

by Dave Petley 23 April 202423 April 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It is widely reported that the Chinese province of Guangdong is suffering a period of extreme rainfall, driving widespread flooding. Thousands of people have been evacuated and there is widespread damage. Less […]

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