The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 13:12 local time on 22 February 2023, a large landslide occurred at the Xinjing open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia. The failure killed 53 people and injured a further 6 individuals. […]
Hazards & Disasters
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An Atmospheric Pattern Over the Pacific Influences Western U.S. Wildfire Risk
The West Pacific pattern correlates with high pressure, increased temperature, decreased precipitation, and higher burned area during autumn in the western United States.
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Checking in on three earlier fatal landslides
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. My regular scans of reports of landslides around the world has highlighted interesting updates on three events of the last year or so. The 14 December 2024 Lions Bay Landslide The Vancouver […]
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Landslide risk in La Paz, Bolivia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. AFP has posted a very good overview of the hazards posed by landslides in the capital city of Bolivia, La Paz (unfortunately it cannot be embedded). Located at a high elevation, characterised […]
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The looming threat of landslides in the wildfire damaged areas of Los Angeles County
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As Los Angeles recovers from the dreadful wildfires that have destroyed parts of the county, awareness is growing of the potential threat from landslides. The touchstone for these concerns was an interesting […]
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Slow But Powerful Fault Slip Can Simply Arise from Fluid Flow
Cyclic changes of fluid pressure in fault zones can induce slow-slip events that advance in the direction of fluid flow, even when the faults are stable.
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The 14 January 2025 landslide at McCrae in Victoria, Australia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. News outlets in Australia have extensive coverage of a landslide that occurred on 14 January 2025 on Penny Lane in McCrae, Australia. The landslide destroyed totally a large house. A employee of […]
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Another tailings landslide in Hpakant, Myanmar
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme of this blog over the years. This is a mining area on an epic scale, but it […]
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The 16 July 2024 Shirur landslide in India
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 16 July 2024, the Shirur landslide occurred in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India. The failure left eight people dead or missing, and disrupted a major road (National Highway 66). A useful […]
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Landslides from the 17 December 2024 Mw=7.3 Port Vila earthquake in Vanuatu
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In terms of “natural” disasters, attention is currently focused on events in Los Angeles, which will in due course may have substantial implications for landslides. A large atmospheric river event in the […]