The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Yesterday, very interesting dashcam footage emerged of rockfalls triggered by the 3 April 2024 Mw=7.4 Hualien earthquake. The footage is dramatic in itself, but also serves to highlight the value of earthquake […]
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¿Qué tan peligroso es el volcán Popocatépetl? Depende a quién le preguntes
El estratovolcán en el centro de México presenta un interesante caso de estudio sobre la percepción del riesgo, la comunicación de la ciencia y la preparación en torno a los peligros naturales.
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Earthquakes Can Trigger Megathrust Slip in Cascadia
A 2022 earthquake in Northern California may have triggered slow slip in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, according to a new study.
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The 6 April 2024 valley-blocking landslide at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 7 April 2024, a major valley-blocking landslide was triggered by blasting in a quarry at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is a report about this event in the […]
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Landslides in Taroko Gorge from the 3 April 2024 Taiwan Earthquake
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A day after the Mw=7.4 Taiwan Earthquake, it is increasingly clear that the major impacts from the event, and its aftershocks, have resulted from landslides rather than building collapses. This is a […]
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Initial news about landslides from the 3 April 2024 M=7.2 earthquake in Taiwan
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 07:58 local time on 2 April 2024 an earthquake struck the central East Coast of Taiwan, close to the city of Hualien. Initial reports from the Central Weather Administration Seismological Center, […]
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Forecasting Earthquake Ruptures from Slow Slip Evolution
A new generation of physics-based models that integrate temporal slip evolution over decades to seconds opens new possibilities for understanding how large subduction zone earthquakes occur.
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The causes of the 23 September 2023 landslide at Stenungsund in Sweden
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Late last week, the prosecutor investigating the 23 September 2023 landslide at Stenungsund in Sweden held a press conference to provide an update on his investigations into the accident. Loyal readers will […]
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American Samoa’s Sinking Land Speeds Up Sea Level Rise
A new interactive tool is helping residents understand how their lands and homes are at risk.
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The Baildon landslide in West Yorkshire
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 5 February 2024, a railway cutting failed on the edge of Baildon in West Yorkshire, England. As a consequence, the railway line, an important route linking towns across the region, was […]