The CREATE Resilience project is demonstrating how to engage communities to address natural risks by linking art and science.
Hazards & Disasters
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
Images of the 14 April 2024 Piz Scerscen rock avalanche in Switzerland
Piz Scerscen The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Various images have now emerged of the 5 km long, 14 April 2024 Piz Scerscen rock avalanche in Switzerland. With thanks to Amt für Naturgefahren, Kanton Graubünden, Ch, these three […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
A large rock avalanche on Piz Scerscen in Switzerland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Early in the morning of 14 April 2024, a large rock avalanche occurred on the flanks of Piz Scerscen in the Swiss Alps, close to the border with Italy. Fortunately, the landslide […]
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Fault Maturity or Orientation: Which Matters More for Quakes?
Close examination of a 2021 earthquake on the Tibetan Plateau provides hints that, counter to prior assumptions, the influence of fault orientation can sometimes trump that of maturity.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
Early warning and rockfalls in the 3 April 2024 Mw=7.4 Hualien earthquake
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 […]
Posted inFeatures
¿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.
Posted inNews
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.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
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 […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
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 […]
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
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, […]