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Google Earth image showing the aftermath of the 17 December 2017 Santa Lucía landslide in Chile.
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The failure mechanism of the 17 December 2017 Santa Lucía landslide in Chile

by Dave Petley 16 September 202416 September 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 17 December 2017, a large landslide was triggered at Santa Lucía in the northern Patagonian Andes of Chile. An initial rock slope failure transitioned into a 12 km long debris flow […]

The 10 September 2024 landslide at Lang Nu in Vietnam.
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The 10 September 2024 landslide at Lang Nu (Nậm Lúc) in Vietnam

by Dave Petley 12 September 202413 March 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As Super Typhoon Yagi roared onshore on 10 September 2024, landslides were triggered across a swathe of Vietnam. The most serious event occurred at Lang Nu (locally written Nậm Lúc), in Lao […]

The Qianjiangping landslide in China.
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Spatiotemporal patterns of non-seismic fatal landslides in China from 2010 to 2022

by Dave Petley 11 September 202411 September 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Long term readers of this blog will know that I have a deep passion for understanding the patterns of fatal landslides in time and space. Some of my own work has focused […]

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The Pissouri landslide in Cyprus

by Dave Petley 10 September 202410 September 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There are two very interesting urban landslides making headlines at the moment. One is the Rancho Palos Verdes landslide in California – there is a well-informed description of this ongoing crisis on […]

The source and upper track of the Pedersen Lagoon landslide.
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The 7 August 2024 Pedersen Lagoon landslide and tsunami

by Dave Petley 22 August 202422 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At about 5 am local time on 7 August 2024, a large landslide occurred on the rock slopes above Pedersen Lagoon in Alaska, triggering a local tsunami. Whilst this major event is […]

Google Earth perspective view of the 20 August 2024 landslide at the Teesta V power house in Sikkim.
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The 20 August 2024 landslide at the Teesta Stage V power house at Baluatar, Sikkim

by Dave Petley 21 August 202421 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 20 August 2024, a landslide occurred on the banks of the Teesta River near to Baluatar in Sikkim, northern India. This large failure was widely captured on mobile phone videos that […]

The Bushy Knoll landslide near to Tiniroto in Gisborne, New Zealand.
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Two large landslides in Gisborne, New Zealand

by Dave Petley 20 August 202420 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The Gisborne area of New Zealand was severely impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023, an event that triggered many thousands of landslides in the area. One effect of such large events […]

Planet Labs image of the source area of the 30 July 2024 landslide at Wayanad in Kerala, India.
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Planet Labs imagery of the 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides in Kerala, India

by Dave Petley 19 August 202419 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Recovery operations continue at the site of the 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides in Kerala, SW India. The official loss of life is 231 people as of 17 August, with reports indicating […]

The aftermath of the 1916 coal waste landslide at Pentre in South Wales.
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The 1916 coal waste landslide at Pentre in South Wales

by Dave Petley 14 August 202414 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Recently, I stumbled across a small gallery of images on the Our Heritage site of Rhondda Cynon Taf that show a major coal waste landslide that struck the South Wales village of […]

The cumulative number of landslides in 2024 (black line), by month, compared with previous years (in grey).
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Fatal landslides to the end of July 2024

by Dave Petley 13 August 202413 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The trend of high rates of occurrence for global fatal landslides in 2024 has continued through July. My provisional data for July 2024 has 95 events occurring worldwide in July, with 1,167 […]

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