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The fatal rock topple at Canyon de Furnas in Brazil. Still from a Youtube video.
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The causes of the 8 January 2022 fatal rock topple at Furnas Reservoir in Brazil

by Dave Petley 13 June 202413 June 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 8 January 2022, a large rock topple occurred on the banks of the Furnas Reservoir in Brazil. This event, which I wrote about at the time, was captured on a series […]

Google Earth image from 2010 showing the site of the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea.
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Reflections on the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea

by Dave Petley 12 June 202412 June 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 great deal has been written about the 24 May 2024 Kaokalam landslide in Papua New Guinea, although there remains considerable uncertainty too. For example, estimates of the loss of life continue […]

Wyoming Department of Transport image of the site of the 6 to 8 June 2024 landslide on Teton Pass in Wyoming, USA.
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The 6-8 June 2024 landslide at Teton Pass in Wyoming, USA

by Dave Petley 11 June 202411 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Between 6 and 8 June 2024, a landslide destroyed a section of State Highway 22 along the Teton Pass in Wyoming. No lives were lost in this major landslide, although a motorcyclist […]

Ongoing landslides in 2024 in Northern India, courtesy of the wonderful Save the Hills blog.
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Global fatal landslides in 2024 – the situation at the end of May

by Dave Petley 7 June 20247 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. I thought it would be useful to provide an update on the pattern of fatal landslides in 2024 to the end of May. Clearly, in the aftermath of the terrible 24 May […]

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Detecting landslides using seismic data in Switzerland

by Dave Petley 5 June 20245 June 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 has been a very interesting development in the detection of landslides using seismic data. The Swiss Seismological Service (SED), which has a very high quality network that monitors seismic events across […]

The 11 May 2024 tailings landslide at Siana gold mine in the Philippines.
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New satellite imagery of the 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

by Dave Petley 4 June 20244 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Just under a month ago, I wrote about the tailings failure at the Siana gold mine in Surigao del Norte, Philippines. Capella Space captured good radar imagery of the site. We now […]

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The 24 May 2024 landslide at Kaokalam in Enga province, Papua New Guinea

by Dave Petley 24 May 202424 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. At about 3 am on 24 May 2024, a large landslide occurred at Kaokalam, in the Muritaka area of Enga province in Papua New Guinea. The exact location of this event is […]

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 […]

A magnified radar satellite image of the 11 May 2024 tailings landslide at Siana in the Philippines.
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Satellite images of the 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

by Dave Petley 16 May 202416 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. Satellite imagery has now become available of the tailings landslide that affected the Siana gold mine in the Philippines on 11 May 2024. An interesting image has been captured by Capella Space, […]

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