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Google Earth view from November 2022 showing the aftermath of the Cilan Landslide in Taiwan.
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The 16 October 2022 Cilan Landslide in Taiwan

by Dave Petley 20 February 202520 February 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In a paper just published in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Chang et al. (2025) describe the 16 October 2022 Cilan Landslide in Taiwan. The research is fascinating, using […]

Two maps with symbols to indicate seismic events.
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Seismotectonic Update of the Philippines-Taiwan Region

by Atalay Ayele 4 October 20243 October 2024

Using more than two decades of data, scientists find that the Philippine and Taiwan subduction region is controlled mainly by shallow seismicity and low magnitude earthquakes.

Planet Labs image of the landslides on the Shakadang Trail.
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Landslides on the Shakadang Trail, Taroko, Taiwan

by Dave Petley 26 April 202426 April 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It is unsurprising that the news cycle has mostly moved on from the 3 April 2024 Hualien earthquake in Taiwan. On the ground, activity continues to deal with the aftermath of the […]

Landslides in the Central Mountains of Taiwan triggered by the 3 April 2024 Hualien Earthquake.
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Early warning and rockfalls in the 3 April 2024 Mw=7.4 Hualien earthquake

by Dave Petley 10 April 202410 April 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, 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 […]

Satellite image, collected a couple of hours after the 3 April 2024 Taiwan earthquake, showing the main part of Taroko Gorge area. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission.
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Landslides in Taroko Gorge from the 3 April 2024 Taiwan Earthquake

by Dave Petley 4 April 20244 April 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 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 […]

The aftermath of the 3 April 20204 earthquake in Taiwan.
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Initial news about landslides from the 3 April 2024 M=7.2 earthquake in Taiwan

by Dave Petley 3 April 20243 April 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 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, […]

Typhoon Haikui
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Passing through the eye of Typhoon Haikui in Taiwan

by Dave Petley 12 September 202312 September 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Over the last two weeks, I travelled with my daughter Holly through Taiwan on vacation. Loyal readers will know that in the early part of my career I spent some time in […]

Une image sous-marine montre un scientifique plongeur forant dans un grand dôme de corail
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La chimie du corail reflète l’expansion économique d’Asie du Sud-Est

by Rebecca Dzombak 22 August 202322 August 2023

Les sols en érosion en raison du développement économique ont transporté des sédiments en mer de Chine méridionale… et jusque dans le squelette corallien.

Una imagen subacuática que muestra a un científico con traje de buzo sobre un coral extrayendo un núcleo de este.
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La química de los corales refleja la expansión económica del sudeste asiático

by Rebecca Dzombak 14 June 20235 July 2023

La erosión del suelo derivada del desarrollo económico mueve sedimentos hacia el mar del sur de China y también hacia los esqueletos de los corales.

这张水下照片展示了一位正在潜水的科学家在钻探一块巨大的白色珊瑚的顶部。
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珊瑚反映东南亚的经济增长

by Rebecca Dzombak 31 May 20231 June 2023

经济发展造成的土壤侵蚀将沉积物送入南中国海,并进入珊瑚骨架。

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