A recent Facebook post has highlighted a reasonably large slump landslide in a remote area of Alaska. Satellite images suggest that this occurred in late October or early November 2024. Loyal reader Andrew McNown kindly highlighted a recent Facebook post that provided some images of a landslide that has partially blocked the Lakina River in […]
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The 1 June 2025 landslide at Muta township in Tibet
A 200,000 cubic metre rockslide in a remote area of Tibet on Sunday has left ten people dead or missing. On 1 June 2025 a large rockslide occurred in Muta township in Chamdo (Qamdo) metropolitan area in Tibet. Note that Chinese media sources call this area Xizang Autonomous Region, but it is what most of […]
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The 1 June 2025 landslides at Chaten in Sikkim, India
Nine people have been killed in a series of landslides, triggered by heavy rainfall, that have struck an army camp. At about 7 pm local time on 1st June 2025, a series of landslides struck an army camp at Chaten in the Lachen District of Sikkim in India. It is believed that nine people have […]
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The 30 May 2025 landslide at Gunung Kuda in Cipanas Village, West Java, Indonesia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 30 May 2025, a rock slope major failure occurred at a quarry at Gunung Kuda, which is located on the edge of Cipanas Village in Dukupuntang District, Cirebon Regency, West Java, […]
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The 28 May 2025 catastrophic failure of the Birch Glacier and the partial burial of Blatten
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 course of the last few days, I have been blogging about the evolving situation on the slopes above Blatten in Switzerland. I documented that attention slowly transitioned from worries about […]
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The 28 May 2025 update on the landslide threatening Blatten 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. Over the last 24 hours there have been further developments in the situation on the slopes above Blatten in Switzerland, with attention continuing to focus primarily on the Birch Glacier. Yesterday evening […]
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The 26/27 May 2025 update on the landslide threatening Blatten in Switzerland
Smaller rockfalls have reduced the risk of a major rock slope collapse above Blatten, but attention has shifted to the Birch Glacier, which is now moving at 10 metres per day. The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognised as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Over […]
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The 21 May 2025 quick clay landslide at Sainte Monique in Quebec, Canada
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 21 May 2025, a family lost their home to a quick clay landslide in Sainte Monique, to the northeast of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. Radio-Canada Info has posted to Youtube some […]
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The 21 May 2025 update on the landslide threatening Blatten in Switzerland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognised as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. News this morning from Blatten in Switzerland is that the landslide on Kleiner Nesthorn has continued to develop. Blue News reports that: “The situation in Blatten in the Valais Lötschental remained tense […]
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The incipient major rock slope failure at Blatten 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. In Switzerland, a dramatic rock slope failure is developing above Blatten [46.4128, 7.7987], a village located in Vallais Canton. Blue News is providing regular updates on a dedicated website. The drama started […]