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Tumbi Quarry Landslide – PNG

February 2nd, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Landslide Blog has a post with graphics about the Tumbi Quarry landslide that killed dozens of people in Papua New Guinea.

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Photos: Meager Creek Landslide, British Columbia

August 9th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Dave Petley has posted four detailed images with commentary of the Meager Creek Landslide that occurred on Friday in British Columbia, Canada.

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Landslide Blocking the Hunza River

June 1st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

On January 4, 2010 a large landslide completely blocked the Hunza River in Pakistan. A huge lake has a accumulated behind the landslide and it is steadily rising

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Landslide at Nyiragongo Volcano, DR Congo

May 21st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

A landslide on May 16th at Nyiragongo Volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed dozens of people. Dave Petley speculates that it might have been a lahar.

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Landslide Season in Seattle

October 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Department of Planning and Development says that Seattle has about 30 landslides each year and that the landslide season there begins on November 1. This article explores the landslide problem in the city and gives mitigation advice.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/Nmnt4L0_9o4″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Landslide Season in Seattle

October 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Department of Planning and Development says that Seattle has about 30 landslides each year and that the landslide season there begins on November 1. This article explores the landslide problem in the city and gives mitigation advice.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/Nmnt4L0_9o4″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Racehorse Creek Landslide – Washington

September 15th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Bellingham Herald has an interesting article about the Racehorse Creek Landslide that occurred in January, 2009. With a volume of about 500,000 cubic meters, it is a very large landslide. Related: USGS Landslide Fact Sheet.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/lT8TAZyHHm4″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Landslide Image Collection

September 14th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

On the Slide Blog has a small collection of impressive landslide images from India, Colombia, China and Spain. Related: USGS Landslide Fact Sheet.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/0t9kpb1n_pI” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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