More Movement on La Jolla Landslide
Geologic Hazards
Landslide at Traunsee Lake in Austria
The people living on the eastern bank of the Traunsee (map on following page) in Austria are able to observe geology in motion these days. About one million tons of soil and rock are moving in a slow landslide toward the lake, throwing over trees (picture at left) and threatening to take parts of a village with them. More…
Geologic Hazards
Massive Open Pit Mine Landslide in Turkey
A massive, possibly 50 million cubic meter landslide occurred on Thursday in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey. Not too many details yet, but early reports had 9 miners missing and 1 killed. The landslide occurred in […]
Geologic Hazards
Fatal Landslide Triggered by Hurricane Ida
A portion of the embankment on MS26 in George County Mississippi failed after heavy rains and flooding caused by Hurricane Ida. It created a hole about 20 feet deep and 50 feet across late on […]