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Pittsburgh Area Has 49 Active Landslides

May 21, 2008 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Pittsburgh Area Has 49 Active Landslides

 

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For those of you following the landslide in residential La Jolla California known as the Soledad Mountain Road landslide, it made the news again a couple days ago when a section of the slide re-activated and slid 10-ft down the hill. Doesn’t sound like too big of a deal to me, no additional houses damaged. I’m curious how it related to the shear pins they installed a couple of months ago.

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