Fresh, light-colored debris filled the channel of Nepal’s Seti River after a catastrophic flood and debris flow on May 5, 2012.
Published May 29, 2012
On March 22, 2014, a rainfall-triggered landslide near Oso, Washington, sent muddy debris spilling across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River.
Published Mar 27, 2014
Debris from an earthquake-induced landslide has dammed a river in Nepal.
Published May 7, 2015
On July 2, 2010, a landslide-dammed lake in Pakistan appeared to have overtopped the dam, and water was streaming out through a man-made spillway.
Published Jul 2, 2010
Acquired September 7, 2010, this natural-color image shows the Zhouqu landslide remaining visible on the landscape weeks after its occurrence.
Published Sep 13, 2010
Debris spread more than 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the source to the toe of the landslide.
Published May 22, 2017
In Peru, a landslide damaged farmland and stopped the flow of an important local river.
Published Jul 3, 2020
As water backed up behind a landslide on the Tsarap River, authorities grew concerned about flash floods.
Published Jan 27, 2015
A pale tan scar in this natural-color image from March 14, 2010, marks the location of a landslide outside the southern Italian town of Maierato.
Published Mar 17, 2010
The deadliest landslide Nepal has seen in a decade went on to produce a hazardous barrier lake.
Published Sep 23, 2014
On June 5, 2009, a mountainside collapsed in the Chingqing region of southern China, burying dozens of people. The landslide remained visible in satellite imagery nearly two weeks later.
Published Jun 19, 2009
Acquired on May 2, 2010, this false-color image shows a growing landslide lake in the Hunza Valley of Northern Pakistan. A white outline shows the landslide lake’s extent in mid-March 2010.
Published May 11, 2010
Twenty months after a slurry of debris swamped villages and killed dozens of people, scientists have pieced together the events that caused the deadly flood.
Published Jan 24, 2014
The powerful earthquake in Nepal triggered a destructive landslide that completely buried a village.
Published May 5, 2015
Acquired on August 3, 2011, this natural-color image shows the spillway relieving pressure on the lake created by a January 2010 landslide in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan.
Published Sep 4, 2011
A new NASA project improves landslide inventories with data from the public.
Published Jul 11, 2019
Acquired March 16,2010, this true-color image shows a lake created by a landslide in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan. The landslide appears near the upper left corner, and a submerged bridge appears near the lower right corner.
Published Mar 18, 2010
On January 4, 2009, a mountainside in northern Guatemala suddenly collapsed, sending thousands of tons of rock and debris downhill and burying a nearby road. The event occurred in the state of Alta Verapaz, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Guatemala’s capital city.
Published Jan 15, 2009
