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
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
A new NASA project improves landslide inventories with data from the public.
Published Jul 11, 2019
For the first time, scientists can examine rain–induced landslide threats anywhere around the world every 30 minutes.
Published Apr 18, 2018
Through the study of an unusual, long-lasting slide, has developed a new technique to make prediction easier and more accurate.
Published Jun 5, 2020
More than a million tons of rocks and dirt covered the road.
Published May 24, 2017
Heavy rainfall from tropical storm Komen triggered a large landslide in Myanmar (Burma).
Published Nov 8, 2015
New open-source software called SLIP-DRIP uses satellite images and rainfall data to help identify otherwise overlooked landslides.
Published Jul 8, 2016
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
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
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 from an earthquake-induced landslide has dammed a river in Nepal.
Published May 7, 2015
A combination of seismographic data and satellite imagery is making it easier for scientists to locate elusive landslides. In summer 2013, Landsat 8 helped pinpoint a slide in eastern Alaska.
Published Aug 30, 2013
