Catastrophic landslides post-earthquake Date: August 24, 2015 Source: Geological Society of America Summary: In the last few months, it has once more become clear that large earthquakes can ...

Houses damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake, are seen in Atsuma town in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 6.

ALBAWABA - A series of earthquakes struck Guatemala, leaving two people dead, authorities in the country said on ...

While landslides are often secondary to earthquakes, sometimes the roles can be reversed. In fact, it is possible for a landslide to trigger seismic activity, too.

A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 ...

For example, the catastrophic 2008 Wenchaun earthquake in China triggered more than 60,000 landslides, which killed at least 20,000 people and accounted for nearly a third of the earthquake’s ...

According to a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers believe that a landslide in Greenland caused the earthquake. More specifically, the landslide caused water to slosh from side ...

The Xishancun landslide is approximately 50 km away from the epicenter of the 2008 M S 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake. The deformation of the landslide further escalated after the earthquake, which ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A large earthquake on Mount Hood several hundred years ago may have triggered a massive landslide in the Columbia River Gorge that temporarily dammed the Columbia River and ...