Landslides can wipe out entire communities and homes. Now, new research from University of Washington is tracking the underlying causes to large landslides. Scientists studied how earthquakes can ...

These landslides caused warm, shallow water to become denser and flow downhill along the Cascadia margin following the 8.6-magnitude Indian Ocean earthquake on April 11, 2012, causing the ...

When earthquakes cause landslides, they are usually 4.0 in magnitude or higher. Volcanic eruptions can create earthquakes and landslides, too.

Landslides, a natural geological hazard worldwide, cause serious human and economic losses every year. Between 1998-2017, landslides affected an estimated 4.8 million people worldwide and cause ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...

A: Landslides can happen for a variety of reasons. Everything from heavy rains to volcanic activity and even human activities like mining operations can cause hillsides and mountain slopes to collapse ...

Hurricane-Caused Landslides May Trigger Earthquakes, Study Suggests. News. By Stephanie Pappas published 8 December 2011 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The idea was to see if an earthquake there could cause enough shaking at the Bonneville site to trigger the landslide. Grant ran about 10 simulations that modeled earthquakes happening on the ...

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks near Guatemala City led to landslides that were reported to have killed at ...