Papau New Guinea landside Blog # 6

 

Landsides in Papua New Guinea costs over 400 million dollar in damages annually. A recent landslide in Papua New Guinea killed 10 people, an affected over 1,000 people. One of the largest landsides of  the last during of the last 2 decades happened in Papua New Guinea which killed at last 74 people. Approximately 1.8 cubic kilometers of mountain collapsed, leaving a scar 1600 m high. The debris ran out over a distance of 6.5 km, covering an area of over 11 square kilometers. The estimated velocity is up to 180 km/hour.



Landslides happen in Papua New Guinea often.  It is steep terrain, earthquakes and aftershocks plus recent seasonal rains have created an environment that is prone to collapse. Also in Papua New Guinea there's a lot of water in the soil, which increases during monsoon season. Which causes liquification of the soil which can lead to landslides.

https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2020/03/24/tendepo/

https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2008/04/25/updated-25th-april-the-kaiapit-landslide-papua-new-guinea-1988/

https://theconversation.com/the-science-of-landslides-and-why-theyre-so-devastating-in-png-92933

Comments

  1. Gianne LOctober 11, 2020 at 10:27 PM

    Hello! Thank you for sharing. My country, Denmark, experiences far fewer landslides. So much so that it was hard for me to find information on it. It is devastating to hear at the costly affects landslides have on Papua New Guinea. It really makes me stop and appreciate how lucky I am that I have never had to experience a landslide.

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  2. Ana GGOctober 12, 2020 at 10:46 AM

    Nice research. Any mitigation efforts?

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