Images

USGS scientists collaborate with Sri Lankan scientists from the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) on the installation of rainfall and soil moisture instrumentation on an active landslide in southwest Sri Lanka. The station provides real-time data including rainfall and soil moisture content of an active landslide.

Landslide caused by intense rainfall in June 2019 in Powell County, KY. The landslide completely destroyed the first floor and all that remains in is the second floor of the home, displayed in this image. 

A debris flow in Marin County triggered by intense rainfall destroyed several homes and injured one person during February 2019.  View is looking from the top of the landslide downslope.

Heavy rainfall reactivated the 9 acre Howard Gap Landslide in February 2019, severely damaging a highway in Polk County, NC. This image only shows a small portion of a much larger landslide.

Landslide near Potter Hill, Anchorage, Alaska, after 2018 Anchorage earthquake.

A landslide caused by intense rainfall from Hurricane Maria in September 2017 in Puerto Rico hit this home, killing three people. 

Cracks in a hillslope caused by slow landslide movement in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

Damage from a major post-wildfire landslide that occurred on 9 January 2018 near Montecito, Santa Barbara County as a result of the 2017 Thomas Fire.

USGS geologists deployed to Santa Barbara County to support a geohazard assessment of the Montecito area

The Dec. 4, 2017 Thomas fire, Southern California's largest wildfire on record, burned more than 280,000 acres across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties for nearly a month.

Geologists assess boulders displaced during the Montecito debris flow event on Jan. 9, 2018.  

Swimming pool sign spray-painted to warn first responders and others to be careful around the potentially dangerous area. 

Excerpt of satellite image showing landslide impacts to roads, agriculture, and a reservoir in the Lares Municipality. Points identify the approximate location of roads visibly impacted by landslides. Image filename contains approximate latitude and longitude of this impact location.

Building damage caused by a slow landslide in Boyd County, Kentucky, 2017 

Numerous debris flows caused by intense rainfall from Hurricane Maria in September 2017 in Puerto Rico. Trees are bare due to the hurricane force winds that stripped the leaves. 

USGS air photo of the Mud Creek landslide, taken on May 27, 2017

Shallow landslides damaged homes and closed many roads in the San Francisco East Bay region as a result of storms in January and February, 2017.

Landslide caused by intense rainfall in February 2017 in King County, WA. The rapid landslide destroyed a garage and a large propane tank. 

Photograph showing Papatea Fault surface rupture near Waipapa Bay in New Zealand. The fault moved about 10 m horizontally and uplifted shoreline platform about 2 m at this location.

Photograph showing landslides covering State Route 1 near Ohau Point. The route was impacted my several landslides and is the main north-south highway on the eastern part of the South Island of New Zealand.

Photograph showing a landslide-dammed lake in the headwaters of the Hapuku River in the Seaward Kaikoura mountain range in New Zealand.