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Earthquake-triggered ground-failure, such as landsliding and liquefaction, can contribute significantly to losses, but our current ability to accurately include them in earthquake hazard analyses is limited.
Global Earthquake-Triggered Ground Failure Inventory Database
Earthquake-triggered ground-failure, such as landsliding and liquefaction, can contribute significantly to losses, but our current ability to accurately include them in earthquake hazard analyses is limited.
Although they are relatively uncommon, large catastrophic landslides move rapidly destroying everything in their paths. Such landslides are difficult to predict as shown by the following examples.
Although they are relatively uncommon, large catastrophic landslides move rapidly destroying everything in their paths. Such landslides are difficult to predict as shown by the following examples.