Landslides Triggered by the Ms 7.0 Earthquake of 20 April 2013 in Lushan, SW China

Wang, Genlong; Zhang, Maosheng; Peng, Jing; Zhu, Hua

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04996-0_23

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“…Sichuan is an earthquake-prone area, and there have been many strong earthquakes around the site historically. Especially in the western region of the site, the Wenchuan earthquake Ms 8.0 in 2008 and the Lushan earthquake Ms 7.0 in 2013 both occurred near the site [26,27]. The Sichuan-Yunnan Plateau is a transition zone between the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Sichuan Basin (see Figure 7).…”

Section: Seismic Fracture Zonementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Under the pressure of the northward movement of the Indian Plate, it has become one of the most seismically active regions in the world [28]. These earthquakes may reduce the strength of the soil-rocks at the site [27] so that even the latest earthquake (on 29 July 2019) recorded near the site was only 3.3 magnitude in July to August in 2019 and which was 200 km away from the site. The earthquake was also a significant cause of the slide [29][30][31][32].…”

Section: Seismic Fracture Zonementioning

confidence: 99%

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Investigation of Landslides that Occurred in August on the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, Sichuan, China

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This paper reports on a large-scale landslide with a movement of 48 thousand m3 of soil and rock that occurred in Sichuan, China. This catastrophic landslide occurred in Aidai village, Ganluo County, at 12:44 on 14 August 2019, blocking a section of the railway between Lianghong station and Aidai station. This landslide resulted in 12 deaths and five people missing. This report describes the preliminary investigation, the rescue activity, topographic survey and analysis as well as the main predisposing and triggering factors. The combined effects of steep topography, continuous rainstorms, floods eroding the foothills of the mountain and human activity were the main influencing factors that triggered this landslide. To reduce the possibility of casualties resulting from large geological disasters, such as landslides and mudslides, in this region in the future, some recommendations are proposed to systematically reduce potential human casualties and economic losses.

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Section: Seismic Fracture Zonementioning

confidence: 99%