Earthquake Landslides

Earthquake-triggered landslides turn shaking, steep slopes, fractured rock, saturated soil, roads, rivers and aftershocks into a ground-failure hazard that can cut off communities after the shaking stops.

1. Frame 1Indonesia quake turns steep wet slopes into landslide risk for residents, roads, rescue crews.
2. Frame 2A slope fails when shaking and rain push soil past its strength threshold.
3. Frame 3Hazard teams map the data path: shaking intensity, slope angle, soil, water, exposed roads.
4. Frame 4Slides can cut roads, bury homes, block rivers and build unstable landslide dams.
5. Frame 5Liquefaction routes saturated ground into a flow when shaking lowers soil strength.
6. Frame 6Aftershocks, rainfall, satellite scars, blocked valleys, road closures and alerts become watch signals.