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<blockquote data-quote="TnWatchdog" data-source="post: 57871" data-attributes="member: 3077"><p><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/dD1Pt02wsk4MU2rzTtmNa-rn6iPCZeESvSJLkDBBXw-aG0TcY6j9VvAXgCEiSl0jtcxvA1CIDfplhtmdcDCCaC2xJYutG6tF/12_08Fatalitiesmapjpege1345049230811.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/dD1Pt02wsk4MU2rzTtmNa-rn6iPCZeESvSJLkDBBXw-aG0TcY6j9VvAXgCEiSl0jtcxvA1CIDfplhtmdcDCCaC2xJYutG6tF/12_08Fatalitiesmapjpege1345049230811.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>The global hotspots that emerge for landslides are as follows:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>Along the southern edge of the Himalayan Arc</strong></u></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>Along the coast of southwest India and in Sri Lanka</strong></u></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>Along the southern and eastern coastal regions of China, extending inland ~100 km</strong></u></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>In central China, most notably in the mountains surrounding the Sichuan Basin</strong></u></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>In the mountain chains along the western edge of the Philippine Sea plate</strong></u></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>In the central Caribbean islands</strong></u></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>In a chain that follows the mountains of Central America and South America from Mexico in the north to northern Chile in the south</strong></u></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><strong>In Indonesia, most notably in and around the island of Java</strong></u></li> </ul><p>Not in the paper, but I have determined the number of landslides occurring in each of the key landslide countries worldwide. Remember that this data is for non-seismic landslides, and that it covers the period 2004-2010 inclusive</p><p><span style="color: #ffff00">Note: Please check the source, below, for data on landslides and deaths from landslides as the figures didn't copy correctly on this post.</span></p><p>Global loss of life from landslides is poorly quantified. A global data set of fatalities from nonseismically triggered landslides that resulted in loss of life between A.D. 2004 and 2010 permits for the first time proper quantification of impacts and spatial distributions. In total, 2620 fatal landslides were recorded worldwide during the 7 yr period of the study, causing a total of 32,322 recorded fatalities. These total numbers of landslides and victims are an order of magnitude greater than other data sets have indicated, but analysis of the data suggests that it may still slightly underestimate the true human costs. The majority of human losses occur in Asia, especially along the Himalayan Arc and in China. This geographical concentration dominates the annual landslide cycle, which peaks in the Northern Hemisphere summer months. Finally, numbers of fatalities per event show a fat-tailed power law distribution, with the density of landslides being moderately correlated with the population density on a national basis.</p><p><a href="http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2012/08/16/global-patterns-of-loss-of-life-from-landslides-my-new-paper-in-the-journal-geology/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Source</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TnWatchdog, post: 57871, member: 3077"] [URL='http://api.ning.com/files/dD1Pt02wsk4MU2rzTtmNa-rn6iPCZeESvSJLkDBBXw-aG0TcY6j9VvAXgCEiSl0jtcxvA1CIDfplhtmdcDCCaC2xJYutG6tF/12_08Fatalitiesmapjpege1345049230811.jpg'][IMG]http://api.ning.com/files/dD1Pt02wsk4MU2rzTtmNa-rn6iPCZeESvSJLkDBBXw-aG0TcY6j9VvAXgCEiSl0jtcxvA1CIDfplhtmdcDCCaC2xJYutG6tF/12_08Fatalitiesmapjpege1345049230811.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The global hotspots that emerge for landslides are as follows: [LIST] [*][U][B]Along the southern edge of the Himalayan Arc[/B][/U] [*][U][B]Along the coast of southwest India and in Sri Lanka[/B][/U] [*][U][B]Along the southern and eastern coastal regions of China, extending inland ~100 km[/B][/U] [*][U][B]In central China, most notably in the mountains surrounding the Sichuan Basin[/B][/U] [*][U][B]In the mountain chains along the western edge of the Philippine Sea plate[/B][/U] [*][U][B]In the central Caribbean islands[/B][/U] [*][U][B]In a chain that follows the mountains of Central America and South America from Mexico in the north to northern Chile in the south[/B][/U] [*][U][B]In Indonesia, most notably in and around the island of Java[/B][/U] [/LIST] Not in the paper, but I have determined the number of landslides occurring in each of the key landslide countries worldwide. Remember that this data is for non-seismic landslides, and that it covers the period 2004-2010 inclusive [COLOR=#ffff00]Note: Please check the source, below, for data on landslides and deaths from landslides as the figures didn't copy correctly on this post.[/COLOR] Global loss of life from landslides is poorly quantified. A global data set of fatalities from nonseismically triggered landslides that resulted in loss of life between A.D. 2004 and 2010 permits for the first time proper quantification of impacts and spatial distributions. In total, 2620 fatal landslides were recorded worldwide during the 7 yr period of the study, causing a total of 32,322 recorded fatalities. These total numbers of landslides and victims are an order of magnitude greater than other data sets have indicated, but analysis of the data suggests that it may still slightly underestimate the true human costs. The majority of human losses occur in Asia, especially along the Himalayan Arc and in China. This geographical concentration dominates the annual landslide cycle, which peaks in the Northern Hemisphere summer months. Finally, numbers of fatalities per event show a fat-tailed power law distribution, with the density of landslides being moderately correlated with the population density on a national basis. [URL='http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2012/08/16/global-patterns-of-loss-of-life-from-landslides-my-new-paper-in-the-journal-geology/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Source[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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