Landslide Hazards Program
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Please See Archives for Past Alerts issued
More Info- Massive Landslide in Mizoram, India; 8 Dead, 11 Missing (posted 05/13/2013)
- Landslides Displace 300 Families in Kabarnet, Kenya (posted 05/10/2013)
- USGS Topo Data on the Go USGS National Map Topographic Data are now available on mobile devices that are using the Android or iOS operating system.
- SLAMMER - Seismic LAndslideMovement Modeled using Earthquake Records This program is designed to facilitate conducting sliding-block analysis (also called permanent-deformation analysis) of slopes in order to estimate slope behavior during earthquakes.
Photo of the 2005 La Conchita Landslide.
Landslides constitute a major geologic hazard because they are widespread, occur in all 50 states and U.S. territories, and cause $1-2 billion in damages and more than 25 fatalities on average each year. Expansion of urban and recreational developments into hillside areas leads to more people that are threatened by landslides each year. Landslides commonly occur in connection with other major natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, wildfires, and floods.
The primary objective of the National Landslide Hazards Program (LHP) is to reduce long-term losses from landslide hazards by improving our understanding of the causes of ground failure and suggesting mitigation strategies.
The LHP has operated since the mid-1970's in gathering information, conducting research, responding to emergencies and disasters, and producing scientific reports and other products for a broadly based user community including geologists and engineers in government, academia and private practice, planners and decision makers from governmental entities at all levels, and the general public.
The results of these efforts have led to significant improvements in understanding the nature and scope of ground-failure problems nationally and worldwide. Such improvements are central to the role of the program, because opportunities remain for fundamental advances in understanding that promise to save lives and dollars.
