Landslide Photo Collections

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On January 10, 2005, a landslide struck the community of La Conchita in Ventura County, California, destroying or seriously damaging 36 houses and killing 10 people. For a U.S. Geological Survey rerpot on this event, please see USGS Open-file report, "Landslide Hazards at La Conchita, California": http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1067/

  • View of the La Conchita landslide taken January 14, 2005. The light–colored, exposed rock in the upper part of the photograph is the main scarp of the 1995 slide. The southeast part of the 1995 deposit (right side of photograph) remobilized in 2005. At the bottom center of photograph, a wall built after the 1995 slide is visible; the 2005 slide overtopped and tilted parts of the wall forward (photo by Randy Jibson, USGS).
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  • Another view of the 2005, La Conchita, California Landslide (photo by Randy Jibson, USGS)
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  • Additional view of the La Conchita Landslide, California, 2005 (photo by Randy Jibson, USGS).
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  • Close-up view of the headscarp (top part of a landslide) of the 2005 La Conchita, California Landslide (photo by Randy Jibson, USGS).
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  • View from the middle of the La Conchita, California Landslide, looking towards the toe (terminal point of landslide flow) of the landslide (photo by Randy Jibson, USGS).
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  • Another view looking downslope towards the toe of the 2005 La Conchita Landslide, California (photo by Randy Jibson).
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  • View looking downslope of the La Conchita, California landslide, 2005. The highway is U.S. Highway 101 which follows the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean (photo by Randy Jibson, USGS).
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  • A damaged house, La Conchita, California landslide of 2005 (photo by Randy Jibson, USGS).
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  • The La Conchita Landslide, Ventura County, Callifornia which was reactivated in 2005, killking 10 people (Photo by Mark Reid, U.S. Geological Survey).
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