Landslide Photo Collections

Searchable USGS Photo and Multimedia Archive with Ordering Information

  • Damage at Salmon Beach, near Tacoma, Washington, due to the Nisqually earthquake of 2001. Photo by Lynn Highland, USGS. For more information, please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Damage to a highway in Washington, due to the 2001 Nisqually, WA earthquake. Photo by Wash. Dept. of Transportation (WASHDOT). For more information, please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Damage to a highway due to the 2001 Nisqually, Washington earthquake. Photo by Wash. Dept. of Transportation (WASHDOT).
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  • Landslide occurred during the 2001 Nisqually, WA earthquake. The slide damaged houses and partially blocked the Cedar River, causing flooding. For more information, please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Capitol Lake, Olympia, landslide damage due to the 2001 Nisqually, Washington, earthquake - Photo by Washington Dept. of Transportation (WASHDOT) For more information, please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Lateral spreads at the Capitol Interpretive Center, near Olympia Washington, due to the 2001 Nisqually, WA Earthquake. Photo by National Science Foundation investigative team. For more information please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Lateral spreading of embankment at Capitol Interpretive Center, near Olympia, WA damaged by lateral spreads, which were caused by the 2001 Nisqually, WA Earthquake. Photo by National Science Foundation investigative team. For more information please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Aerial view of flooding caused by landslide that partially dammed the Cedar River. Photo courtesy King County, Washington, Times. For more information, please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Lateral spread of embankment at Capitol Interpretive Center, near Olympia, Washington due to the 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake. Photo by National Science Foundation investigation team. For more information please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • East-to-west view of lateral spread of embankment at Capitol Interpretive Center, near Olympia, Washington. The length of the damage is approximately 75 feet (225 m). Photo by National Science investigation team. Damage due to lateral spreads caused by the 2001 Nisqually, WA Earthquake. For more information, please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Lateral spreads on the embankment at the Capitol Interpretive Center, near Olympia, Washington. Lateral spreads were caused by the 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake. Photo by National Science Foundation investigative team. For more information please see: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/.
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  • Close-up of U.S. Highway 101 landslide. The curved headscarp of the landslide is 24 m wide, and the total width of the landslide at the edge of the road is 35 m (Photo from Bray and others, 2001 - see USGS Open-file report for reference - http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-211/) (GPS location: N47.05834, W123.01365º).
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  • Olympia, WA sinkholes, caused by liquefaction, which in this case was caused by shaking due to the 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake. Liquefaction and sinkholes are not known as landslides per se, but are a form of ground failure. For more information, please see: http://www.eeri.org/lfe/usa_nisqually.html.
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  • Water and sewer line, temporarily relocated on top of landslide material, Salmon Beach landslide (near Tacoma, Washington), which resulted from the Nisqually, Washington earthquake. Original sewer and water lines were damaged by the slide (Photo taken in June, 2001 by Lynn Highland, USGS).
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  • Looking toward Puget Sound from the Salmon Beach, Washington landslide, near Tacoma. The landslide damaged elecritical utility poles and electrical lines in the Salmon Beach community (Photo taken June, 2001 by Lynn Highland, USGS).
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  • Salmon Beach landslide area, near Tacoma, Washington, after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Puget Sound is in the fore-ground (Photo by J.D. Bray, Univ. of California).
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