Tag: Global Seismic Network

Investigating Giant, Unseen Landslides

by | 6.12.2012 at 10:55am
A landslide in Nepal's popular Annapurna trekking region on May 5 killed 27 people. (Avia Club Nepal)

Steep mountains produce some of the biggest landslides on earth but in such rugged terrain who’s around to notice? These monster back country slides are now gaining attention from far-away scientists, aided by a global network of seismic stations, earth-orbiting satellites and the crowd-sourcing power of the internet.