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The 2020 Gjerdrum landslide was a quick clay landslide that occurred in the early hours of 30 December 2020 at Ask village, the administrative centre of Gjerdrum, Norway.It spanned a flow off area of 300 by 700 metres (980 by 2,300 ft) and additionally affected 9 hectares (22 acres) by debris flow.
The 300-by-700-metre (980 ft × 2,300 ft) quick clay landslide wrecked several houses and killed 10 people. [15] [14] On 23 September 2023, near the town of Stenungsund, Sweden, an area of c. 15 hectares (37 acres) was affected by a quick clay landslide, which among other things damaged the E6 motorway between Gothenburg and Oslo. [16]
On the night of 30 December 2020, the area was hit by the 2020 Gjerdrum landslide which is described as the most serious in Norway of this type in recent times. Large amounts of precipitation are considered to have had a triggering factor. Tistilbekken's role in the stability of clay and quick clay in the area has been discussed for several years.
The quick clay landslide struck the community of some 5,000 people early on Wednesday, forcing hundreds to evacuate and prompting a tricky rescue effort as the land continued to shift long after ...
A number of homes in northern Norway collapsed into the sea on Wednesday due to a powerful landslide. Around 4 p.m. local time, authorities first received reports of the incident in Alta, a town ...
Flights to and from the airport in the Arctic city of Tromsoe resumed Friday after some 200 passengers had to sleep there due to the gale-force winds and snow from Norway’s most powerful storm ...
Alta, Norway: Alta landslide: 0 Liquefaction of quick clay in coastal location swept eight houses into the sea. Slide was 650 m (2,133 ft) wide by up to 140 m (459 ft) deep. [218] 2 July 2020 Hpakant area in Myanmar
The Alta landslide occurred on 3 June 2020 in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway near Kråkneset, a small village about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the larger village of Talvik, Altafjorden. The landslide developed on a marine clay substrate that had originally formed in the early Holocene epoch when the area was under sea level.