Worldwide distribution of earthquake-triggered landslide events. (IMAGE)

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Worldwide distribution of earthquake-triggered landslide events.

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(A) Coseismic landslide inventories within the Alpine-Himalayan and Circum-Pacific belts. (B) The enlarged view of highlighted 38 earthquakes. The five Köppen-Geiger climate zones are here simplified into three for region division: cold (polar plus snow); temperate (warm plus arid); and equatorial. Beachballs signify primary seismic rupture dynamics.

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