Debris Fall Mobilizing Rock and Dust (IMAGE)

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Debris Fall Mobilizing Rock and Dust

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Ongoing debris fall mobilizing rock and dust from a landslide deposit due to the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake (Mw 7.9). On the forefront (on the left), on the banks of the Upper Bhote Koshi river, collapsed houses and poles are visible, as well as other landslide deposits from the main shock and following aftershocks. This ongoing fall started without any determined trigger.

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Photo by Bhairab Sitaula.

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Credit <em>Geology</em> and "Transient changes of landslide rates after earthquakes" by O. Marc et al. Photo by Bhairab Sitaula.

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