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Table 5 Earthquake-triggered landslide database with information on specific seismotectonic factors

From: A new classification of earthquake-induced landslide event sizes based on seismotectonic, topographic, climatic and geologic factors

N Country Earthquake M Hypocentral depth Fault (rupture) location in Mountains =2; near = 1.5; other = 1 Fault type: Dip-slip = 1.5; Strike-slip =1 Fault length >100 km =2; 20–100 km =1; <20 km =0.5 Fault factor Arias Intensity
Americas
1 USA New Madrid (Missouri) 1811 7.50 15.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.69
2 USA New Madrid (Missouri) 1812 7.80 15.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 1.08
3 USA New Madrid (Missouri) 1812 7.30 15.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.51
4 USA Charleston (South Carolina) 1886 6.80 12.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.26
5 USA San Francisco 1906 7.90 15.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 0.58
6 USA Imperial Valley (California) 1940 7.10 16.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.18
7 Canada Vancouver Island 1946 7.25 30.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.55
8 USA Puget Sound (Olympia, Seattle) 1949 7.00 70.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.11
9 USA Daly City (California) 1957 5.30 7.27 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.03
10 USA Southeast Alaska (Lituya Bay) 1958 7.70 15.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 1.91
11 USA Montana (Hebgen Lake) 1959 7.10 11.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 1.39
12 Chile Chile (Valdivia) 1960 9.50 33.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 11.68
13 USA Alaska (Anchorage) 1964 9.20 25.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 8.09
14 USA Puget Sound (Seattle) 1965 6.50 60.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.06
15 USA Parkfield-Cholame (California) 1966 6.20 7.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.05
16 Peru Ancash 1970 7.80 43.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 0.69
17 USA San Fernando (California) 1971 7.10 10.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.69
18 Guatemala Guatemala (Motagua) 1976 7.60 10.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 3.00 0.84
19 Panama Darien 1976 7.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 0.16
20 Argentina San Juan Province (Caucete) 1977 7.40 17.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 1.77
21 USA Santa Barbara (California) 1978 5.60 13.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.05
22 USA Homestead Valley (California) 1979 5.20 5.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.01
23 USA Coyote Lake (California) 1979 5.40 10.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.02
24 USA Mount Diablo (California) 1980 5.80 8.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.03
25 USA Mammoth Lakes (California) 1980 6.10 8.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.10
26 USA Coalinga (California) 1983 6.20 7.00 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.11
27 USA Borah Peak (Idaho) 1983 6.90 10.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 1.06
28 Chile Valparaiso 1985 7.80 43.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 0.69
29 El Salvador El Salvador (San Salvador) 1986 5.70 12.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.50 0.05
30 Ecuador Ecuador 1987 (March 6 4:10 GMT) 7.10 17.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.61
31 Ecuador El Napo (Quito-Tulcan) 1987 (March 6 1:54 GMT) 6.40 5.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 0.07
32 USA Whittier Narrows (California) 1987 6.10 17.00 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.09
33 USA Superstition Hills (California) 1987 6.20 5.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.05
34 Canada Saguenay (Quebec) 1988 5.80 28.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.07
35 USA Loma Prieta (California) 1989 7.10 18.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.60
36 Costa Rica Costa Rica (Limon) 1990 7.10 24.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.60
37 Costa Rica Valle de la Estrella 1991 7.50 21.50 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 1.20
38 USA Cape Mendocino 1992 (California) 7.00 17.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.50 0.32
39 Colombia Murindo 1992 6.70 14.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.10
40 USA Klamath Falls (Oregon) 1993 5.90 11.00 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.07
41 Colombia Paez 1994 6.80 12.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.26
42 USA Northridge (California) 1994 6.70 12.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 0.74
43 Colombia Tauramena 1995 6.50 20.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.15
44 El Salvador El Salvador (San Miguel) 2001 (January 13) 7.70 60.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.43
45 USA Denaly (Alaska) 2002 7.90 10.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 4.00 2.26
46 Mexico Colima 2003 7.60 24.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 0.35
47 Chile Aysen 2007 6.20 10.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.05
48 Peru Pisco 2007 8.00 39.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 4.50 1.60
49 Chile Pelluhue 2010 8.80 31.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 4.50 7.14
50 Chile Pichilemu 2010 6.90 39.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 4.50 0.27
51 Haiti Haiti (Port-au-Prince) 2010 7.10 10.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.86
52 Chile Araucania 2011 7.10 17.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.73
53 USA Virginia, NE USA, 2011 5.80 6.00 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.07
Asia (Oceania)
54 Kyrgyzstan Kemin 1911 7.80 25.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 4.00 1.26
55 China Haiyuan 1920 8.50 15.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 4.00 5.21
56 Tajikistan Khait 1949 7.50 18.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 1.98
57 China Assam 1950 8.60 14.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 4.50 7.60
58 Russia Altai 1957 8.10 30.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 3.00 1.39
59 Tajikistan Gissar 1989 5.50 5.00 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.04
60 Philippines Luzon 1990 7.70 25.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.50 0.82
61 Iran Manjil 1990 7.30 19.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.79
62 Kyrgyzstan Suusamyr 1992 7.20 27.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.64
63 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 1993 6.90 19.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.51
64 Taiwan Chi-Chi 1999 7.60 12.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 2.85
65 Tajikistan Hindukush 2002 I 7.40 226.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.03
66 Tajikistan Hindukush 2002 II 6.10 15.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.09
67 Russia Altai 2003 7.30 18.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.81
68 Japan Chuetsu 2004 6.60 13.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.19
69 Pakistan Kashmir 2005 7.70 15.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 3.01
70 Japan Chuetsu 2007 6.60 17.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.18
71 China Wenchuan 2008 7.90 17.00 2.00 1.50 2.00 6.00 3.83
72 Japan Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku 2008 7.20 8.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 1.03
73 Indonesia Sumatra 2009 7.60 71.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.29
74 Japan Tohoku 2011 9.00 30.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 5.58
75 China Lushan 2013 7.00 13.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.34
76 Nepal Nepal 2015 7.80 18.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 4.50 2.07
77 Afghanistan Hindukush 2015 7.50 213.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.04
78 Tajikistan Pamir 2015 7.20 28.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0.54
Europe
79 Italy Calabria 1783? 7.00 15.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 1.03
80 Romania Vrancea (Romania) 1802 7.90 150.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.15
81 Romania Vrancea (Romania) 1838 7.50 150.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.08
82 Italy S. Apennines Irpinia 1930 6.70 14.60 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 0.66
83 Romania Vrancea 1940 7.70 150.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.11
84 Italy Valle del Belice (Sicilia) 1968 6.12 17.50 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.09
85 Italy Friuli 1976 6.50 15.00 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.16
86 Italy Irpinia (Campania) 1980 6.90 10.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.64
86 Romania Vrancea 1977 7.40 94.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 0.14
87 Greece Kalamata (S. Greece) 1986 6.00 28.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.03
88 Armenia Spitak 1988 6.70 10.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 0.79
89 Greece Killini (W. Greece) 1988 5.90 25.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.03
90 Georgia Racha 1991 7.00 17.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 2.25 0.63
91 Spain SW Montefrio (Loja, S. Spain) 1991 2.60 5.00 2.00 1.50 0.50 1.50 0.00
92 Turkey Erzincan (E. Turkey) 1992 6.70 27.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.09
93 Italy Umbria-Marche 1997 6.00 5.00 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.09
94 Slovenia Posocje 1998 5.60 6.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.02
95 Italy Palermo 2002 5.89 10.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 0.07
96 Italy Molise (Abruzzi) 2002 5.78 30.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.02
97 Greece Lefkada (W. Greece) 2003 6.30 12.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.06
98 Italy L’Aquila (Abruzzi) 2009 5.80 11.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.75 0.06
99 Italy Emilia 2012 6.00 7.50 1.00 1.50 0.50 0.75 0.09
100 Greece Cephalonia (W. Greece) 2014 5.80 16.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.03
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