Failure casebook
Ground failures from the news, written up from what the reports confirm. Each case keeps the confirmed facts, with links to their sources, apart from the general engineering explanation of the likely mechanism.
Detail A: casebook locationsWEB-012 | Scale NTS | 6 of 6 cases
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Case locations
- Paya Terubong 2026Paya Terubong, Penang, Malaysia. 5.379 N, 100.275 E, position from OpenStreetMap
- Gurugram 2026Gurugram, Haryana, India. 28.465 N, 77.030 E, position from OpenStreetMap
- Sultangazi 202650. Yıl, Sultangazi, Istanbul, Turkey. 41.090 N, 28.870 E, position from OpenStreetMap
- Los Feliz 2026Los Feliz, Los Angeles, USA. 34.108 N, 118.287 W, position from OpenStreetMap
- Budhi Gandaki 2026Chumchet area, upper Budhi Gandaki valley, Gorkha, Nepal. 28.476 N, 84.964 E, position from The Landslide Blog
- Hopa 2026Esenkiyi truck park, Hopa, Artvin, Turkiye. 41.395 N, 41.417 E, position from OpenStreetMap
Positions are to the nearest named place, from the case's own cited source or a public gazetteer, and are approximate at this scale.
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Paya Terubong landslide, Penang, Malaysia
A hillside landslide struck a house where slope stabilisation was not yet complete; one resident died.
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Gurugram buildings tilt after adjacent basement excavation
Two separate buildings in Gurugram cracked and tilted in one week while the plot next door was being excavated.
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Sultangazi retaining wall collapse, Istanbul
A large section of retaining wall collapsed during rain after audible cracking and falling stones; a parked car was crushed.
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Los Feliz / Hollywood sinkhole swallows van, Los Angeles
An 8-inch water main laid in 1938 broke and a hole about six feet across opened under a van.
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Budhi Gandaki landslide dam and breach, Gorkha, Nepal
A landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki; the dam breached about 90 minutes later and a debris flow and flood swept downstream.
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Esenkiyi truck park rockslide, Hopa, Turkiye
Large rock blocks broke from a slope at about 6am onto parked trucks; a second fall killed a driver who had returned to help others.