Regional trends and controlling factors of fatal landslides in Latin America and the Caribbean

Sepúlveda, S. A.; Petley, D. N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1821-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1821-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1821-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 8

Research article

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18 Aug 2015

Research article |

| 18 Aug 2015

Regional trends and controlling factors of fatal landslides in Latin America and the Caribbean

S. A. Sepúlveda and D. N. Petley

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RC C603: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 May 2015
- AC C1024: 'Response to Referee 1', S. A. Sepúlveda, 18 Jun 2015
RC C919: 'Reviewer comment - S. McColl', Samuel McColl, 07 Jun 2015
- AC C1030: 'Response to referee 2', S. A. Sepúlveda, 18 Jun 2015

Short summary

We compiled a data set of 611 fatal landslides in the 2004-2013 period in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 11631 fatalities recorded. Our analysis suggests that on a continental scale the mapped factors that best explain the observed distribution are topography, annual precipitation and population density. Analysis of research on countries affected by fatal landslides shows a landslide research deficit in Latin America and the Caribbean.