Most landslides in western Oregon triggered by heavy rainfall, not big earthquakes

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 13:00 in Earth & Climate

Researchers at the University of Washington, Portland State University and the University of Oregon have shown that deep-seated landslides in the central Oregon Coast Range are triggered mostly by rainfall, not by large offshore earthquakes.

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