Quantitative Risk Analysis of a Rainfall-Induced Complex Landslide in Wanzhou County, Three Gorges Reservoir, China

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Abstract

On 4 April 2013, a 1.5 million cubic meter landslide occurred in Sunjia Town, Wanzhou County, Three Gorges Reservoir, China. After initiation, the Sunjia landslide traveled about 30 m toward the northeast and destroyed most of the infrastructure in its path. The landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall and previous slope excavations, but this slope also displayed a complicated failure process: the overlying earth slope first deformed and then induced sliding along underlying rock surfaces. Surface displacements that resulted from continuous creeping of the post-event slope were observed by an emergency monitoring system that revealed the disequilibrium state of the slope. To discuss the stability and future movements of the remaining unstable debris deposits, we developed a geotechnical model of the post-slide slope, calculated how it can slide again in an extreme rainfall scenario, and estimated the potential runout distance using the Tsunami Squares method. We then estimated the number of people and the value of the infrastructure threatened by this potential landslide. Lastly, we analyzed the vulnerability of elements at risk and quantitatively evaluated the hazard risk associated with the most dangerous scenario. This quantitative risk analysis provides a better understanding of, and technical routes for, hazard mitigation of rainfall-induced complex landslides.

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Xiao, L., Wang, J., Zhu, Y., & Zhang, J. (2020). Quantitative Risk Analysis of a Rainfall-Induced Complex Landslide in Wanzhou County, Three Gorges Reservoir, China. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 11(3), 347–363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-020-00257-y

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