NASA mapping shows Palos Verdes landslide movement at 4 inches per week
Data gathered from four weeks in the fall of 2024 showed the speed of the movement to be "more than enough to put human life and infrastructure at risk," Alexander Handwerger, JPL landslide scientist said.
NASA study shows RPV landslide area moved 4 inches a week
An analysis by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has determined that during a four-week period in fall 2024, land in some areas of Rancho Palos Verdes’ landslide area slid toward the ocean by as much as 4 inches per week.
NASA finds parts of Palos Verdes Peninsula is creeping toward the ocean several inches a week
The peninsula is home to Rancho Palos Verdes, which faced sweeping power shutoffs last year due to land movement.
Rancho Palos Verdes landslide moves as much as 4 inches a week, new NASA data shows
The land under the Palos Verdes Peninsula has been sliding for decades. New data from NASA shows just how bad the problem is.
LA coastal area prone to landslides quickly inches into ocean every week, NASA finds
The Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County continues to inch toward the ocean posing danger to life and infrastructure, a NASA report found.
Rancho Palos Verdes landslides speeding up, spreading
New data from NASA shows the land underneath Rancho Palos Verdes slid as much as four inches per week last fall, and that the area of the slides is spreading.
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