The Maoxian County Natural Resources Bureau reported that the landslide had a collapse volume of approximately 2,000 cubic meters, making it a significant geological disaster.

Abstract: In this paper, the 2017 Maoxian landslide in Sichuan province, China was investigated by using multi-temporal SAR and optical datasets. The pre- and post-failure scars of the landslide were ...

Researchers have been tracking the massive landslide which struck Xinmo Village, Maoxian County, Sichuan Province in China. Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of ...

Delete the article “Villagers Seek Accountability Over Ignored Reports of Large Fissure in Mountainside Before Maoxian Landslide.” (June 26) [Chinese] A landslide hit the Sichuan village of ...

Maoxian county has suffered a deadly landslide before The landslide blocked a 2km (1.2-mile) stretch of a river, China's Xinhua state news agency said. Local police said a lack of vegetation had ...

The landslide, which came from a mountain ... Qiao said his parents and other relatives had not been found. Mao County, or Maoxian, sits on the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau and is ...

Maoxian county is home to over 100,000 people ... The area was hit by a massive landslide in 2008 as a result of the Wenchuan earthquake that killed 87,000 people. Earthquakes are common triggers ...

The landslide swept over 46 homes as dawn broke at around 6 a.m. in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, a remote mountainous area of north Sichuan close to the region of Tibet, according to the ...

In Maoxian county itself, 37 tourists were killed when their coach was buried in a landslide caused by the earthquake.

At least 141 people were missing, the People's Daily said, citing a Maoxian government spokesperson. The landslide blocked a 2km stretch of river and 1.6km of road. Rescuers used ropes to move a ...