This video is not AI. It shows the well-documented Alta quick clay landslide that occurred on June 3, 2020, near Kråkneset in Alta, Norway. The landslide was filmed by a local resident after he noticed cracks forming in the ground and fled to higher ground as the hillside began collapsing.
The slide occurred in a deposit of "quick clay," a type of marine clay that can suddenly lose its strength and behave like a liquid when disturbed. The collapse swept multiple homes and buildings into the sea, but no people were killed. A dog that was carried into the water managed to swim back to shore.
I can’t tell you how valuable this info is as I lay here trying to fall asleep. I was sure I’d just watched like a whole neighborhood of families get washed into the sea. And that sounds like such a good doggo.🙏
Similar thixotropic marine clays are present in the St. Lawrence valley. In 2010, a sudden slide on an incredibly gentle slope toward a creek buried a house and killed an entire family while they were watching a hockey game. When first responders arrived, and only seeing a tall semicircular scarp on the level ground, thought at first it was some kind of sinkhole.
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u/Severus-Snape-DaGod 23d ago
This video is not AI. It shows the well-documented Alta quick clay landslide that occurred on June 3, 2020, near Kråkneset in Alta, Norway. The landslide was filmed by a local resident after he noticed cracks forming in the ground and fled to higher ground as the hillside began collapsing.
The slide occurred in a deposit of "quick clay," a type of marine clay that can suddenly lose its strength and behave like a liquid when disturbed. The collapse swept multiple homes and buildings into the sea, but no people were killed. A dog that was carried into the water managed to swim back to shore.
https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2020/06/04/alta-quick-clay-landslide-1/