Rancho Palos Verdes Landslide Areas Map

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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.

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Rancho Palos Verdes landslide 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.

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Rancho Palos Verdes landslide area shifts 4 inches closer to the ocean each week, according to NASA

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is well-known for its landslides, which have been occurring for decades. But radar imagery recently revealed that the Los Angeles County community is experiencing a slow-moving landslide -- averaging about 4 inches per week between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17, 2024, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory found.

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Radar Imaging Shows a Portion of Southern California Is Slipping Into the Ocean

Imaging taking from a radar service show that a slow moving landslide was pushing Rancho Palos Verdes, California 4-inches into the ocean each week.

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Map Shows Where California Homes Are Sliding Into the Ocean

Parts of the Southern California coastal community of Rancho Palos Verdes were shifting 4 inches closer to the ocean each week in mid-to-late 2024, NASA found.

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Rancho Palos Verdes landslide is costing almost as much as all city operations

Rancho Palos Verdes is on track to spend as much as ... and maintaining dewatering wells in the Portuguese Bend landslide area, as well as filling fissures in Altamira Canyon.

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NASA Radar Shows a Surge in Landslide Activity in California

Learn about the surge of landslide activity in California's Palos Verdes Peninsula as measured by NASA, showing the effects ...

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Rancho Palos Verdes landslide victims protest for federal aid

The locals are asking for federal aid for a different matter — over a year ago, landslides in the Rancho Palos Verdes area destroyed homes and neighborhoods with power and water still shut ...

Community south of Los Angeles sinking towards Pacific Ocean

Data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed the Palos Verdes Peninsula shifted at a rate of 4 inches per week in 2024.

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