Earthquake-triggered 2018 Palu Valley landslides enabled by wet rice cultivation

During the early evening of 28 September 2018, a magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck along the coast of northwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia. This region hosts a famous strike-slip fault system called the Palu-Koro Fault.

Predicting Black Swan Catastrophes by Re-Imagining the Past

Many may still remember the powerful eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991. It was one of the largest eruptions in recent history, and sent volcanic ash even as far as Singapore, over 2,400 kilometres (km) away.

Eruption from Mount Pinatubo in 1991 (Source: United States Geological Survey)

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