Alta landslide

Geography of Alta Landslide

Coordinates	70°01′50″N 23°04′14″E
Terrain	Coastal
Natural hazards	Landslide

The Alta landslide occurred on 3 June 2020 in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway near Kråkneset, a small village about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the larger village of Talvik, Altafjorden. The landslide developed on a marine clay substrate that had originally formed in the early Holocene epoch when the area was under sea level.^[1][2][3][4]

See also

• List of landslides

References

1. Setså, Ronny (8 June 2020). "En viktig påminnelse". geoforskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
2. Rostad, Ida Louise (4 June 2020). "Her ruller huset over kanten: Se ødeleggelsene etter jordskredet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
3. "Åtte bygninger feid på sjøen i jordskred i Alta" [Eight buildings swept into the sea by landslides in Alta]. NRK (in Norwegian). 4 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
4. Rostad, Ida Louise (3 June 2020). "De var vitne til at hunden ble tatt av skredet - Nå er Raija (1) reddet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 December 2020.