Motochi Landslide (Rebun Town, Hokkaido)
• Date of occurrence: October. 11, 1994
• Geology: sandy and gravelly tuffs from the Neogene Period
• Traveling coefficient: Tr = 2.76 (fully-fluidized)
The Motochi landslide occurred on the relatively gentle valley sandwiched by scarp and intrusive rocks, a
location presumed to have many landslides in the past.
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