A mudslide in Ask, Gjerdrum claimed several houses and human lives

When

30 Dec 2020

Kind

Event

Coordinates

60.06° N, 11.04° E

Description

A mudslide in Ask, Gjerdrum claimed several houses and human lives.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2020 Gjerdrum landslide.

Quick clay landslide disaster in Norway

The 2020 Gjerdrum landslide was a quick clay landslide that occurred in the early hours of 30 December 2020 at Ask village, the administrative centre of Gjerdrum, Norway. It spanned a flow off area of 300 by 700 metres and additionally affected 9 hectares by debris flow. Several buildings were destroyed, most of them houses and apartment buildings.

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