Tuve landslide

Aerial photograph over the affected area

The Tuve landslide was a large landslide in Tuve, Gothenburg, Sweden on 30 November 1977. Some 67 houses were destroyed, killing 9, injuring about 60 and making around 600 people homeless.[1] The slide began at 16.05 and lasted 5–6 minutes.[1] The slide affected 270 000 square meters (27 hectares).[2] About 600 people lived in the area; of these, approximately 200 were in the area at the time of the slide. About 100 needed help by rescue workers.[1] It was the most severe landslide in the modern history of Sweden.[2]

Close to one kilometer of the nearby road was destroyed. It is estimated that three to four million cubic meters of soil were involved in the slide and further would not have fertility to grow crops.[1] The total economic cost of the slide has been estimated to 140 million SEK (15 million EUR, 22 million USD).[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Katastrofen i Tuve" (in Swedish). City of Gothenburg - Tuve-Säve. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Landslides and gullies". Geological Survey of Sweden. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2008.