Landslide at Malaysian Tin Mine

A huge landslide occurred in an abandoned seaside open cast tin mine near Pantai Remis, Malaysia on 21 October 1993. The rapid collapse of the wall separating the excavation from the sea resulted in a massive flood and a new cove. Some considered the video (shown below) of the event the greatest footage of a landslide to that time.

Photo at right:  1992 (pre-landslide) view of mine from space

[embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Ma0SVjMHA[/embedyt]

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