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Natural Hazard
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Type
Landslide
Name
Regressive Erosion at River Coca, NE Ecuador
Date
2020/04/07
Local Time
19:15
Status
Published

Location

Country of Origin
Ecuador
Province of Origin
San Rafael region, Amazonian provinces of Napo and Sucumbí
Impact Area
Regional

Occurrence

Triggering Natural Hazard
Riverbed collapse of San Rafael Waterfall, Ecuador, Ecuador, 2020
Description of the Occurrence
On 07/04/2020, a landslide occurred in the San Rafael region, the Amazonian provinces of Napo and Sucumbí, at the vicinity of the active Reventador volcano in Ecuador. The landslide was attributed to an on-going geologic event in the affected area, i.e., the very aggressive and fast-evolving "regressive erosion" phenomenon of the San Rafael waterfall and the Coca river, which was accelerated and adversely affected by the rainy season.

This natural disaster is related to the collapse of the San Rafael waterfall on 02/02/2020 and an erosion phenomenon that happened upstream of the waterfall (e.g., triggering natural hazard).

Consequences

Description of the Consequences
The landslide damaged three oil pipelines which transport hydrocarbons and are found along the affected area.
ID: 91, Created: Amos NECCI, 2020-04-23 13:53:07 – Last Updated: Elisabeth KRAUSMANN, 2023-05-15 13:38:59

Attachments

NoDescriptionFile Size
1.April 2020 historical weather in Quito, Ecuador1005.97KB
2.Article published by Erik Hoffner in Mongabay news825.04KB
3.March 2020 historical weather recorded at at Eloy Alfaro International Airport, Ecuador1.09MB

Natech Accidents

NoDateSite
1.2020/04/07Petroperú - Iquitos city refinery
2.2020/04/07Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System - Sistema de Oleoducto Transecuatoriano (SOTE)
3.2020/04/07Heavy Crude Pipeline - Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP)
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