The Alta landslide occurred on 3 June 2020 in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway near Kråkneset, a small village about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the larger village of Talvik, Altafjorden. The landslide developed on a marine clay substrate that had originally formed in the early Holocene epoch when the area was under sea level.[1]

Geography of Alta Landslide
Coordinates70°01′50″N 23°04′14″E / 70.0305°N 23.0706°E / 70.0305; 23.0706
TerrainCoastal
Natural hazardsLandslide

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  1. ^ Setså, Ronny (8 June 2020). "En viktig påminnelse". geoforskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ Rostad, Ida Louise (4 June 2020). "Her ruller huset over kanten: Se ødeleggelsene etter jordskredet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Åtte bygninger feid på sjøen i jordskred i Alta" [Eight buildings swept into the sea by landslides in Alta]. NRK (in Norwegian). 4 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ Rostad, Ida Louise (3 June 2020). "De var vitne til at hunden ble tatt av skredet - Nå er Raija (1) reddet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 December 2020.