The landslide took place in an abandoned open cast tin mine (in a region of the state well known for its tin mining industry[1]) close to the Strait of Malacca.
Video footage shows the rapid collapse of the working face closest the sea, allowing complete flooding of the mine and forming a new cove measuring approximately 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi).
The accompanying description in Cantonese reads: That year, I received a call by the owner of a tin mine.
Dave Petley, the Wilson Chair in Hazard and Risk in the Department of Geography at the University of Durham, England, and founder and director of the International Landslide Centre, described the recording as the best landslide video he had ever seen, despite its poor resolution.
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