The State of the Art of the Research on Seismic Landslide Hazard at Home and abroad

The author summarizes the research on seismic landslide hazards in some countries prone to earthquake-induced landslide disasters, including America, Italy, Greece and China, and makes a comparison of them with achievements of the research in China. The research includes the type of earthquake-generated landslide; relations of the area extent, concentration and total volume of landslides with seismic parameters such as magnitude, seismic intensity and epicenter distance; and the geologic tectonic. Some factors, such as the topographic slopes and geological structures where landslide always occur in case of an earthquake are studied. In addition, the research of seismic landslide hazard prediction is recapitulate.