What can trigger a landslide?

Mark PoyntingClimate and science journalist Initial reports from Nepal had suggested that an earthquake may have triggered the ice avalanche and landslide. The US Geological Survey, which studies earthquakes, has now said that further analysis indicates “that the seismic energy was instead generated by a landslide” by itself. Landslides or avalanches can have various triggers. One possibility is that water - either from rainfall or melting ice - may have destabilised the ground or ice. Climate c