The Pantai Remis landslide was a rock fall and flood that occurred on 21 October 1993, near

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. The landslide took place in an abandoned open cast

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mine (in a region of the state well known for its

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industry) close to the

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. Video footage shows the rapid collapse of the working face closest the sea, allowing complete flooding of the mine and forming a new

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measuring approximately .

YouTube video

A video of the event was uploaded to YouTube on 17 May 2007. The accompanying description in Cantonese reads: Prof. Dave Petley, the Wilson Chair in Hazard and Risk in the Department of Geography at the

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, 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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Video of the eventUpscaled video of the eventGoogle Maps image of the coveOpenStreetMap image of the cove
October 1993 in Asia 1993 mining disasters Landslides in Malaysia 1993 in Malaysia Manjung District Megafloods 1990s landslides 1993 natural disasters 1993 disasters in Malaysia {{Malaysia-hist-stub