Richard G. LaHusen Rex L. Baum Jason W. Kean William H. Schulz Lynn M. Highland Mark E. Reid 2012 Landslides cause fatalities and property damage throughout the Nation. To reduce the impact from hazardous landslides, the U.S. Geological Survey develops and uses real-time and near-real-time landslide monitoring systems. Monitoring can detect when hillslopes are primed for sliding and can provide early indications of rapid, catastrophic movement. Continuous information from up-to-the-minute or real-time monitoring provides prompt notification of landslide activity, advances our understanding of landslide behavior, and enables more effective engineering and planning efforts. application/pdf 10.3133/fs20123008 en U.S. Geological Survey Real-time monitoring of landslides reports