1985年6月12日凌晨3时30分,长江西陵峡新滩北坡发生了3000万方堆积层推动式的大滑坡。滑移速度为25～28米/秒,滑动面积0.7平方公里,填高河床17米。摧毁了山村、果林及坡脚的新滩镇,损失达930万元。但由于预报准确、决策果断、措施得力,滑区内的457户、1371人全部撤离,无一人伤亡。附近江上行驶的11艘客轮,也免遭大难。 At about 3.30 on June 12, 1985, 30 million cubic meters of large-scale push-slip landslide occurred on the northern slope of the Xintan New Bank in the Yangtze River. Sliding speed of 25 ~ 28 m / s, sliding area of ​​0.7 square kilometers, filled the river bed 17 meters. Destroyed the village, fruit grove and the foot of the new beach town, loss of 9.3 million yuan. However, due to the accurate forecast, decisive decision and effective measures, 457 households in the slide area and 1371 people all evacuated without any casualties. 11 passenger ships traveling near the river are also protected from a catastrophe.