Data gathered from four weeks in the fall of 2024 showed the speed of the movement to be "more than enough to put human life and infrastructure at risk," Alexander Handwerger, JPL landslide scientist said.

New data from NASA shows the land underneath Rancho Palos Verdes slid as much as four inches per week last fall, and that the area of the slides is spreading.

A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope toward the Pacific Ocean at a rapid rate, according to NASA.