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In general, the type of mass movement (whether creep, landslide, etc) is determined by several factors. The amount of clay in the material, the amount of water, and the slope are important factors. If your hillside home sits on a clayey soil or rock, and there has been a lot of rain lately, you are definitely more at risk for some sort of mass movement such as a landslide or mudslide.
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