Abstract:Geological disaster investigation work in different cities has been carried out by Shandong Department of Land and Resources in 2016. As a geological disaster developing area, Yantai city is one of the key work areas of this investigation. Based on present investigation, 471 hidden danger points of geological disasters developed in Yantai city have been identified. It is found that geological disasters are mostly small scales, and main types are collapse, landslide, debris flow, mining subsidence and karst collapse. The hidden danger points of collapse account for 68% of geological disasters, mudslides and mining-out collapse account for 15% and 14% respectively, and landslide accounts for only 1%. The characteristics of geological disasters in Yantai city have been explained as well. On these basis, main influencing factors of geological disasters, such as topography and landform, rock and soil type, geological structure, precipitation and human engineering activities have been analyzed. Geological disasters caused by engineering construction have been pointed out in order to reduce and prevent the secondary geological disasters.