Closeup of Tsunami Damage, Rikuzentakata
Tsunami Damage, Rikuzentakata
The Seafloor Focuses and Merges Tsunami Waves
Tsunami Flooding around Ishinomaki
Land Recovery in Ishinomaki
Tohoku Earthquake Shaking Intensity
Quake and Tsunami Makes Waves in the Atmosphere
Tsunami Sends Kitakami River Far Over Its Banks
Kitakami River, One Year after the Tsunami
Antarctic Icebergs Chipped off by Japan Tsunami
Tsunami Damage Viewed for the Space Station
Sendai Bay - March 2011
Sendai Bay - February 2012
Electricity Losses in Northeastern Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami: Looking Back from Space
In 2011, the fourth largest earthquake in history rocked the coast of Japan, spawning a devastating tsunami. Satellites and scientists had an unprecedented view of both. This gallery offers a glimpse of the broad scale of the destruction, of the recovery a year later, and of some new scientific understanding that emerged.
