Acquired in March 2011 and February 2012, these images document the recession of flood waters after the Tohoku tsunami.
Published Mar 13, 2012
Satellite imagery reveals tsunami damage along the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa.
Published Oct 15, 2009
Sobering satellite views reveal massive damage on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Published Oct 3, 2018Image of the Day Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing Earthquakes
Even at great distances from their source, tsunami waves can grow by being focused and steered by underwater ridges.
Published Mar 12, 2012
One year after the tsunami, the landscape near the mouth of the Kitakami river remains irrevocably altered.
Published Mar 11, 2012
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai. If the initial estimate is confirmed, it will be the fifth largest earthquake in recorded history.
Published Mar 12, 2011
Landsat images helped convince researchers that a slumping mountainside overlooking Barry Arm fjord could pose a tsunami hazard.
Published Oct 5, 2020
Scientists observed the calving of several large icebergs from the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Antarctica as a result of the March 2011 tsunami half a world away in Japan.
Published Aug 9, 2011
