This map of topography and water depth reveals subduction’s influence on the West Coast of South America near the epicenter of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on February 27, 2010.
This map shows the region around the earthquake that struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010. Blue areas indicate water and brown areas indicate land. Lighter colors indicate higher elevation or shallower depth. Circles indicate earthquake locations, with circle size corresponding to earthquake magnitude. Lines indicate faults.
This map of topography and water depth along the Chilean coast includes black circles that indicate aftershocks with a magnitude of 5.0 or larger that occurred between March 5 and 12, 2010, following the large earthquake on February 27.
This color-coded map shows the topography, bathymetry, fault lines, and earthquake locations related to earthquakes in New Britain on July 18–19, 2010.
The day after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook Honduras, Taiwan’s Formosat-2 satellite captured this detailed, photo-like image showing the collapsed span of the earthquake-damaged Democracy bridge.
This image shows the topography and bathymetry near Sumatra, Indonesia, where hundreds or thousands of people were feared dead in the wake of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck on September 30, 2009.
This image shows the topography, bathymetry, fault lines, and earthquake locations related to the earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia on October 25, 2010.