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.
Published Sep 30, 2009
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.
Published Jan 13, 2010
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.
Published Oct 27, 2010
In the early morning hours of January 4, 2009, a pair of powerful earthquakes rattled Papua, Indonesia.
Published Jan 10, 2009
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Costa Rica shook the country on January 8, 2009. The event triggered landslides which killed at least 20 people.
Published Jan 16, 2009
The contrast in ocean depths between the Australia Plate and the Pacific Plate near the Solomon islands reveals the subduction of the former beneath its northeastern neighbor. This subduction was responsible for the 7.2-magnitude quake on January 4, 2010.
Published Jan 5, 2010
This map shows the region surrounding the earthquakes that occurred near Vanuatu on October 7 and 8, 2009. Ocean water appears in shades of blue, and land areas appear in shades of brown. Circles mark earthquake locations, and a black line marks the tectonic plate boundary.
Published Oct 9, 2009
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.
Published Mar 2, 2010
This map shows the location of a large aftershock off the coast of Japan on April 7, 2011.
Published Apr 7, 2011
