Acquired March 18, 2011, this natural-color image shows agricultural fields near Sendai, Japan, covered with either snow or flood water.
Published Mar 20, 2011
Acquired in March 2011 and February 2012, these images document the recession of flood waters after the Tohoku tsunami.
Published Mar 13, 2012
A heavy black plume of smoke streams southeast from Sendai, Japan, in this photo-like image from March 12, 2011. The smoke likely originated from a fire burning in an oil refinery in the wake of the massive earthquake that struck the city on March 11.
Published Mar 12, 2011
This map shows the location of a large aftershock off the coast of Japan on April 7, 2011.
Published Apr 7, 2011
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
Skies over northeastern Japan were entirely cloud-free on March 13, 2011, providing a clear view of tsunami flooding along the coastline.
Published Mar 13, 2011
Darkness descended on much of Nepal after a powerful earthquake rattled the country’s already stressed electrical grid.
Published May 2, 2015
The Japanese coastline near Sendai is flooded in this false-color image, taken March 12, 2011, nearly a day after a earthquake-generated tsunami inundated the coast.
Published Mar 13, 2011
This map shows the ground motion and shaking intensity from the March 11, 2011, earthquake at dozens of locations across Japan.
Published Mar 19, 2011
While city lights at night serve as a good proxy for population density, North Korea provides a dark exception.
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