Acquired October 19, 2011, this natural-color image shows landslides in the northern Indian state of Sikkim. The landslides likely resulted from an earthquake to the northwest.
Using satellite radar sensors, scientists have been able to detect the rising and falling of the landscape in the Himalayas caused by the Gorkha earthquake.
This natural color image of Christchurch, New Zealand, is overlain with a measure of the ground shaking in the area during the February 2011 earthquake.