This image of central Italy shows the rugged topography in the vicinity of L’Aquila, where a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck on April 6, 2009.
Published Apr 7, 2009
Northwest-southeast-trending mountains and wide basins dominate the topography between the Gulf of California and the Mexico-United States border where a major earthquake occurred on April 4, 2010.
Published Apr 6, 2010
A long valley reveals the location of the Enriquillo-Plaintain Garden Fault in southern Haiti, the site of a deadly earthquake in mid-January 2010.
Published Jan 14, 2010
Remote sensing scientists are getting better at measuring such events and showing how they disrupt and move the land surface.
Published Jul 25, 2019
This hand-held astronaut photo shows urban areas and fault-related topographic features from San Bernardino, California, to Tijuana, Mexico.
Published Dec 15, 2008
This topographic map of the South Island, New Zealand, illustrates the location of a large earthquake on September 4, 2010, how geologic activity shaped the region in the past, and why the current geology makes Christchurch vulnerable to earthquake damage.
Published Sep 7, 2010
