Landsat images helped convince researchers that a slumping mountainside overlooking Barry Arm fjord could pose a tsunami hazard.
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Satellite imagery reveals tsunami damage along the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa.
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Some parts of the peninsula rose up to 4 meters (13 feet), shifting the position of coastlines and leaving some ports dry.
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On June 5, 2009, a mountainside collapsed in the Chingqing region of southern China, burying dozens of people. The landslide remained visible in satellite imagery nearly two weeks later.
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Debris spread more than 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the source to the toe of the landslide.
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One of the tallest tsunami waves known to science slammed this Alaskan bay in 1958.
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Acquired September 7, 2010, this natural-color image shows the Zhouqu landslide remaining visible on the landscape weeks after its occurrence.
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