Scientists from around the world banded together to analyze landslides in the wake of a potent temblor. They found fewer scars on the landscape than past events would have predicted.
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.
A combination of seismographic data and satellite imagery is making it easier for scientists to locate elusive landslides. In summer 2013, Landsat 8 helped pinpoint a slide in eastern Alaska.
Freshly exposed earth traces down the slope of Mount Elgon in Uganda where a large landslide buried three villages on March 2, 2010. This cloud-free, natural color image is from March 11.