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Sensing How Much the Earth Moved in Nepal
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Published May 14, 2015
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.
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Landslide Dams the Tom Khola
Published May 7, 2015
Debris from an earthquake-induced landslide has dammed a river in Nepal.
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Landslide in Langtang Valley
Published May 5, 2015
The powerful earthquake in Nepal triggered a destructive landslide that completely buried a village.
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Power Outages Plague Nepal
Published May 2, 2015
Darkness descended on much of Nepal after a powerful earthquake rattled the country’s already stressed electrical grid.
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Earthquake Births New Island off Pakistan
Published September 28, 2013
A piece of seafloor rose out the water after a violent earthquake shook up Earth’s crust in September 2013.
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Earthquake in Southeastern Iran
Published April 17, 2013
The smaller Arabian plate plunges beneath the Eurasian plate where the two collide in the Middle East. As the Eurasian plate descends, quakes can occur deep below the surface.
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Earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran
Published August 13, 2012
This image shows the location of earthquakes that struck northwestern Iran between August 11 and 13, 2012.
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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Oaxaca, Mexico
Published March 20, 2012
A strong earthquake struck southern Mexico on March 20, 2012, near the converging Cocos and North American tectonic plates.
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Wreckage and Recovery in Ishinomaki, Japan
Published March 13, 2012
Acquired in March 2011 and February 2012, these images document the recession of flood waters after the Tohoku tsunami.
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The Seafloor Focuses and Merges Tsunami Waves
Published March 12, 2012
Even at great distances from their source, tsunami waves can grow by being focused and steered by underwater ridges.
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Effects of the Tohoku Tsunami on the Kitakami River
Published March 11, 2012
One year after the tsunami, the landscape near the mouth of the Kitakami river remains irrevocably altered.
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Closeup of Tsunami Damage, Rikuzentakata
Published March 10, 2012
Acquired 3 days after the Tohoku earthquake, this image shows the remains of a town that was nearly erased by the 2011 tsunami.
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