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Mapping Kamchatka Earthquake Displacement

A group of satellites with interferometric synthetic aperture radar makes it possible for geologists to detect how much and where…

Earthquake Lifts the Noto Peninsula

Some parts of the peninsula rose up to 4 meters (13 feet), shifting the position of coastlines and leaving some…

Earthquake Damage in Türkiye

Scientists from NASA and other agencies are using satellites to map damage caused by the devastating earthquake.

Island Nation Hit Hard by Eruption

Tsunami waves battered the coasts of several Tongan islands and ash blankets everything.

Palu Landslides Linked to Rice Irrigation

An earthquake in Indonesia made the land flow like mud in a place where science previously said it shouldn't.

Measuring Movement from the Ridgecrest Quake

Remote sensing scientists are getting better at measuring such events and showing how they disrupt and move the land surface.