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  1. Earthquakes - NASA Earth Observatory

    Jan 23, 2024 · 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 ports dry. Published Jan …

  2. Earthquakes - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Apr 29, 2020 · An earthquake is a violent and abrupt shaking of the ground, caused by movement between tectonic plates along a fault line in the earth’s crust. Earthquakes can result in the …

  3. On the path to recovery: three months after the earthquake in …

    Mar 16, 2025 · A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Port Vila on 17 December 2024, claimed 14 lives, destroyed critical infrastructure, and displaced over 2000 people who needed to stay in …

  4. Myanmar earthquake response 2025 - World Health Organization …

    Mar 30, 2025 · Sagaing earthquake in Myanmar On 28 March 2025, two powerful earthquakes struck central Myanmar’s Sagaing Region near Mandalay. The first, with a magnitude of 7.7, …

  5. Earthquake in Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic

    On 6 February 2023, a series of large earthquakes hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria, followed by hundreds of aftershocks. Thousands of lives were lost in the initial earthquakes …

  6. 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake - NASA Earth Observatory

    Mar 13, 2012 · Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) …

  7. Papua New Guinea earthquake - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Mar 20, 2018 · On 26 February 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (PNG), triggering landslides, killing and burying people and houses, affecting water sources …

  8. Türkiye and Syria earthquakes - World Health Organization (WHO)

    On 6 February 2023, a series of massive earthquakes struck south-eastern Türkiye near the border with the Syrian Arab Republic.

  9. Resilient reconstruction: 20 years after Gujarat earthquake

    Jan 26, 2021 · As India celebrated its 52nd Republic Day on 26 January 2001, a massive earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale struck Kutch district of western Gujarat at 8:46 …

  10. Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan - NASA Earth …

    The earthquake generated a massive tsunami that devastated the coastal areas show in the image. Clouds of blue and green sediment in the ocean may be mud and other debris from the …

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