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Images & Animations
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Credit
Image copyright Japan Space Imaging
A series of powerful earthquakes rattled northern Japan starting on the evening of October 23. This IKONOS image shows a massive landslide over the Enoki Tunnel.
- Large Images: <LI>October 24, 2004 (570 kb) <LI>August 13, 2004 (580 kb)
These images show one such landslide on the Enoki Tunnel with mud, rock, and trees covering the road along the river. The images were collected on October 24, top, and August 13, below, by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite. In the image taken on October 24, one day after the earthquakes, the river is a murky green, tainted by sediment, probably from both the earthquake-induced landslides and the run-off caused by the typhoon’s heavy rains. Imagery collected after a natural disaster such as this earthquake could be used to assess damage to natural and man-made features such as houses, roads, and surrounding infrastructure. Emergency response agencies can also use map-accurate imagery to plan evacuations, recovery operations and establish victim relief centers.
Metadata
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Sensor
IKONOS/IKONOS -
Start Date
2004-10-24 -
Event Start Date
2004-10-23 -
NH Image ID
12567 -
NH Event ID
10520 -
NH Posting Date
2004-11-09