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It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. HOMEPAGE Newsletters An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log in Subscribe Science Space photos show Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 2 football fields Morgan McFall-Johnsen 2024-01-05T23:06:02Z An curved arrow pointing right. Share The letter F. Facebook An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Email A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter The word "in". LinkedIn An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link A bookmark Save Read in app two satellite images show a town on a coast with a protruding peninsula and dock before and after new land rises out of the sea [ ] An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. A fishing port on the Noto Peninsula before (left) and after (right) the earthquake, showing new coastal land appeared. Geospatial Information Authority of Japan/JAXA [top-left] [bottom-rig] Redeem now * Japan's Noto Peninsula has newly exposed beaches due to the earthquake that struck Monday. * The quake raised land along the coast, extending the coastline by up to 820 feet in some places. * Locals who were fishing at the time, reported the entire coastline uplifted when the quake hit. Insider Today [insider-to] NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today's biggest stories in markets, tech, and business -- delivered daily. Read preview Bull [newsletter] Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. download the app Email address [ ] Sign up By clicking "Sign Up", you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time. Bull [newsletter] Advertisement According to satellite imagery, Japan's Noto Peninsula was rattled and slightly enlarged when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck on January 1. Preliminary satellite analysis and on-the-ground surveys have found that the earthquake raised land along the coast -- a process called uplift -- by as much as 4 meters, roughly 13 feet. people on a platform beside the sea with a clear water line about 12 feet above the ocean and newly exposed sea floor covered in algae and muck beside it Muck on the side of structures at Kaiso Fishing Port shows where they used to be underwater, after the earthquake uplifted the land. Newly exposed sea floor is visible beside the platform. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo That means the sea floor along the coast has now risen above the water in many places on the Noto Peninsula, creating newly exposed beaches. two satellite images of the same coastline before and after new coast land rose out of the ocean A region of the western Noto Peninsula in June 2023 (left) and January 2024 (right) showing coastal expansion after the earthquake. Geospatial Information Authority of Japan/JAXA In some places, the earthquake extended the coastline by as much as 250 meters, or about 820 feet, according to a statement from the University of Tokyo. That's about the length of 2.2 American football fields. Advertisement gif alternates between two gray satellite images showing new land appearing along a coastline A gif shows how the coastline changed using two satellite images, one from June 2023 and the other from January 2024, due to uplift from the earthquake. Geospatial Information Authority of Japan/JAXA Locals fishing in a bay on the peninsula reported that "the entire coastline was uplifted at the time of the earthquake, that the uplift in the bay occurred at the same time as the earthquake, and that the tsunami in the bay did not run up to the raised port," the university's statement said, according to a Google translation from Japanese to English. wide beach with dry grass extending to bare sand with a wall of black barriers with more bare sand beyond with puddles of water here and there before reaching the ocean An area where the coastline has moved forward due to the earthquake, east of Kaiso Fishing Port, was photographed two days after the quake. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan published a preliminary satellite analysis of the Noto Peninsula. Comparing satellite images from June 2023 with images from the days after the earthquake, the agency identified multiple regions where new coastline has emerged. The university said its investigation along the coast was ongoing. A picture of a switch and lightbulb [light-swit] Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Subscribe to push notifications Read next Watch: Before-and-after images show devastation of Japan earthquake [svg] [6595d831ec] Japan Advertisement Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Advertisement Recommended video Advertisement Business Insider [stacked-bl] Follow us on: [svg] [facebook] [svg] [twitter] [svg] [linkedin] [svg] [youtube] [svg] [instagram] Download on the App Store [app-store-] Get it on Google Play [google-pla] * * Copyright (c) 2024 Insider Inc. All rights reserved. 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