Japan's Noto Peninsula has newly exposed beaches due to the earthquake that struck Monday. Locals who were fishing at the time, reported the entire coastline uplifted when the quake hit. AdvertisementAccording to satellite imagery, Japan's Noto Peninsula was rattled and slightly enlarged when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck on January 1. Muck on the side of structures at Kaiso Fishing Port shows where they used to be underwater, after the earthquake uplifted the land. Earthquake Research Institute, University of TokyoThe Geospatial Information Authority of Japan published a preliminary satellite analysis of the Noto Peninsula.

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Persons: —, Muck Organizations: Service, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Geospatial, Authority of Japan, JAXA, Geospatial Information Authority Locations: Noto, Noto Peninsula, Fishing, Japan