From Flooded Airport to Tectonic Fault: Satellite Images From Turkiye and Syria After Deadly Quake

Tectonic fault after an earthquake in south-eastern Turkiye. The image was taken by the Russian spacecraft "Kanopus-B".

The preliminary damage proxy map above shows parts of the cities of Turkoglu, Kahramanmaras, and Nurdagi. Dark red pixels represent areas likely to have severe damage to buildings, homes, and infrastructure or changes to the landscape, whereas orange and yellow areas are moderately or partially damaged. Each pixel measures about 30 meters across (about the size of a baseball infield).

The Chinese Chaohu-1 satellite by Changsha-based Spacety Co Ltd also released satellite imagery of the earthquake zone. The radar remote sensing images show the surrounding area of the epicenter.

Flooding of the Turkish Hatay airport after a series of earthquakes in south-eastern Turkiye. The image was taken by the Russian Kanopus-V spacecraft.

Image of Latakia, Syria by the Russian Kanopus-B satellite.

Surface displacement map showing the movement of the land towards (red) and away (blue) from the satellite due to the earthquakes.

Russia's Kanopus-V satellite gives an image of Turkiye's Hatay province after the earthquake.

Damage proxy map of regions in Turkiye affected by the earthquake, including the cities of Turkoglu, Kahramanmaras, and Nurdagi. Dark red pixels show areas likely to have suffered severe damage to buildings, homes, and infrastructure or changes to the landscape, whereas orange and yellow areas are moderately or partially damaged. Each pixel measures about 30 meters across (about the size of a baseball infield).