[HIGHLIGHTS] Catastrophe on New Year's Day: This is how the earthquake in Japan shifted the ground

Satellite images show the consequences for the landscape. In places the ground is now four meters higher.

Japan lies on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide. Quakes are common in the region, but due to strict building regulations, among other things, most of them do not leave any damage. The epicenter of the quake in January was in the Noto Peninsula, part of Ishikawa Prefecture. The region was particularly badly affected by the quake.