Earthquake Damage-General

The following images are from NOAA’s image collection. For further details on each image, click the PDF at the bottom of the page.

Compression of fence, Hebgen Lake, Montana (1959)
Slumping of highway into Hebgen Lake, Montana (1959)
Government Hill School (1964)
Slumping of Turnagain Heights subdivision, Anchorage, Alaska (1964)
Tipped residence due to differential settling, Caracas, Venezuela (1967)
Surface rupture, Meckering, Australia (1968)
Leaning apartment houses in Niigata, Japan (1964)
Union Pacific Railway damage from ground deformation, Seattle, Washington (1965)
City street, Huaraz, Peru, before 1970 earthquake
City street, Huaraz, Peru, before 1970 earthquake
Twisted railroad tracks across fault, Guatemala (1976)
Landslide near Guatemala City, Guatemala (1976)
Compression of freeway, San Fernando, California (1971)
Offset of trees along fault, Motagua, Guatemala (1976)
Liquefaction, Motagua Valley, Guatemala (1976)
Support pillar failure, Imperial County Services Building, El Centro, California (1979)
Offset of lettuce rows across fault, El Centro, California (1979)
Slumping near El Centro, California (1979)
Sand boil produced by liquefaction, El Centro, California (1979)
Collapsed unit of Pallante Factory, Campania, Italy (1980)