USGS Multimedia Gallery: Natural Hazards Photo Collection

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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Roof moved into the ocean in Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Only the foundation of a house in Fagasa, American Samoa remains after the tsunami hit on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Marie Chan Kau, a staff member at American Samoa Community College and a member of the International Tsunami Survey Team, points to the maximum water level reached by the tsunami that struck American Samoa on Sept. 29, 2009. This spot, found in Fagasa, American Samoa, is about about 10 meters above...
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Sediment inundated a building in Pago Pago, American Samoa as a result of a Tsunami that struck the coast on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Cars damaged by the tsunami in Fagasa, American Samoa. The tsunami hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe standing next to a boat thrown ashore in Pago Pago, American Samoa by the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
The water from the tsunami that hit American Samoa on September 29, 2009 was strong enough to destroy homes and move large objects, such as the boulder pictured here....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) at Alofau, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) indicator at Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. Vegetation is brown where it was submerged by the tsunami and green above....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Car thrown into building in Pago Pago, American Samoa during the tsunami that struck the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Vasily Titov (left) of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe (right) standing next to a tsunami warning sign. Signs like this warn people living on the coast to go to higher ground after an earthquake. ...
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Boat thrown onto fish pond in Maloata, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Aluminum roofs and debris transported behind the village of Tula on the east shore of American Samoa following the Tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. The tsunami runup (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) was 16-26 feet in Tula....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Tsunami sand deposit at Alao, American Samoa following the tsunami on Sept. 29, 2009. Light colored sand deposited during the tsunami overlies darker soil that was there before the tsunami....
Location: USA

Helicopter Flight to Mount Redoubt
Scientists from the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) examine deposits on the lobe of the Drift Glacier with the summit of Mount Redoubt and its steaming lava dome in distance. This photo was taken during the first helicopter flight funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, whi...
Location: USA

Washed Out Bridge, Snake Creek Near Whitesburg
Tributary to Snake Creek, near Whitesburg, Georgia, showing a washed out bridge. When bridges such as this one collapse during a flood, it is rarely the pressure of the rushing water against the bridge that causes the bridge to fail. Rather, the rushing water erodes the ground underneath and surroun...
Location: Whitesburg, Carroll County, GA, USA

Horseshoe Lake
View of tree kill area at Horseshoe Lake in the Long Valley Caldera along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California....
Location: CA, USA