two satellite images show a town on a coast with a protruding peninsula and dock before and after new land rises out of the sea
A fishing port on the Noto Peninsula before (left) and after (right) the earthquake, showing new coastal land appeared.
  • Japan's Noto Peninsula has newly exposed beaches due to the earthquake that struck Monday.
  • The quake raised land along the coast, extending the coastline by up to 820 feet in some places.
  • Locals who were fishing at the time, reported the entire coastline uplifted when the quake hit.

According to satellite imagery, Japan's Noto Peninsula was rattled and slightly enlarged when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck on January 1.