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Following the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake, we acquired vertical and oblique aerial imagery and generated orthophotos with a ground sampling distance of 10 cm. Visual interpretation identified surface earthquake ruptures extending discontinuously for approximately 12 km, with building damage concentrated along the active fault and in the epicentral area. Oblique imagery and super-resolved orthophotos were also used to characterize the morphology of the collapsed lava dome.
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