Measuring co-seismic deformation from earthquakes

Published studies using INSAR measurements to estimate earthquake parameters

Year

Mon

Day

Name

Mw

Mission

Reference

1992

12

2

Fawnskin, California

5.1

ERS

[Feigl et al., 1995]

1992

6

28

Landers, California

7.3

ERS-1

[Massonnet et al., 1993; Massonnet et al., 1994; Zebker et al., 1994; Hernandez et al., 1997; Hernandez et al., 1999]

1992

6

29

Little Skull Mountain

5.4

ERS-1

[Lohman et al., 2002]

1993

5

17

Eureka Valley, California

6.1

ERS

[Massonnet and Feigl, 1995; Peltzer and Rosen, 1995]

1994

?

?

Double Spring Flat, Nevada

5.9

?

[Bell and Amelung, 2001]

1994

1

17

Northridge, California

6.7

JERS, ERS

[Massonnet et al., 1996; Murakami et al., 1996]

1995

1

17

Hyogo-ken Nanbu (Kobe), Japan

7.2

JERS

[Ozawa et al., 1997]

1995

10

1

Dinar, Turkey

6.1

ERS

[Wright et al., 2000]

1995

10

9

Jalisco, Mexico

8.0

ERS

[Vincent, 1998]

1995

11

22

Nuweiba, Elat (Aquaba)

7.1

ERS

[Baer et al., 1999; Klinger et al., 2000]

1995

5

13

Grevena, Greece

6.6

ERS

[Meyer et al., 1996; Clarke et al., 1998; Meyer et al., 1998]

1995

5

27

Neftegorsk, N. Sakhalin

7.0

JERS

[Tobita et al., 1998]

1995

6

15

Corinth, Greece

6.2

ERS

[Bernard et al., 1997]

1995

7

30

Antofogasta, Chili

8.1

ERS

[de Chabalier et al., 1999; Pritchard et al., 2002]

1996

2

26

St Paul de Fenouillet, France

5.0

ERS

[Rigo and Massonnet, 1999]

1996

3

-

Akutan, Alaska (swarm)

ERS

[Lu et al., 2000]

1997

11

9

Manyi, Tibet

7.6

ERS

[Peltzer et al., 1999]

1997

3

26

Kagoshima-ken-hokuseibu, Japan

7.0

JERS

[Fujiwara et al., 1998]

1998

3

14

Fandoqa, SE Iran

6.6

ERS

[Berberian et al., 2000]

1998

9

3

Iwate, Japan

6.1

JERS

[Fujiwara et al., 2000; Nishimura et al., 2001]

1999

10

16

Hector Mines, California

7.1

ERS

[Sandwell et al., 2000; Fialko et al., 2001]

1999

11

12

Duzce, Turkey

7.1

ERS

[Bürgmann et al., 2002]

1999

8

17

Izmit, Turkey

7.4

ERS

[Reilinger et al., 2000; Michel and Avouac, 2001; Wright et al., 2001; Delouis et al., 2002; Feigl et al., 2002]

1999

9

7

Athens, Greece

5.9

ERS-2

[Kontoes et al., 2000; Wright, 2000]

1997

9

26

Umbria-Marche, Italy

5.7 & 6.0

ERS

[Salvi et al., 1999; Stramondo et al., 1999]

2000

6

17

Iceland

6.6

ERS

[Pedersen et al., 2001]

2000

6

21

Iceland

6.6

ERS

[Pedersen et al., 2001]

2000

6

6

Çankiri, Turkey

6.0

ERS

[Wright, 2000]

2001

1

26

Bhuj, India

?

ERS?

[Burgmann et al., 2001]

 

Updated 2002-01-07 Kurt.Feigl@cnes.fr

  1. References:

Bernard, P., P. Briole, B. Meyer, H. Lyon-Caen, J.M. Gomez, C. Tiberi, C. Berge, D. Hatzfeld, C. Lachet, B. Lebrun, A. Deschamps, F. Courboulex, C. Laroque, A. Rigo, D. Massonnet, P. Papadimitriou, J. Kassaras, D. Diagourtas, K. Makropoulos, G. Veis, E. Papazisi, C. Mitsakaki, V. Karakostas, E. Papadimitriou, and D. Papanastassiou, The Ms=6.2, June 15, 1995 Aigion earthquake (Greece): Evidence for low normal faulting in the Corinth rift, J. Seismol., 1, 131-150, 1997.

de Chabalier, J.-B., J.-C. Ruegg, R. Armijo, B. Fruneau, D. Massonnet, H. Vadon, J. Campos, and C. Delacourt, Modelling the deformation related to the Mw = 8.1 subduction earthquake of northern Chile (1995) using SAR interferometry and GPS measurements, in Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., pp. 46, 1999.

Feigl, K.L., A. Sergent, and D. Jacq, Estimation of an earthquake focal mechanism from a satellite radar interferogram: application to the December 4, 1992 Landers aftershock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22 (9), 1037-1048, 1995.

Massonnet, D., and K.L. Feigl, Satellite radar interferometric map of the coseismic deformation field of the M = 6.1 Eureka Valley, Calfornia earthquake of May 17, 1993, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22 (12), 1541-1544, 1995.

Massonnet, D., K.L. Feigl, H. Vadon, and M. Rossi, Coseismic deformation field of the M = 6.7 Northridge, California earthquake of January 17, 1994 recorded by two radar satellites using interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23 (9), 969-972, 1996.

Melbourne, T., I. Carmichael, C. DeMets, K. Hudnut, O. Sanchez, J. Stock, G. Suarez, and F. Webb, The geodetic signature of the M 8.0 October 9, Jalisco subduction earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 715-718, 1997.

Meyer, B., R. Armijo, D. Massonnet, J.B. de Chabalier, C. Delacourt, J.C. Ruegg, J. Achache, and D. Papanastassiou, Comment on "Geodetic investigation on the May 13, 1995 Kozani-Grevena (Greece) earthquake" by Clarke et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 25 (1), 129-130, 1998.

Murakami, M., M. Tobita, T. Saito, and H. Masharu, Coseismic crustal deformations of the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake detected by interferometric analysis of SAR images acquired by the JERS-1 satellite, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8605-8614, 1996.

Peltzer, G., F. Crampé, and G. King, Evidence of nonlinear elasticity of the crust from Mw7.6 Manyi (Tibet) earthquake, Science, 286 (273-276), 1999.

Reilinger, R.E., S. Ergintav, R. Bürgmann, S. McClusky, O. Lenk, A. Barka, O. Gurkan, L. Hearn, K.L. Feigl, R. Cakmak, B. Aktug, H. Ozener, and M.N. Toksoz, Coseismic and postseismic fault slip for the 17 August 1999, M=7.4, Izmit, Turkey earthquake, Science, 289, 1519-1524, 2000.

Rigo, A., and D. Massonnet, Investigating the 1996 Pyrenean earthquake (France) with SAR Interferograms heavily distorted by atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett, 26, 3217-3220, 1999.

Thio, H.K., and H. Kanamori, Source complexity of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and its relation to aftershock mechanisms, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 86 (1B), S84-S92, 1996.

Vincent, F., Apports et limites de l'intéroférométrie radar pour l'étude des déformations crustales en zone tropicale: application au séisme de Jalisco (Mexique, Mw=8, 09/10/95), DEA thesis, Dynamique de la lithosphère, Nice, 1998.

Baer, G., D. Sandwell, S. Williams, Y. Bock, and G. Shamir, Coseismic deformation associated with the November 1995, Mw=7.1 Nuweiba earthquake, Elat (Aquaba), detected by synthetic aperture radar interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 104 (B11), 25,221-25,232, 1999.

Bell, J.W., and F. Amelung, InSAR derived focal mechanism of the 1994, M5.9 Double Spring Flat, Nevada earthquake, in Amer. Geophys. Un., San Francisco, 2001.

Berberian, M., C. Baker, E. Fielding, J.A. Jackson, B. Parsons, K. Priestley, M. Qorashi, M. Talebian, R. Walker, and T.J. Wright, The 14 March 1998 Fandoqa earthquake (Mw 6.6) in Kerman province, SE Iran: re-rupture of the 1981 Sirch earthquake fault, triggerring of slip on adjacent thrusts and the actice tectonics of the Gowk fault zone, Geophys. J. Int., submitted, 2000.

Bernard, P., P. Briole, B. Meyer, H. Lyon-Caen, J.M. Gomez, C. Tiberi, C. Berge, D. Hatzfeld, C. Lachet, B. Lebrun, A. Deschamps, F. Courboulex, C. Laroque, A. Rigo, D. Massonnet, P. Papadimitriou, J. Kassaras, D. Diagourtas, K. Makropoulos, G. Veis, E. Papazisi, C. Mitsakaki, V. Karakostas, E. Papadimitriou, and D. Papanastassiou, The Ms=6.2, June 15, 1995 Aigion earthquake (Greece): Evidence for low normal faulting in the Corinth rift, J. Seismol., 1, 131-150, 1997.

Bürgmann, R., E. Ayhan, E. Fielding, T. Wright, S. McClusky, B. Aktug, C. Demir, O. Lenk, and A. Turkezer, Deformation During the 12 November 1999, Duzce, Turkey Earthquake, from GPS and InSAR Data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., submitted, 2002.

Burgmann, R., D.A. Schmidt, and E. Fielding, InSAR constraints on the January 26, 2001 Bhuj Earthquake, in Amer. Geophys. Un., San Francisco, 2001.

Clarke, P.J., D. Paradissis, P. Briole, P.C. England, B.E. Parsons, H. Billiris, G. Veis, and J.-C. Ruegg, Reply to Comment by Meyer et al. on "Geodetic investigation of the May 13, 1995 Kozani-Grevena (Greece) earthquake" by P. J. Clarke et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 25 (1), 131-134, 1998.

de Chabalier, J.-B., J.-C. Ruegg, R. Armijo, B. Fruneau, D. Massonnet, H. Vadon, J. Campos, and C. Delacourt, Modelling the deformation related to the Mw = 8.1 subduction earthquake of northern Chile (1995) using SAR interferometry and GPS measurements, in Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., pp. 46, 1999.

Delouis, B., B. Giardini, P. Lundgren, and J. Salichon, Joint inversion of INSAR, GPS, teleseismic, and strong motion data for the spatial and temporal distribution of earthquake slip: application to the Izmit mainshock, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., in press, 2002.

Feigl, K.L., F. Sarti, H. Vadon, P. Durand, S. Mclusky, S. Ergintav, R. Bürgmann, A. Rigo, D. Massonnet, and R. Reilinger, Estimating slip distribution for the Izmit mainshock from coseismic GPS, ERS-1, RADARSAT and SPOT measurements, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., in press, 2002.

Feigl, K.L., A. Sergent, and D. Jacq, Estimation of an earthquake focal mechanism from a satellite radar interferogram: application to the December 4, 1992 Landers aftershock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22 (9), 1037-1048, 1995.

Fialko, Y., M. Simons, and D. Agnew, The complete (3-D) surface displacement field in the epicentral area of the 1999 Mw7.1 Hecor Mine earthquake, California, from space geodetic observations [\textit{M}_{w}7.1], Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 (16), 3063-3066, 2001.

Fujiwara, S., T. Nishimura, M. Murakami, H. Nakagawa, M. Tobita, and P.A. Rosen, 2.5-D surface deformation of M6.1 earthquake near Mt Iwate detected by SAR interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (14), 2049-2052, 2000.

Fujiwara, S., H. Yarai, S. Ozawa, M. Tobita, M. Murakami, H. Nakagawa, K. Nitta, P.A. Rosen, and C.L. Werner, Surface displacement of the March 26, 1997, Kagoshima-ken-hokuseibu earthquake in Japan from synthetic aperture radar interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25 (24), 4541-4544, 1998.

Hernandez, B., F. Cotton, and M. Campillo, Contribution of radar interferometry to a two step inversion of the kinematic process of the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 13,083-13,099, 1999.

Hernandez, B., F. Cotton, M. Campillo, and D. Massonnet, A comparison between short-term (co-seismic) and long-term (one year) slip for the Landers earthquake: Measurements from strong motion and SAR interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1579-1582, 1997.

Klinger, Y., R. Michel, and J.-P. Avouac, Co-seismic deformation during the Mw 7.3 Aqaba earthquake (1995) from ERS-SAR interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (22), 3651-3654, 2000.

Kontoes, C., P. Elias, O. Sykioti, P. Briole, D. Remy, M. Sachpazi, G. Veis, and I. Kotsis, Displacement field and fault model for the September 7, 1999 Athens earthquake inferred from ERS2 satellite radar interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (24), 3989-3992, 2000.

Lohman, R.B., M. Simons, and B. Savage, Location and mechanism of the Little Skull Mountain Earthquake as constrained by satellite radar interferometry and seismic waveform modeling, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.

Lu, Z., C. Wicks, Jr., J.A. Power, and D. Dzurisin, Ground deformation associated with the March 1996 earthquake swarm at Akutan volcano, Alaska, revealed by satellite radar interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 105 (B9), 21,483-21,496, 2000.

Massonnet, D., and K.L. Feigl, Satellite radar interferometric map of the coseismic deformation field of the M = 6.1 Eureka Valley, Calfornia earthquake of May 17, 1993, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22 (12), 1541-1544, 1995.

Massonnet, D., K.L. Feigl, M. Rossi, and F. Adragna, Radar interferometric mapping of deformation in the year after the Landers earthquake, Nature, 369, 227–230, 1994.

Massonnet, D., K.L. Feigl, H. Vadon, and M. Rossi, Coseismic deformation field of the M = 6.7 Northridge, California earthquake of January 17, 1994 recorded by two radar satellites using interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23 (9), 969-972, 1996.

Massonnet, D., M. Rossi, C. Carmona, F. Adragna, G. Peltzer, K. Feigl, and T. Rabaute, The displacement field of the Landers earthquake mapped by radar interferometry, Nature, 364, 138-142, 1993.

Meyer, B., R. Armijo, D. Massonnet, J.B. de Chabalier, C. Delacourt, J.C. Ruegg, J. Achache, and D. Papanastassiou, Comment on "Geodetic investigation on the May 13, 1995 Kozani-Grevena (Greece) earthquake" by Clarke et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 25 (1), 129-130, 1998.

Meyer, B., R. Armijo, D. Massonnet, J.B. de Chabalier, C. Delacourt, J.C. Ruegg, J. Achache, P. Briole, and D. Panastassiou, The 1995 Grevena (Northern Greece) earthquake: fault model constrained with tectonic observations and SAR interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2677-2680, 1996.

Michel, R., and J.-P. Avouac, Imaging Earthquake From Offsets Measured on Optical or Radar Images, in 2001 AGU Fall Meeting, pp. abstract 3243, San Francisco, 2001.

Murakami, M., M. Tobita, T. Saito, and H. Masharu, Coseismic crustal deformations of the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake detected by interferometric analysis of SAR images acquired by the JERS-1 satellite, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8605-8614, 1996.

Nishimura, T., S. Fujiwara, M. Murakami, M. Tobita, H. Nakagawa, T. Sagiya, and T. Tada, The M6.1 Earthquake triggered by volcanic inflation of Iwate volcano, northern Japan, observed by satellite radar interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 (4), 635-638, 2001.

Ozawa, S., M. Murakami, S. Fujiwara, and M. Tobita, Synthetic aperture radar interferogram of the 1995 Kobe earthquake and its geodetic inversion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 2327-2330, 1997.

Pedersen, R., F. Sigmundsson, K.L. Feigl, and T. Árnadóttir, Coseismic interferograms of two MS=6.6 earthquakes in the South Iceland Seismic Zone, June 2000, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3341-3344, 2001.

Peltzer, G., F. Crampé, and G. King, Evidence of nonlinear elasticity of the crust from Mw7.6 Manyi (Tibet) earthquake, Science, 286 (273-276), 1999.

Peltzer, G., and P. Rosen, Surface displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California earthquake observed by SAR interferometry, Science, 268, 1333-1336, 1995.

Pritchard, M.E., M. Simons, P.A. Rosen, S. Hensley, and F.H. Webb, Co-seismic slip from the July 30, 1995 Mw 8.1 Antofagasta, Chile, earthquake as constrained by InSAR and GPS observations, Geophysical Journal International, in press, 2002.

Reilinger, R.E., S. Ergintav, R. Bürgmann, S. McClusky, O. Lenk, A. Barka, O. Gurkan, L. Hearn, K.L. Feigl, R. Cakmak, B. Aktug, H. Ozener, and M.N. Toksoz, Coseismic and postseismic fault slip for the 17 August 1999, M=7.4, Izmit, Turkey earthquake, Science, 289, 1519-1524, 2000.

Rigo, A., and D. Massonnet, Investigating the 1996 Pyrenean earthquake (France) with SAR Interferograms heavily distorted by atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett, 26, 3217-3220, 1999.

Salvi, S., S. S., C. M., S. E., H. I., A. M., B. P., B. P., T. M., L. R., D. F., P. A., and A. Galvani, Modeling Coseismic Displacements resulting from SAR interferometry and GPS measurements during the 1997 Umbria-Marche seismic sequence, J. Seismology, 4, 479-499, 1999.

Sandwell, D.T., L. Sichoix, D. Agnew, Y. Bock, and J.-B. Minster, Near real-time radar interferometry of the Mw 7.1 Hector Mine Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (19), 3101-3104, 2000.

Stramondo, S., M. Tesauro, P. Briole, E. Sansosti, S. Salvi, R. Lanari, M. Anzidei, P. Baldi, G. Fornaro, A. Avallone, M.F. Buongiorno, G. Franceschetti, and E. Boschi, The September 26, 1997, Colfiorito, Italy, earthquakes: Modeled coseismic surface displacement from SAR interferometry and GPS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26 (7), 883-886, 1999.

Tobita, M., S. Fujiwara, S. Ozawa, P.A. Rosen, E.J. Fielding, C.L. Werner, M. Murakami, H. Nakagawa, K. Nitta, and M. Murakami, Deformation of the 1995 North Sakhalin earthquake detected by JERS-1/SAR interferometry, Earth Planets Space, 50, 313-325, 1998.

Vincent, F., Apports et limites de l'intéroférométrie radar pour l'étude des déformations crustales en zone tropicale: application au séisme de Jalisco (Mexique, Mw=8, 09/10/95), DEA thesis, Dynamique de la lithosphère, Nice, 1998.

Wright, T.J., Crustal deformation in Turkey from Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, D. Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 2000.

Wright, T.J., E.J. Fielding, B.E. Parsons, and P.C. England, Triggered slip: observations of the 17 August 1999 Izmit (Turkey) earthquake using radar interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1079-1082, 2001.

Wright, T.J., B. Parsons, J. Jackson, M. Haynes, E. Fielding, P. England, and P. Clarke, Source parameters of the 1 October 1995 Dinar (Turkey) earthquake from SAR interferometry and seismic bodywave modelling, in Workshop on active tectonics of Western Turkey, in memoriam to Paul L. Hancock, ITU, Istanbul, 2000.

Zebker, H.A., P.A. Rosen, R.M. Goldstein, A. Gabriel, and C.L. Werner, On the derivation of coseismic displacement fields using differential radar interferometry: the Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 19,617–19,634, 1994.