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Near real‐time radar interferometry of the Mw 7.1 Hector Mine Earthquake
Author(s) -
Sandwell David T.,
Sichoix Lydie,
Agnew Duncan,
Bock Yehuda,
Minster JeanBernard
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl011209
Subject(s) - geology , interferometry , seismology , slip (aerodynamics) , radar , interferometric synthetic aperture radar , sink (geography) , geodesy , remote sensing , synthetic aperture radar , geography , physics , cartography , astronomy , computer science , thermodynamics , telecommunications
The Hector Mine Earthquake (Mw 7.1, 16 October 1999) ruptured 45 km of previously mapped and unmapped faults in the Mojave Desert. The ERS‐2 satellite imaged the Mojave Desert on 15 September and again on 20 October, just 4 days after the earthquake. Using a newly‐developed ground station we acquired both passes and were able to form an interferogram within 20 hours of the second overflight. Estimates of slip along the main rupture are 1–2 meters greater than slip derived from geological mapping. The gradient of the interferometric phase reveals an interesting pattern of triggered slip on adjacent faults as well as a 30 mm deep sink hole along Interstate 40.