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Science 2 June 1995:
Vol. 268. no. 5215, pp. 1333 - 1336
DOI: 10.1126/science.268.5215.1333
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Surface Displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California, Earthquake Observed by SAR Interferometry

Gilles Peltzer 1 and Paul Rosen 1

1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

Satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry shows that the magnitude 6.1 Eureka Valley earthquake of 17 May 1993 produced an elongated subsidence basin oriented north-northwest, parallel to the trend defined by the aftershock distribution, whereas the source mechanism of the earthquake implies a north-northeast-striking normal fault. The ±3-millimeter accuracy of the radar-observed displacement map over short spatial scales allowed identification of the main surface rupture associated with the event. These observations suggest that the rupture began at depth and propagated diagonally upward and southward on a west-dipping, north-northeast fault plane, reactivating the largest escarpment in the Saline Range.

Submitted on December 9, 1994
Accepted on February 8, 1995


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