The 2018 Sulawesi Island, Indonesia Earthquake: Crustal deformation detected by ALOS-2 data
Crustal Deformation Observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)Released: Oct. 5, 2018, updated: Oct. 5, 2018, Japanese version of this page
SummaryAn earthquake (Mw 7.5, USGS) occurred in Sulawesi island, Indonesia on September 28, 2018 (UTC). To measure the crustal deformation caused by this earthquake, we applied interferometric analysis using ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 data. The analysis result shows that the crustal deformation occurred in the part of the island.
SAR InterferogramsFig.1 SAR interferogram [PNG: 1.4MB] Fig.2MAI [PNG: 0.7MB]
*1 W: ScanSAR (Normal) (cf. ALOS-2 Project / PALSAR-2 (JAXA)) Analysis by GSI from ALOS-2data of JAXA. These results were obtained through the activity of the SAR analysis working group of the Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction. The 2018 Sulawesi island Indonesia Earthquake
SatelliteALOS-2 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite 2) launched by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on May 24, 2014
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