Mapping Earth Motion from the Illapel Earthquake

Scientists have projected the size and location of changes in Earth’s surface following the September 2015 earthquake and tsunami off Chile.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Mapping Earth Motion from the Illapel Earthquake.

NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens, using modified Copernicus Sentinel interferogram data (2015) processed by the European Space Agency and Eric Fielding NASA/JPL, and earthquake data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published October 1, 2015
Data acquired August 24 - September 17, 2015

Source:: Sentinel-1A