Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS
On April 3, 2024, an M7.3 earthquake occurred in the offshore area of Hualien County, Taiwan, China. The seismogenic structure at the epicentral location was highly complex, and studying this earthquake is paramount for understanding regional fault activity. In this study, we employed ascending and...
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| description | On April 3, 2024, an M7.3 earthquake occurred in the offshore area of Hualien County, Taiwan, China. The seismogenic structure at the epicentral location was highly complex, and studying this earthquake is paramount for understanding regional fault activity. In this study, we employed ascending and descending orbit Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and utilized differential interferometry (InSAR) technique to obtain the co-seismic deformation field of this event. The line-of-sight deformation field revealed that the main deformation caused by this earthquake was predominantly uplift, with maximum uplift values of approximately 38.8 cm and 46.1 cm for the ascending and descending orbits, respectively. By integrating the three-dimensional GNSS co-seismic deformation field, we identified the seismogenic fault located in the offshore thrust zone east of Hualien, trending towards the northwest. The fault geometry parameters, obtained through the inversion of an elastic half-space homogeneous model, indicated an optimal fault strike of 196°, a dip angle of 30.9°, and an average strike-slip of 0.4 m and dip-slip of −2.6 m. This suggests that the predominant motion along the seismogenic fault is thrusting. The distribution of post-seismic Coulomb stress changes revealed that aftershocks mainly occurred in stress-loaded regions. However, stress loading was observed along the northern segment of the Longitudinal Valley Fault, with fewer aftershocks. This highlights the importance of closely monitoring the seismic hazard associated with this fault segment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3831536abbd14d99a4affc36b85f04312025-02-02T05:29:31ZengKeAi Communications Co. Ltd.Earthquake Research Advances2772-46702025-01-0151100328Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSSJiangtao Qiu0Lingyun Ji1Liangyu Zhu2Yongsheng Li3Chuanjin Liu4Qiang Zhao5The Second Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi'an, 710054, Shannxi, China; Corresponding author.The Second Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi'an, 710054, Shannxi, ChinaThe Second Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi'an, 710054, Shannxi, ChinaNational Institute of Natural Hazards, Beijing, 100085, ChinaThe Second Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi'an, 710054, Shannxi, ChinaThe Second Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi'an, 710054, Shannxi, ChinaOn April 3, 2024, an M7.3 earthquake occurred in the offshore area of Hualien County, Taiwan, China. The seismogenic structure at the epicentral location was highly complex, and studying this earthquake is paramount for understanding regional fault activity. In this study, we employed ascending and descending orbit Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and utilized differential interferometry (InSAR) technique to obtain the co-seismic deformation field of this event. The line-of-sight deformation field revealed that the main deformation caused by this earthquake was predominantly uplift, with maximum uplift values of approximately 38.8 cm and 46.1 cm for the ascending and descending orbits, respectively. By integrating the three-dimensional GNSS co-seismic deformation field, we identified the seismogenic fault located in the offshore thrust zone east of Hualien, trending towards the northwest. The fault geometry parameters, obtained through the inversion of an elastic half-space homogeneous model, indicated an optimal fault strike of 196°, a dip angle of 30.9°, and an average strike-slip of 0.4 m and dip-slip of −2.6 m. This suggests that the predominant motion along the seismogenic fault is thrusting. The distribution of post-seismic Coulomb stress changes revealed that aftershocks mainly occurred in stress-loaded regions. However, stress loading was observed along the northern segment of the Longitudinal Valley Fault, with fewer aftershocks. This highlights the importance of closely monitoring the seismic hazard associated with this fault segment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277246702400054X2024 Hualien earthquakeInSARCo-seismic deformationSeismogenic structureCoulomb stress change |
| spellingShingle | Jiangtao Qiu Lingyun Ji Liangyu Zhu Yongsheng Li Chuanjin Liu Qiang Zhao Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS Earthquake Research Advances 2024 Hualien earthquake InSAR Co-seismic deformation Seismogenic structure Coulomb stress change |
| title | Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS |
| title_full | Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS |
| title_fullStr | Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS |
| title_short | Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS |
| title_sort | coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 hualien earthquake measured by insar and gnss |
| topic | 2024 Hualien earthquake InSAR Co-seismic deformation Seismogenic structure Coulomb stress change |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277246702400054X |
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