Christchurch (Lyttelton) earthquake ground movement captured by satellite imagery
This imagery from the Japanese Alos spacecraft data captures the movement of the earth towards or away from the satellite:
(Click on the image to see a huge copy of it; in some browsers you may have to click on the image to enlarge it to it’s full size.)
I’m using this ‘bright shiny thing’ to encourage readers to read an excellent article* on the BBC website describing this and other data on the recent earthquake. The article has extensive input from Dr John Elliott from the Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes and Tectonics (Comet) at Oxford University, UK.
Further imagery and background for both the February 22nd, 2011, magnitude 6.3 and the September 4th, 2010, magnitude 7.1 earthquake is also available at the ALOS website.
(* In lieu of me writing tonight. I’ve other work to do. Honest!)
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6.3 earthquake in Christchurch
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Just from a visual perspective, that is a fabulous image.
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ur all retarded
i survived thousands of earthquakes u pansys
Brendon is writing from a New Zealand high school that very rarely gets earthquakes.
(Brendon: While these sort of childish taunts might be tolerated by your friends, and ‘fit’ your age-group, they’re a bit inappropriate here.)
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how nuch ground movement was there?
i mean how much ground movement was there in the christchurch earthquake?
6cm ?
Leon: too childish to accept.