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Resolving ground deformation of a blind mid-crustal earthquake with InSAR amid strong phase delays: a case study of the 2021 Mw 6.4 San Juán earthquake (Andean Fold and Thrust Belt, Argentina).
  • Pablo León Ibáñez,
  • Francisco Delgado
Pablo León Ibáñez
Universidad de Chile

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Francisco Delgado
Universidad de Chile
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Abstract

On January 18, 2021, a blind mid-crustal Mw ~6.4 earthquake occured near San Juán, Argentina. The observation of associated ground deformation with InSAR is hidden by strong tropospheric signals. We properly correct the data and reconstruct the deformation field through InSAR timeseries approach. We show it is possible to retrieve such signal with sufficient quality to invert the fault parameters. The ground deformation can be explained by uniform slip of a single NW dipping fault plane at a depth of 19km, and the geometry of such fault supports the reactivation of inherited structures on top of the Cuyania Terrane, insinuating a direct connection and strain transfer to the active east-vergent Precordillera front.
30 Oct 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
01 Nov 2024Published in ESS Open Archive