[IGSMAIL-6893] Predicted displacements from April 1 earthquake off Iquique, Chile

Jeff Freymueller jeff.freymueller at gi.alaska.edu
Wed Apr 2 11:22:40 PDT 2014


Author: Jeff Freymueller

I have calculated predicted displacements from yesterday’s earthquake for IGS stations and other CGPS sites that I know about in the area. The predictions use the US Geological Survey (USGS) Finite Fault model version 1 (from Gavin Hayes, USGS National Earthquake Information Center). I used the program ffaultdisp from Sergey Kolesov of Moscow State University, which implements the standard Okada dislocation code. I checked these against the displacements computed by the USGS Coulomb program, and these were slightly different (a few percent). I am not sure why they are different, but I suspect that this is either due to differences in map projection to x-y coordinates, or a slight inconsistency in the definition of the location of the fault in the input format. 

Key assumptions and caveats:

1. Near-field displacements may be poorly predicted because the USGS finite fault model, determined from teleseismic data, has limited resolution on the spatial distribution of slip. Near-field GPS sites are extremely sensitive to the details of the slip distribution.

2. Far-field displacements may be biased because the calculation done here assumes a uniform half-space rather than a more realistic spherical layered space.

These displacements should be used as a guide rather than as values that could be used to correct GPS site locations. However, if a substantial displacement is predicted you can expect that a substantial displacement will be observed. The IGS site AREQ did not move very much because the earthquake was located well to the south of this station.


USGS Finite Fault model:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000nzvd#scientific_finite-fault


Web page for ffaultdisp:
http://ocean.phys.msu.ru/projects/ffaultdisp/

Site  longitude   latitude    east  north  up  (displacements in meters)

AREQ -71.493196 -16.465669      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
COLO -67.803979 -22.167384      -0.01241        0.00444 -0.00125
ARE2 -71.493016 -16.465264      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
ARE1 -71.493196 -16.465669      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
UNSA -65.407643 -24.727457      -0.00238        0.00077 -0.00041
COPO -70.338236 -27.384527      0.00026 -0.00023        -0.00094
IQQE -70.131718 -20.273544      -0.56603        0.02360 -0.34515
UEPP -51.408534 -22.119905      -0.00080        -0.00000        0.00013
TUCU -65.230352 -26.843255      -0.00094        0.00027 -0.00046
LCEN -68.602603 -25.326061      -0.00054        -0.00020        -0.00150
LLST -68.520184 -25.165462      -0.00067        -0.00015        -0.00154
JRGN -70.574909 -23.288917      0.00117 -0.00281        -0.00433
PCCL -70.106744 -18.457674      -0.11396        -0.10402        -0.04333
UTUR -67.205542 -22.242005      -0.01068        0.00333 -0.00054
CDLC -69.761524 -22.189636      -0.00450        -0.00107        -0.00707
CLLA -69.35665  -20.954484      -0.08602        0.03197 -0.01687
CTLR -70.096828 -21.964162      -0.00272        -0.00677        -0.00892
QUET -67.343328 -22.198357      -0.01129        0.00361 -0.00065
SRGD -69.347835 -22.871137      -0.00290        0.00003 -0.00427
ATJN -70.136751 -19.300815      -0.30064        -0.13171        -0.14933
CBAA -68.44815  -22.746369      -0.00663        0.00270 -0.00257
CHMZ -69.194167 -19.668538      -0.16085        -0.03077        -0.02309
CJNT -67.760575 -23.027491      -0.00589        0.00228 -0.00151
MCLA -70.247502 -22.745815      0.00043 -0.00415        -0.00592
PTRE -69.574329 -18.194288      -0.06083        -0.05008        -0.01251
VLZL -69.964689 -23.117231      -0.00021        -0.00225        -0.00462
CGTC -70.068966 -20.177126      -0.58761        -0.04091        -0.32742
CMPN -70.685824 -29.028204      0.00023 -0.00010        -0.00062
AREV -71.492796 -16.465516      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
SCRZ -63.159674 -17.796791      -0.00527        -0.00134        0.00075
SOCM -68.295165 -24.454613      -0.00142        0.00020 -0.00172
CHAC -58.959693 -27.420439      -0.00088        0.00021 -0.00001
CUIB -56.069867 -15.555262      -0.00130        -0.00035        0.00023
PPTE -51.408534 -22.119903      -0.00080        -0.00000        0.00013
YCBA -63.679985 -22.017103      -0.00509        0.00062 0.00045
CATA -65.774121 -28.470984      -0.00043        0.00006 -0.00047
AREQ -71.493196 -16.465669      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
COLO -67.803979 -22.167384      -0.01241        0.00444 -0.00125
ARE2 -71.493016 -16.465264      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
ARE1 -71.493196 -16.465669      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
UNSA -65.407643 -24.727457      -0.00238        0.00077 -0.00041
COPO -70.338236 -27.384527      0.00026 -0.00023        -0.00094
IQQE -70.131718 -20.273544      -0.56603        0.02360 -0.34515
UEPP -51.408534 -22.119905      -0.00080        -0.00000        0.00013
TUCU -65.230352 -26.843255      -0.00094        0.00027 -0.00046
LCEN -68.602603 -25.326061      -0.00054        -0.00020        -0.00150
LLST -68.520184 -25.165462      -0.00067        -0.00015        -0.00154
JRGN -70.574909 -23.288917      0.00117 -0.00281        -0.00433
PCCL -70.106744 -18.457674      -0.11396        -0.10402        -0.04333
UTUR -67.205542 -22.242005      -0.01068        0.00333 -0.00054
CDLC -69.761524 -22.189636      -0.00450        -0.00107        -0.00707
CLLA -69.35665  -20.954484      -0.08602        0.03197 -0.01687
CTLR -70.096828 -21.964162      -0.00272        -0.00677        -0.00892
QUET -67.343328 -22.198357      -0.01129        0.00361 -0.00065
SRGD -69.347835 -22.871137      -0.00290        0.00003 -0.00427
ATJN -70.136751 -19.300815      -0.30064        -0.13171        -0.14933
CBAA -68.44815  -22.746369      -0.00663        0.00270 -0.00257
CHMZ -69.194167 -19.668538      -0.16085        -0.03077        -0.02309
CJNT -67.760575 -23.027491      -0.00589        0.00228 -0.00151
MCLA -70.247502 -22.745815      0.00043 -0.00415        -0.00592
PTRE -69.574329 -18.194288      -0.06083        -0.05008        -0.01251
VLZL -69.964689 -23.117231      -0.00021        -0.00225        -0.00462
CGTC -70.068966 -20.177126      -0.58761        -0.04091        -0.32742
CMPN -70.685824 -29.028204      0.00023 -0.00010        -0.00062
AREV -71.492796 -16.465516      -0.00009        0.00038 -0.00418
SCRZ -63.159674 -17.796791      -0.00527        -0.00134        0.00075
SOCM -68.295165 -24.454613      -0.00142        0.00020 -0.00172
CHAC -58.959693 -27.420439      -0.00088        0.00021 -0.00001
CUIB -56.069867 -15.555262      -0.00130        -0.00035        0.00023
PPTE -51.408534 -22.119903      -0.00080        -0.00000        0.00013
YCBA -63.679985 -22.017103      -0.00509        0.00062 0.00045
CATA -65.774121 -28.470984      -0.00043        0.00006 -0.00047


Dr. Jeffrey T. Freymueller         Office: 907-474-7286
Geophysical Institute                Cell:   907-378-7556
University of Alaska, Fairbanks    Home:   907-479-3550
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320           email: jeff.freymueller at gi.alaska.edu
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