# Earthquakes **URL:** https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/c/earthquakes/21.md [Latest](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/latest.md) · [Categories](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/categories.md) · [Tags](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/tags.md) --- ## [Earthquakes Topics](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquakes-topics/86)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquakes-topics/86 "2026-05-18T12:17:16Z")
Earthquake-related Earth Observation applications supported by GEP, including coseismic deformation mapping, interferometric analysis, damage proxy products, event response, and post-event assessment. This category cover… --- ## [Earthquake in Venezuela (Jun 2026)](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquake-in-venezuela-jun-2026/158)
**Author:** [@mauro\_arcorace](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/mauro_arcorace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquake-in-venezuela-jun-2026/158 "2026-06-30T13:59:59Z")
Earthquake in Venezuela (Jun 2026) On 24 June 2026, a strong seismic doublet was publicly reported in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast west of Caracas. This recent event may be useful for the GEP communi… --- ## [Earthquake in Philippines (Jun 2026)](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquake-in-philippines-jun-2026/157)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquake-in-philippines-jun-2026/157 "2026-06-11T10:46:42Z")
Earthquake in Philippines (Jun 2026) On 8 June 2026, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines, near General Santos City and Sarangani Province. This recent publicly reported event… --- ## [Responding to the Myanmar Earthquake with Sentinel-1 observations](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/responding-to-the-myanmar-earthquake-with-sentinel-1-observations/61)
**Author:** [@hcaumont](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/hcaumont)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/responding-to-the-myanmar-earthquake-with-sentinel-1-observations/61 "2025-04-02T22:00:00Z")
On April 2nd, 2025, a significant earthquake struck central Myanmar. Early seismic reports indicate widespread ground displacement and potential impacts across the region. This Wikipedia article provides a general summar… --- ## [Analysis of the co-seismic rupture of the Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes - Türkiye, 6 February 2023](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/analysis-of-the-co-seismic-rupture-of-the-kahramanmaras-earthquakes-turkiye-6-february-2023/135)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/analysis-of-the-co-seismic-rupture-of-the-kahramanmaras-earthquakes-turkiye-6-february-2023/135 "2024-03-21T23:00:00Z")
Scientific Reports have recently published a study on the estimation of the co-seismic on-fault offset, diffuse deformation and width of the fault zone for the two main ruptures of the earthquakes that hit Türkiye on the… --- ## [Radar interferogram over Herat area in Afghanistan using the Copernicus Sentinel-1 acquisitions of 7 October and 25 September 2023 following the Mw 6.3 earthquake sequence of 7 October](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/radar-interferogram-over-herat-area-in-afghanistan-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-7-october-and-25-september-2023-following-the-mw-6-3-earthquake-sequence-of-7-october/132)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/radar-interferogram-over-herat-area-in-afghanistan-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-7-october-and-25-september-2023-following-the-mw-6-3-earthquake-sequence-of-7-october/132 "2023-10-19T22:00:00Z")
The image represents the radar interferogram generated using Copernicus Sentinel-1 acquisitions of 7 October and 25 September and the DIAPASON InSAR processing service following the Mw6.3 earthquake that hit Herat City i… --- ## [Radar interferogram over Morocco using the Copernicus Sentinel-1 acquisitions of 30 August 2023 & 11 September 2023](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/radar-interferogram-over-morocco-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-30-august-2023-11-september-2023/130)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/radar-interferogram-over-morocco-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-30-august-2023-11-september-2023/130 "2023-09-21T22:00:00Z")
Radar interferogram over Morocco using the Copernicus Sentinel-1 acquisitions of 11 September and 30 August 2023. The image represents the radar interferogram generated using acquisitions of 11 September and 30 Augus… --- ## [Pre-seismic Sentinel-1 PSI surface motion measurements for the area affected by the February 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/pre-seismic-sentinel-1-psi-surface-motion-measurements-for-the-area-affected-by-the-february-2023-turkey-syria-earthquakes/127)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/pre-seismic-sentinel-1-psi-surface-motion-measurements-for-the-area-affected-by-the-february-2023-turkey-syria-earthquakes/127 "2023-04-20T22:00:00Z")
The surface motion map of the area affected by the February 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes was generated for the pre-seismic period by the SNAPPING PSI Med service (Foumelis et al. 2023) exploiting Sentinel-1 mission data… --- ## [Measuring horizontal ground deformations of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes with Sentinel-2](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/measuring-horizontal-ground-deformations-of-the-turkey-syria-earthquakes-with-sentinel-2/122)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/measuring-horizontal-ground-deformations-of-the-turkey-syria-earthquakes-with-sentinel-2/122 "2023-02-21T23:00:00Z")
Sub-pixel optical correlation was applied on satellite images of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission acquired on January 25, 2023 (pre-event) and February 9, 2023 (post-event). The principle of this method consists in dete… --- ## [Radar interferogram over Turkey and Syria using the Copernicus Sentinel-1 acquisitions of 9 February & 28 January 2023](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/radar-interferogram-over-turkey-and-syria-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-9-february-28-january-2023/120)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/radar-interferogram-over-turkey-and-syria-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-9-february-28-january-2023/120 "2023-02-21T23:00:00Z")
The image represents the radar interferogram generated using acquisitions of 9 february and 28 january and the DIAPASON InSAR processing service integrated by TRE Altamira on the Geohazard Exploitation Platform GEP. DIAP… --- ## [Turkiye-Syria Earthquakes: Displacement maps of the GDM-OPT-ETQ service publicly available](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/turkiye-syria-earthquakes-displacement-maps-of-the-gdm-opt-etq-service-publicly-available/123)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/turkiye-syria-earthquakes-displacement-maps-of-the-gdm-opt-etq-service-publicly-available/123 "2023-02-21T23:00:00Z")
Monday February 6, 2023, two large Mw7+ earthquakes struck Turkey and North-Syria. The first event occurred along the N60 striking East Anatolian Fault (EAF) and its prolongation towards the Dead Sea Fault, the N25 strik… --- ## [Deformation map over Turkey and Syria using the Copernicus Sentinel-1 acquisitions of 9 February & 28 January 2023](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/deformation-map-over-turkey-and-syria-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-9-february-28-january-2023/121)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/deformation-map-over-turkey-and-syria-using-the-copernicus-sentinel-1-acquisitions-of-9-february-28-january-2023/121 "2023-02-21T23:00:00Z")
The two images represent the range shift (top) and azimuth shift (bottom) measured using acquisitions of 9 february and 28 january and the InSAR processing service integrated by the German aeronautics and space research … --- ## [Crete earthquake, September 2021](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/crete-earthquake-september-2021/104)
**Author:** [@mauro\_arcorace](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/mauro_arcorace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/crete-earthquake-september-2021/104 "2022-03-21T23:00:00Z")
The Island of Crete (Greece) is at a crucial location right above the African subducting slab, and the impact of the plate convergence is imprinted on both the island morphology and the high magnitude earthquakes that ar… --- ## [Japan’s 2022 Fukushima Earthquake](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/japan-s-2022-fukushima-earthquake/105)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/japan-s-2022-fukushima-earthquake/105 "2022-03-21T23:00:00Z")
A large earthquake of magnitude 7.4 according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) hit north-east Japan on March 16, 2022, at 23:36 JST, almost 60km off the coast of Fukushima. About an hour and a half later, a f… --- ## [Mw 6.6 Jinchang earthquake (China) of January 7, 2022](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/mw-6-6-jinchang-earthquake-china-of-january-7-2022/101)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/mw-6-6-jinchang-earthquake-china-of-january-7-2022/101 "2022-01-13T23:00:00Z")
On January the 7th, 2022 a Mw6.6 earthquake stroke China in the region of Jinchang. The rupture occurred on a strike-slip fault with an hypocenter located at a depth of 13 km (USGS report here). The coseismic displacemen… --- ## [Two M6+ earthquakes hit Iran on 14 November 2021](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/two-m6-earthquakes-hit-iran-on-14-november-2021/99)
**Author:** [@fpacini](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/fpacini)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/two-m6-earthquakes-hit-iran-on-14-november-2021/99 "2021-11-21T23:00:00Z")
Two strong earthquakes with 6.0 and 6.3 magnitudes struck southern Iran on 14 November 2021, at shallow depths of 5.6 km and 10 km, respectively, with one-minute time lapse. The impact overview as of November 15, records… --- ## [Earthquake hits Greece and Turkey](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquake-hits-greece-and-turkey/34)
**Author:** [@fpacini](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/fpacini)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/earthquake-hits-greece-and-turkey/34 "2020-11-01T23:00:00Z")
On Friday 30 October 2020 at 11:51:25 (GMT) a powerful earthquake stuck off Turkey’s western coast and north of the Samos Island in Greece, causing several collapses and damages to buildings, as well as human injuries… --- ## [Montelimar earthquake of 11 November 2019](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/montelimar-earthquake-of-11-november-2019/96)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/montelimar-earthquake-of-11-november-2019/96 "2019-11-21T23:00:00Z")
This week, southeast France was hit by a magnitude 5 earthquake with tremors felt between Lyon and Montélimar. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission has been used to map the way the ground shifted as a result of the qu… --- ## [New Zealand Earthquake Nov 2016](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/new-zealand-earthquake-nov-2016/81)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/new-zealand-earthquake-nov-2016/81 "2016-11-24T23:00:00Z")
Shortly after the earthquake, the InSar group of the BEYOND Center of Excellence acquired Sentinel-1 data through the Hellenic National Sentinel Data Mirror Site, in order to calculate the interferograms that depict the … --- ## [2016 Central Italy Earthquake: GEP publishes EO data collections in support of the CEOS Seismic Pilot](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/2016-central-italy-earthquake-gep-publishes-eo-data-collections-in-support-of-the-ceos-seismic-pilot/79)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/2016-central-italy-earthquake-gep-publishes-eo-data-collections-in-support-of-the-ceos-seismic-pilot/79 "2016-08-18T22:00:00Z")
Following the request from INGV, the GEP is providing access to EO data from CEOS Contributors to authorised users. See first collections of ALOS-2 data as well as Sentinel-1A and 1B data. More datasets as Pleiades, Sen… --- ## [24 August earthquake central Italy](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/24-august-earthquake-central-italy/78)
**Author:** [@system](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/24-august-earthquake-central-italy/78 "2016-08-15T22:00:00Z")
On 24 August, an earthquake struck central Italy, claiming at least 290 lives and causing widespread damage. Satellite images are being used to help emergency aid organisations, while scientists have begun to analyse gro… --- ## [The February 2014 Cephalonia Earthquake (Greece)](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/the-february-2014-cephalonia-earthquake-greece/68)
**Author:** [@fpacini](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/fpacini)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/the-february-2014-cephalonia-earthquake-greece/68 "2016-05-15T22:00:00Z")
On Jan. 26, 2014 a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the island of Cephalonia, Greece, followed by a magnitude 5.9 event on Feb. 3, 2014, causing extensive structural damages and inducing widespread environmental effects. … --- ## [Kumamoto earthquake April 2016](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/kumamoto-earthquake-april-2016/83)
**Author:** [@hcaumont](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/hcaumont)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/kumamoto-earthquake-april-2016/83 "2016-04-14T22:00:00Z")
Post contributed by TRE ALTAMIRA on April 21st (source) Sentinel-1 interferogram of Kumamoto earthquake, on the island of Kyushu in southwest Japan, in April 2016: generated online, using the DIAPASON Processing Ser… --- ## [April 2015 Nepal earthquake - Differential SAR interferogram](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/april-2015-nepal-earthquake-differential-sar-interferogram/72)
**Author:** [@pedro](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/pedro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/april-2015-nepal-earthquake-differential-sar-interferogram/72 "2015-04-30T22:00:00Z")
Following the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake, Sentinel-1A radar acquisitions were used to generate a differential SAR interferogram over the affected region. The interferogram was produced from Sentinel-1A images acquir… --- ## [Nepal April 2015 earthquake (S1 data package)](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/nepal-april-2015-earthquake-s1-data-package/71)
**Author:** [@pedro](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/pedro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/nepal-april-2015-earthquake-s1-data-package/71 "2015-04-29T22:00:00Z")
Following the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, Sentinel-1 acquisitions over the affected area were made available through a shared data package on the Geohazards Exploitation Platform. The package was created during the … --- ## [Sentinel-1A produces its INSAR measurements of Napa valley earthquake](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/sentinel-1a-produces-its-insar-measurements-of-napa-valley-earthquake/66)
**Author:** [@fpacini](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/u/fpacini)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://portal.geohazards-tep.eu/t/sentinel-1a-produces-its-insar-measurements-of-napa-valley-earthquake/66 "2014-09-15T22:00:00Z")
The new Sentinel-1A radar satellite has already shown that it can be used to generate 3D models of Earth’s surface and will be able to closely monitor terrain deformation. As the first in a fleet of satellite missions fo…