Beta
252493

Coseismic Deformation and Damage Map of the 2022 Afghanistan Earthquakes using SAR Interferometry

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

Civil Engineering

Abstract

This paper presents our analysis of the 2022 Afghanistan earthquakes with moment magnitudes of M4.9 and M5.3 that occurred on January 17th, 2022. We used Sentinel-1 data and the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique to estimate crustal deformation and map the damaged regions. These earthquakes have caused many human casualties and urban destruction. We present our analysis technique that utilizes state-of-the-art cloud processing and correction services in hazard estimation and management. The estimated crustal deformation caused by these earthquakes shows surface deformation values ranging from -16 cm to +7 cm. Moreover, we identified the damaged regions using the phase coherence difference technique. The damaged regions are mainly in rough terrain regions, which indicates the high risk of a rockslide in our study region. We utilize online services for the cloud processing of InSAR data and analysis, also, we used an online service for tropospheric delay correction which shows high reliability for the frequent need for InSAR processing which is required to establish a valid system for continuous monitoring and assessing the natural hazards such as earthquakes.

DOI

10.21608/bfemu.2022.252493

Keywords

InSAR, Sentinel-1, Coherence, Land Deformation Measurement

Authors

First Name

Tamer

Last Name

ElGharbawi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Assistant Professor at Civil Engineering DEPT. Faculty of Engineering- Suez Canal University

Email

tgh@eng.suez.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-8088-8748

Volume

47

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

34982

Issue Date

2022-06-01

Receive Date

2022-04-12

Publish Date

2022-08-02

Page Start

32

Page End

36

Print ISSN

1110-0923

Online ISSN

2735-4202

Link

https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/article_252493.html

Detail API

https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=252493

Order

3

Type

Research Studies

Type Code

1,205

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

MEJ. Mansoura Engineering Journal

Publication Link

https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023