Insight into the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake from GPS measurements in southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Vigny, Christophe, Simons, William J. F., Abu , S. Haji, Bamphenyu, Ronnachai, Satirapod, Chalermchon, Choosakul, Nithiwatthn, Subarya, C., Subarya, C., Socquet, A, Socquet, A, Omar , K. H., Abidin, H. Z. I., Ambrosius, B. A. C.
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2005
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12444/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03937

Data collected at ~60 Global Positioning System (GPS) sites in southeast Asia show the crustal deformation caused by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake at an unprecedented large scale. Small but significant co-seismic jumps are clearly detected more than 3,000 km from the earthquake epi...