Movements of about 4 meters in the ground were detected near the Anatolian fault after the earthquakes that hit Syria and Turkey last February 6: this is demonstrated by the graph (interferogram) created on the basis of data collected on January 28 and February 9 from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, the Earth observation program managed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission.
"The earthquake was so strong that it caused massive ground deformation," reads the Copernicus website.
"The areas with the greatest displacement are those close to the Anatolian fault, where the analysis of radar data indicates a displacement of about 4 meters along the satellite's line of sight", i.e. the line that connects the sensor to its target.
