Makran Subduction Zone
This fault system in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which forms the plate boundary between the Indian and Eurasian plates, features some of the world’s largest continental strike-slip faults. InSAR data and careful analysis of the uncertainties, shows that the Chaman Fault proper features a 340 km long creeping segment and accommodates only about one third of the plate boundary zone deformation [Fattahi & Amelung,2016]. The fastest moving fault is the Ghazaband Fault, posing a significant earthquake hazard to the city of Quetta.
In another study we have shown that moderate earthquakes along the Ghazaband Fault can be followed by significant afterslip [Fattahi et al., 2015].
Chaman Fault System
This fault system in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which forms the plate boundary between the Indian and Eurasian plates, features some of the world’s largest continental strike-slip faults. InSAR data and careful analysis of the uncertainties, shows that the Chaman Fault proper features a 340 km long creeping segment and accommodates only about one third of the plate boundary zone deformation [Fattahi & Amelung,2016]. The fastest moving fault is the Ghazaband Fault, posing a significant earthquake hazard to the city of Quetta.
In another study we have shown that moderate earthquakes along the Ghazaband Fault can be followed by significant afterslip [Fattahi et al., 2015].
2010 Haiti earthquake
The M7.2 Haiti earthquake was a reminder of the seismic activity in the Carribbean. Our study using InSAR and GPS suggests that the earthquake occurred on a blind fault within the Haiti fault and thrust belt and not on the well-known Enriquillio-Plantain Garden strike-slip fault further south. Our study implies that the accumulated along this major strike-slip fault was not relieved. See our Nature Geoscience paper.
