It was detected by NASA with radar data and optical satellites. The movement of the land followed during the strong earthquakes with epicenter in Myanmar of March 28, 2025. The result was unexpected: the earth moved 6 meters in Myanmar.
The data highlights displacements of the land more than 3 meters along sections of the fault. It becomes more than 6 meters at some points. Their used methods for detecting physical changes and models for use in science and risk response.
Satellite and radar
The support of three satellites and multiple radars allowed to define the map of the geological transformation. With data from the three satellites, they estimated the horizontal movement of the terrain within the earthquake rupture zone. He was monitored by pixel displacements between the images previous and posterior to the earthquake.
The models prepared by the United States Geological Service (USGS) support this. They indicated that the earthquakes were probably due to a direction sliding movement along the Sagaing fault, oriented North-South. It is in the interface between the tectonic plates of India and Eurasiática. Image data confirms the sliding movement of right side course along the failure.
This region has a significant seismicity history. It had six earthquakes of magnitude greater than 7.0 that occurred about 250 kilometers from the earthquakes of March 28 since 1900. The superficial rupture generated by the earthquakes of March 28 covers a length of 550 kilometers. It is one of the longest documented in history.
Capital jacket
It was also remarkably fast. This suggests that it could have been an unusual “supercizalladura” earthquake. In these events, sliding along the fault moves faster than the seismic waves it produces. You can concentrate seismic energy before rupture. And exacerbate the destructive forces of an earthquake. He could explain why recent events caused so many damages so far from the epicenters, according to a statement from the NASA Earth Observatory.
The Earth moved 6 meters in Myanmar and shook the entire region. Originated at a depth of 10 kilometers, the earthquakes caused intense shaking and landslides of buildings near the epicenters. Infrastructure damage occurred in places as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, about 1,000 kilometers southeast.
