Earthquake Prediction from Space
Stuart Eves – SSTL
with thanks to:- Mino and Friedemann Freund - NASA
s.eves@sstl.co.uk
March 2008

Disaster Monitoring vs Disaster Mitigation
• SSTL has worked with nations around the globe to build the
Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC)
• Ideally, though, SSTL and NASA would like to provide warning
using space-based sensors before disasters strike
• For earthquakes, mitigation may now be possible

Seismic Signals
• Movements in the Earth’s crust
can be detected by
interferometric radar
• In general, however, it’s much
easier to see the effects of
earthquakes after they happen
Interferogram of the Bay of
Naples area, showing
volcanic changes in the
topography around Vesuvius
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