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Detecting Lineament System Anomalies during Strong 6.4 and 7.1 Earthquakes in California from Satellite Imagery

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Using remote sensing data, we study the changes in lineament systems during the preparation and process of strong earthquakes with М = 7.1 and М = 6.4 which occurred in California (United States) in July 2019. The series of satellite images shot from January 1, 2019, to August 12, 2019, and the data on seismic setting in the region are analyzed. The precursory changes are revealed in the lineament systems; these changes are expressed in rose diagrams of regional lineaments and in summarized length of local lineaments of different directions. An abrupt change in quantitative characteristics of rose diagrams of lineaments began to manifest on June 5, 2019 (i.e., a month before the earthquake of July 4 and 5, 2019). It is established that the maximum length of lineaments striking to the northwest and northeast (corresponding to the longitudinal and transverse strikes relative to the main regional structural features) was reported on June 30, 2019 (i.e., several days before the strong earthquakes).

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This study was carried out at the AEROCOSMOS Research Institute for Aerospace Monitoring as part of a state task (topic number ON58-2019-0030, state registration number (of the research and development project) AAAA-A19-119081390037–2).

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    E. V. Gaponova, A. T. Zverev & M. N. Tsidilina

  2. Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, Moscow, Russia

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Gaponova, E.V., Zverev, A.T. & Tsidilina, M.N. Detecting Lineament System Anomalies during Strong 6.4 and 7.1 Earthquakes in California from Satellite Imagery. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 56, 1062–1071 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000143382009011X

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