A large scale of apparent sudden movements in Japan detected by high-rate GPS after the 2011 Tohoku Mw9.0 earthquake: Physical signals or unidentified artifacts?

Abstract A moment magnitude Mw9.0 earthquake hit northeastern Japan at 14:46:18 (Japan Standard Time), March 11, 2011. We have obtained 1 s precise point positioning solutions for 1198 GEONET stations. Although GPS position time series have been routinely investigated and used as waveforms for dynam...

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Main Authors: Peiliang Xu, Yuanming Shu, Jingnan Liu, Takuya Nishimura, Yun Shi, Jeffrey T. Freymueller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-04-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-019-1023-9