Co-seismic deformation derived from GPS observations during April 20th,2013 Lushan Earthquake,Sichuan,China

We process the standard 30 s, static GPS data and the 1 s, high-rate GPS （HRGPS） data provided by the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China with GAMIT/GLOBK software package, and obtain the co- seismic displacements of near field and far field, and the epoch-by-epoch time series of HRGPS during Lushan earthquake. GPS data from about 20 sites in Sichuan province, which located between 40 and 450 km from the epicenter, are analyzed so as to study the characteristics of the static displacements and the dynamic crustal defor- mations, with periods ranging from several minutes to over a month. The result shows that： the static displacements caused by Lushan earthquake are limited to several centi- meters; the nearest station SCTQ at 43 km from the epi- center has the largest static displacement of about 2 cm, while the other stations generally have insignificant dis- placements of less than 5 mm. the stations in the east ofSichuan-Yunnan region shifts 5-10 mm toward the southwest, and the stations in the middle-west of Sichuan Basin moves indistinctively 1-2 mm toward the northwest; station SCTQ has the largest kinematic displacement of about 4 and 3 cm peak-to-peak on the north and east component, respectively, and is much greater than the static permanent displacement; for the stations located at a distance greater than 150 km from the epicenter, the kinematic motions are generally insignificant; exception- ally, station SCNC and station SCSN in central Sichuan Basin have significant kinematic motions although they are more than 200 km away from the epicenter.

A method to retrieve coseismic displacement by integrating GPS and strong motion data

We introduce a method of integrating Global Positioning System(GPS)and accelerometer data for high-rate seismogeodesy.This method is based on the GPS variometric approach which can obtain seismic waves in real time using only the readily available broadcast products and a single receiver.Collocated 5 Hz GPS and 200 Hz accelerometer data from the 2010 M_(W) 7.2 EI Mayor-Cucapaph earthquake were analyzed to verify the effectiveness of this method.Results reveal that this method can provide broadband and more accurate displacements qualified to avoid the baseline drifting caused by strong motion.Moreover,this method can effectively avoid the aliasing problem present in the 5-Hz GPS waveforms.We therefore conclude that this method can be a powerful tool to capture seismic waves in real time,which is crucial to tsunami early warning and earthquake rapid response.