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6.4Subsection · 5 applications

Earthquake Response

Rescue workers in orange helmets searching through rubble of a collapsed concrete building after an earthquake — Survivors gather beside a collapsed building where satellite rapid damage maps guide rescue teams to those most in need.

Satellite Rapid Damage Mapping for Earthquake Response

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SAR Constellation
Synthetic aperture radar scans quake zone within hours
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Ground Station
Raw radar imagery downlinked to regional hub
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Damage Detection
AI change-detection flags collapsed buildings automatically
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Responder Alert
Priority damage maps pushed to field teams' devices

SAR satellites overpass within hours of a quake, delivering AI-processed collapse maps directly to rescue coordinators on the ground.

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Subsection 6.4 — Weather, Disasters, Emergency Response & Resilience

Earthquake Response

5 applications.

Applications

6.4.1 Damage Proxy Mapping — Generating rapid, spatially exhaustive maps of earthquake-induced structural damage by differencing pre- and post-event SAR imagery to guide the first 72 hours of emergency response.
6.4.2 Building Collapse Detection — Using multi-pass SAR coherence and optical change detection to pinpoint collapsed structures within hours of a major earthquake, guiding search-and-rescue teams to the highest-priority sites.
6.4.3 Liquefaction Hazard Mapping — Using satellite SAR coherence and optical data to map ground susceptibility to liquefaction before and immediately after a major earthquake.
6.4.4 Aftershock Risk Modelling — Using satellite-derived surface deformation and stress-transfer maps to forecast the location, magnitude and timing of aftershocks following a major earthquake.
6.4.5 InSAR Surface Deformation — Measuring millimetre-scale ground displacement caused by earthquakes using repeat-pass synthetic aperture radar interferometry to map fault rupture, subsidence and uplift.