A magnitude 6.2 earthquake caused $30 million in property damage near Mount Hamilton, California. The event was felt over an area of 120,000 square kilometers. Imagery was collected by NOAA NCEI following the quake on April 24, 1984.
Use Cases
- Analyze pre- and post-event imagery to map surface deformation and fault rupture patterns.
- Assess property damage extent by classifying building and infrastructure changes in the images.
- Correlate image-based damage assessments with the reported $30 million in property losses.
- Study the geological context of the Diablo Range using the geospatial imagery from the epicenter area.
Strengths
- Documents a specific, significant seismic event with a magnitude of 6.2.
- Covers a large impacted area of 120,000 square kilometers.
- Tied to a concrete financial impact of $30 million in property damage.
Limitations
- Unknown image count, resolution, and spectral bands.
- Data is from a single event in 1984, limiting temporal analysis.
- Specific geographic coordinates and image extents are not provided.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI via nasa_earthdata
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 1984-04-24
- Freshness
- 1984-04-24
- Geography
- Northern California, USA, near Mount Hamilton; felt in California and western Nevada.