Ground Deformation associated with the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra volcano and the source mechanism of the initial M5.3 earthquake


Falk Amelung1, Elodie Brothelande2, Sara Mirzaee3, Peter C La Femina4, Gorki Ruiz5, Sanaz Vajedian6, Mahdi Motagh7, Mario Calixto Ruiz8, Patricia A Mothes9, Stephen Hernandez10, Simone Cesca11, Torsten Dahm6 and Andrew Forbes Bell12, (1)University of Miami, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Miami, FL, United States, (2)Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States, (3)University of Miami, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Miami, United States, (4)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, (5)Geophysics Institute of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, (6)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (7)GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (8)Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador, (9)Instituto Geofisico, Quito, Ecuador, (10)Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Instituto Geofísico, Quito, Ecuador, (11)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Potsdam, Germany, (12)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom