Dr. Lu provides new insights into the 2018 Mw 6.4 earthquake that shook the city of Hualien in eastern Taiwan. Fatalities and damages were concentrated near the Milun fault and extended south to the northern Longitudinal Valley fault. His team analyzed InSAR and GPS data and produced a 3D displacement model to document surface deformation induced by this earthquake. Based on this study, they propose a model for transpressive deformation in a zone of oblique convergence and left-lateral wrench tectonics to explain this earthquake.

Implemented by Department of Earth and Life Science
Date: 2023/10/17