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burma-eq-s2-deformation-ew·dataset

2025 Burma Earthquake: East–West Ground Shift

S2 East-West Deformation - 2025 Burma Earthquake
deformation NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Maps how far the ground slid sideways, in the east–west direction, after the magnitude-7.7 Burma (Myanmar) earthquake. Coverage spans late February through early April 2025.

How it's made. Made by NASA's ARIA team from Copernicus Sentinel-2 optical satellite imagery, comparing before-and-after views to track surface movement.

How & where you'd use it. Helps responders and scientists see where the fault ruptured and which areas shifted most, guiding damage assessment and recovery.

What's measured

burmadeformation

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2025-04-01 → 2025-04-01
  • Spatial extent94.879, 17.059, 97.011, 23.5
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Measure ground motion and subsidence (InSAR)
  • Track earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides
  • Map elevation and terrain change
Official description

NASA/JPL/Caltech/ARIA product - modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imager (MSI) east-west ground displacement from February 28 to April 1, 2025.

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("burma-eq-s2-deformation-ew")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).