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Figure 1. (a) Radarsat-1 InSAR image (August 16-October 27, 2002) showing ground surface deformation associated with the 
October 23, 2002, Nenana earthquake along the Denali Fault, Alaska (Lu et al., 2003b). (b) A modeled InSAR image using fault 
parameters that best fit the observed interferogram (Lu et al., 2003b). (c) Preliminary map of the ground response to the 2002 Denali 
Fault earthquake during 2003-2004 (Biggs et al., 2006). The image is a stack of four Radarsat-1 interferograms. Peak deformation is 
at a distance of ~60 km from the fault and is consistent with GPS models of viscoelastic relaxation below 60-km depth.