Observations of coseismic surface ruptures are widely used for examining faulting mechanics and kinematics, and in fault displacement hazard analysis. Here, first, we provide new remote sensing observations of 20 historic surface rupturing continental strike-slip earthquakes (6.1 ≤ Mw≤ 7.9). To measure the near-field surface deformation pattern, we have processed a range of raw radar and optical images from satellite and aerial platforms with pixel tracking techniques, and in two cases using standard interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). We provide a range of observations, including surface displacement maps that constrain at least the horizontal component of surface motion (2D), and for three events the full 3D components. Second, we provide strain invariants for each event, which includes the finite dilatational strain, strain magnitudes, the vorticity, and maximum shear strain. Third, we provide a total of 134 surface fault rupture traces that are mapped manually from the displacement maps. Finally, we provide 2648 measurements of coseismic horizontal fault-parallel surface fault slip that are measured objectively using swath profiles with a function fitting method that we have developed.
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