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Is the ground sinking in your city?

Below is the measured vertical ground-motion rate for the center of 51 US metro areas, from NASA OPERA / Sentinel-1 satellite radar (InSAR). Negative means the ground is sinking; positive means it is rising. Click a city for detail, or check any specific address.

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Philadelphia, PA
-17.9 mm/yr · Rapid subsidence
Bakersfield, CA
-8.5 mm/yr · Rapid subsidence
Chicago, IL
-6.7 mm/yr · Notable subsidence
Las Vegas, NV
-5.3 mm/yr · Notable subsidence
Sacramento, CA
-5.3 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Fresno, CA
-5.1 mm/yr · Notable subsidence
Reno, NV
-4.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
San Antonio, TX
-2.8 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Oklahoma City, OK
-2.3 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Indianapolis, IN
-2.2 mm/yr · Direction unclear
New Orleans, LA
-1.9 mm/yr · Direction unclear
New York, NY
-1.8 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Louisville, KY
-1.8 mm/yr · Direction unclear
San Diego, CA
-1.7 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Boston, MA
-1.6 mm/yr · Direction unclear
San Jose, CA
-1.4 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Jacksonville, FL
-1.4 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Albuquerque, NM
-1.3 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Buffalo, NY
-1.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
San Francisco, CA
-0.9 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Atlanta, GA
-0.9 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Kansas City, MO
-0.8 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Miami, FL
-0.7 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Dallas, TX
-0.5 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Houston, TX
-0.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Phoenix, AZ
-0.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Spokane, WA
-0.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Washington, DC
-0.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Milwaukee, WI
-0.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Minneapolis, MN
+0.0 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Colorado Springs, CO
+0.2 mm/yr · Direction unclear
El Paso, TX
+0.3 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Los Angeles, CA
+0.3 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Honolulu, HI
+0.3 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Denver, CO
+0.6 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Boise, ID
+0.6 mm/yr · Direction unclear
St. Louis, MO
+0.7 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Memphis, TN
+0.9 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Tucson, AZ
+1.0 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Detroit, MI
+1.0 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Salt Lake City, UT
+1.0 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Raleigh, NC
+1.5 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Tampa, FL
+1.6 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Portland, OR
+1.8 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Seattle, WA
+2.4 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Baltimore, MD
+3.0 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Nashville, TN
+3.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Austin, TX
+4.4 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Virginia Beach, VA
+4.5 mm/yr · Direction unclear
Charlotte, NC
+5.7 mm/yr · Mild uplift
Columbus, OH
+6.1 mm/yr · Direction unclear

How this is measured

SibFly reads NASA OPERA DISP-S1 displacement data (processed from Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar) at a 30-meter grid, fits the multi-year trend at each cell, and reports millimeters per year with an uncertainty range. It is a screening estimate from space, not an engineering or survey-grade determination. Developers and AI agents can pull the same data from the API ($0.40 per covered report, misses free).

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