“.... the quake deformed Earth’s surface using radar.”
Interesting science (I suppose) but faulty grammar. And faulty grammar or unclear syntax often betrays fuzzy thinking.
My mother used to correct me with a reference to “throwing the cow over the fence some hay.”
I Had a Latin teacher who used that when we got word order screwed up. She called it "Amish talk." Trouble was, I grew up with Amish kids and their parents, and never heard one talk that way.