Degrading permafrost and earlier small quakes likely weakened a rock slope until it collapsed and buried an Arctic glacier in tons of rock.
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Landslides triggered by the 9 October 2026 Mw =7.7 earthquake in Panama
ESA Sentinel satellite images show that hundreds of landslides were triggered by the earthquake earlier this month. On 9 October 2026, a Mw 7.7 earthquake struck the Azuero Peninsula in Panama (epicentre at [7.587, -80.769]. This shallow (depth = 12.6 km) had the potential to trigger landslides in an area that has significant relief. Fortunately, the […]
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Shooting Light Pulses Down a 3-Kilometer Borehole Could Illuminate Seismic Hazards
Borehole distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) offers a more precise way to measure small earthquakes, if appropriate care is taken.
Posted inEditors' Highlights
Reading Fault Stress from the Rhythm of Earthquakes
T-rate, a new Bayesian tool that reconstructs changing fault stress from earthquake rates, reveals a late stress increase before the 2008 Reno–Mogul magnitude 5.1 earthquake.
Posted inEditors' Highlights
Tectonics and Deglaciation Govern Eastern-Southern Alps at Slow Rates
Transnational, multiproxy, and interdisciplinary datasets locate seismic hazard and show that slow-rate tectonic and deglaciation deformation overrate mantle processes in the Southern-Eastern Alps.
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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Hits Colombia, Latest on the Ring of Fire
Western Colombia was struck by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake this morning at 7:34 a.m. local time.
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Enhancing Induced Seismicity: A New Window into Earthquake Physics
Controlled multi-day hydraulic stimulation experiments in the BedrettoLab aim to generate seismicity in order improve the understanding for rupture processes of natural and induced earthquakes.
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Small Faults Add to Seattle’s Quake Story
A new study of the Seattle Fault Zone is revealing records of smaller, hidden earthquakes that could inform future hazard research.
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AI Improves Earthquake Detection
A new study shows the pros and cons of different model training methods.