After 11-years of monitoring a slow-moving landslide and its shear zone in Norway, scientists reveal a complex pattern of creep bursts that require a rethink of the driving mechanisms.
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Slow But Powerful Fault Slip Can Simply Arise from Fluid Flow
Cyclic changes of fluid pressure in fault zones can induce slow-slip events that advance in the direction of fluid flow, even when the faults are stable.
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Modeling the Long and Short of Subduction Zones
A new subduction model could reveal important insights about megathrust earthquakes.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog
Landslides from the 17 December 2024 Mw=7.3 Port Vila earthquake in Vanuatu
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In terms of “natural” disasters, attention is currently focused on events in Los Angeles, which will in due course may have substantial implications for landslides. A large atmospheric river event in the […]
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Guidelines for Managing Induced Seismicity Risks
Consolidating state-of-the-art science into guidelines provides a path forward for managing induced seismicity risks and highlights avenues for future research.
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Improving Earthquake Early Warning Access for the Deaf Community
Earthquake early warning systems are rarely accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. A group of scientists is working to change that.
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Rewinding the Fault: Stress Perturbations Promote Back-Propagating Ruptures
Free surface reflection and fault geometric asperities can excite backward propagation in the form of an interface wave or high-order re-rupture.
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Past Fracture Damage Can Inhibit Earthquake Slip
Around the surface rupture of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, a new study documents an anti-correlation between pre-existing fracture damage and earthquake slip – implying that damage inhibited slip.
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Landslides from the Mw=7.3 17 December 2024 Port Vila Earthquake in Vanuatu
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. It has been widely reported that an M=7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on 17 December 2024 at 12:47 local time. Wikipedia is referring to this as the Port Vila Earthquake as the epicentre […]
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120 Years of Geodetic Data on Kīlauea’s Décollement
A new study explores the deformation and stress changes of Kīlauea’s décollement from 1898 to 2018 by collating an unprecedented 120 years of geodetic data.