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The northwestern coast of Africa, as seen in a satellite image
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Ancient Crustal Weaknesses Contribute to Modern Earthquakes in West Africa

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 7 June 20249 June 2024

Researchers dive into the mechanisms and stresses that trigger earthquakes along the passive margin and interior of the continent.

Graph from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Repeated Coseismic Uplift Above the Patton Bay Splay Fault, Alaska

by Daniel Melnick 30 May 20243 June 2024

Stratigraphic and diatom analyses suggest ruptures of the Patton Bay splay fault occurred together with half of the documented great Alaskan megathrust earthquakes during the past 4,200 years.

Aerial view overlooking the Süleymaniye Mosque (foreground), the Golden Horn inlet, and other parts of Istanbul, Türkiye, at dawn
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Telecom Fibers Are Sensing Earthquake Hazards in Istanbul

by Daniel Bowden, Ebru Bozdag, Ali Shaikhsulaiman, Andreas Fichtner and Özgün Konca 21 May 202428 May 2024

A fiber-optic cable below Türkiye’s earthquake-prone metropolis is offering new details about how seismic waves will rattle the city—and demonstrating the potential of a bigger monitoring effort.

A young man wearing glasses operates an earthquake experiment setup. Four yellow cylinders attached to metallic tubes sit beside a layer of plexiglass held up by wooden columns.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Secret to Mimicking Natural Faults? Plexiglass and Teflon

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 10 May 202413 June 2024

Researchers found an effective way to produce natural fault behavior in the laboratory.

Aerial photo of a large rupture caused by an earthquake.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Fault Maturity or Orientation: Which Matters More for Quakes?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 10 April 20248 July 2024

Close examination of a 2021 earthquake on the Tibetan Plateau provides hints that, counter to prior assumptions, the influence of fault orientation can sometimes trump that of maturity.

Coastline with tall cliffs
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Earthquakes Can Trigger Megathrust Slip in Cascadia

by Caroline Hasler 8 April 20248 April 2024

A 2022 earthquake in Northern California may have triggered slow slip in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, according to a new study.

A mountain with alternating stripes of greenery and bare beige rock. There is a point in the middle of the rock where the stripes change direction, indicating a fault propagation fold.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Uncovering Earthquake Evidence in Azerbaijan’s Greater Caucasus Mountains

by Rebecca Owen 27 March 202418 June 2024

A new study unearths geological evidence that corroborates historical accounts of large earthquakes along the Kura fold-thrust belt.

Diagram from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

How Earthquakes Grow from a Tiny Fracture to a Catastrophic Event

by Satoshi Ide 27 March 202422 March 2024

State-of-art numerical simulations illustrate how a small-scale shear instability can become a giant earthquake in a manner that is consistent with seismological observation.

Satellite image of Honshu Island
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Plate Boundaries May Experience Higher Temperature and Stress Than We Thought

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 21 February 202421 February 2024

Surface heat flux data shed light on conditions deep below Earth’s surface, at a tectonic plate interface where major earthquakes initiate.

Graphs showing the performance of the deep learning network developed in this study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Deep Learning Facilitates Earthquake Early Warning

by Han Yue 14 February 202413 February 2024

A deep learning model trained with real-time satellite data significantly reduces the time to predict the ground motion of big earthquakes.

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