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Two maps showing locations of seismic arrays.
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Can Anelastic Attenuation of Oceanic Mantle be Reliably Measured?

by Fan-Chi Lin 26 October 20224 August 2023

A new study demonstrates that robust anelastic attenuation measurements can be made across ocean bottom seismic arrays at different locations using surface wave array analysis.

Edificios inca marrones con una calle en medio. Al fondo se distinguen los Andes y un cielo azul con pocas nubes.
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Grabado en piedra: edificios incas guardan el registro de terremotos antiguos

by Erin Martin-Jones 13 October 202222 March 2023

Daños a los edificios incas en Cusco revelan una historia de terremotos olvidada que podría ayudar a científicos a entender riesgos sísmicos modernos.

Bubbles rise toward the ocean surface.
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Device Made for the Moon May Aid in Carbon Sequestration on Earth

by Bill Morris 7 October 20227 October 2022

A pocket-sized device intended for use on the Moon could soon play a key role in Japan’s ambitious plans to sequester carbon dioxide.

Image overlooking a rocky coastline and water just after sunset with a bright blue line representing a fiber-optic cable curving over the water and rocks
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Internet Cable Reveals the Source of Underwater Vibrations

by Saima May Sidik 30 September 202214 May 2024

A novel use of an existing fiber-optic cable off the coast of Spain has clued scientists in to how seismic noise is generated in the ocean.

View of a bay with buildings and vehicles in the foreground
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Seismic Sources in the Aleutian Cradle of Tsunamis

by Rob Witter, Rich Briggs, Tina Dura, Simon Engelhart and Alan Nelson 26 September 202226 September 2022

Research over the past decade in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has offered surprising insights into the pulses of great earthquakes that generate dangerous, often long-distance tsunamis.

Photo showing Inca buildings in the foreground and mountains in the background; some cracks are visible in the stonework.
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Written in Stone: Inca Buildings Remember Ancient Earthquakes

by Erin Martin-Jones 20 September 20221 October 2024

Damage to the Inca buildings of Cusco reveals a forgotten earthquake history that could help scientists understand modern seismic hazards.

Photograph of a Global Seismographic Network station with mountains in the background.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Global Seismic Networks: Recording the Heartbeat of the Earth

by Adam T. Ringler 9 September 20229 September 2022

Global broadband seismographic networks have provided the science community with 30 years of data which is being used to understand the Earth.

Three images showing the study area from different perspectives.
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Probing the Sedimentology of a Continental Megathrust

by Peter van der Beek 6 September 202222 December 2022

Detailed analysis of sediments covering the Main Frontal Thrust in Nepal show how climate-driven baselevel changes affect sedimentation and should be considered when inferring thrust activity.

A global map of subduction zones. The Mariana Trench is near the center with a zoomed-in image of bathymetry.
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Deep Earthquakes Suggest Well-Hydrated Mariana Subduction Zone

by Morgan Rehnberg 10 August 20222 March 2023

Earthquakes as deep as 50 kilometers below the seafloor were detected by 12 ocean bottom seismometers placed around the Challenger Deep.

A map and 3 graphs showing the waveform fits for an earthquake.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Western US Adjoint Tomography Reproduces Waveform Complexity

by Michael Bostock 22 July 202222 December 2022

Adjoint tomography employing 3D wavefield simulations for 72 well recorded regional earthquakes in the western U.S. yields spectacular improvements to waveform fits.

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