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15 May 2024–When it comes to seismic sources, observational seismologist Miao Zhang doesn’t play favorites. “I am curious about all types of seismic events on land and at sea, ranging from tectonic and volcanic earthquakes to induced earthquakes and manmade explosions,” said Zhang, an assistant professor at Dalhousie University. “My … Continue Reading »
8 May 2024–Pore pressure diffusion generated by carbon dioxide injected underground at a carbon storage site in the Illinois Basin is the likely cause of hundreds of microearthquakes that took place at the site between 2011 and 2012, according to a new analysis. The modeling study published in the Bulletin … Continue Reading »
Nominations are now open for the next Joyner Lecturer. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2024. 6 May 2024–The William B. Joyner Memorial Lecture delivered by Helen Crowley of Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation at the 2024 SSA Annual Meeting marked the 20th year of the award. Established in … Continue Reading »
3 May 2024–About six months before the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake in Türkiye, transient short pulses of low-frequency seismic activity were occurring on the east side of the East Anatolian Fault Zone, researchers reported at SSA’s 2024 Annual Meeting. Learning more about the properties and physical origins of these … Continue Reading »
3 May 2024–Record-setting storms in 2023 filled California’s major reservoirs to the brim, providing some relief in a decades-long drought, but how much of that record rain trickled underground? Shujuan Mao of Stanford University and her colleagues used a surprising technique to answer this question for the greater Los Angeles … Continue Reading »
2 May 2024–The names might not be familiar—Cowee Creek, Brabazon Range, Upper Pederson Lagoon—but they mark the sites of recent lake tsunamis, a phenomenon that is increasingly common in Alaska, British Columbia and other regions with mountain glaciers. Triggered by landslides into small bodies of water, most of these tsunamis … Continue Reading »