16 April 2026— If there is a magnitude 8 or 9 megathrust earthquake off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, data from ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) could improve earthquake detection times calculated by the ShakeAlert system. At the 2026 SSA Annual Meeting, Zoe Krauss said ShakeAlert’s earthquake detection time could … Continue Reading »

16 April 2026— The seismic crisis that gripped the Greek island of Santorini and its neighbors last year contained more than 60,000 earthquakes, according to a unique machine learning study that identified the earthquakes as they occurred between December 2024 and June 2025. At the 2026 SSA Annual Meeting, Stanford … Continue Reading »

15 April 2026—When the edge of a Greenland glacier breaks off into the sea to become an iceberg, can a global seismic network “hear” it? The answer is yes—but only if the event is a large one. And it helps to pair the resulting surface seismic waves with satellite observations … Continue Reading »

15 April 2026— A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower than previously thought, with impacts on potential peak ground shaking during a Cascadia megathrust earthquake. The Juan de Fuca plate dives beneath the North American … Continue Reading »

REVISION issued May 6, 2026:  The original release stated in its seventh paragraph that, “An uncontrolled explosion of a subcritical experiment could potentially release radioactive material at levels harmful to workers within PULSE as well as nearby Nevada communities.” The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has asked this sentence to … Continue Reading »