How much does experience matter in fault mapping? 23 geologists, from students to professionals, independently map faults using the same data. The answer? Less than you'd think. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Ocean bottom seismometers improve earthquake detection in the North Sea, revealing undetected small events and providing a stronger baseline seismicity record for future offshore CO₂ storage 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Seismic wavespeed structure in the near surface is complex. Models with just a few uniform layers may not match the properties of higher mode dispersion revealed by dense seismic observations. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

What made Dallas–Fort Worth shake? Oil and gas operations played a role, but the seismic response was localized rather than a basin-wide domino effect. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Can tilted crust bend seismic waves off-course? Yes, and it can throw off deep Earth structures by hundreds of kms. Array results from Alaska show why crustal corrections matter for mantle imaging. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

💧 How does glacier water storage affect ice dynamics? Paris et al. deployed arrays of ~100 seismic nodes over multiple seasons on a Greenland glacier to monitor its dynamical response to melt 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Evidence of earthquakes disappears over time. The scarps we map in the field or from remote sensing may represent only a fraction of what a past rupture really looked like. 🌍 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

We are delighted to welcome all new members of S&CE to the Seismica family as new members of the team! Welcome aboard!

How thick is the crust beneath the western Indian Ocean? Earthquake echoes reveal the answer. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

We are delighted to welcome Eleftheria and Deniz to the Seismica family as new members of the Media & Branding Team! Welcome aboard!

New research finds that earthquakes occurring during ETS (slow slip) in northern Cascadia are slightly larger but no more numerous than those occurring between ETS events. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Ground-motion flatfile with more than 950,000 earthquake ground motions recorded by the strong-motion networks KiK-net and K-net in Japan📊 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

How do fluid-rock interactions lead to earthquakes? Simulations reveal how compaction, dilatancy, and pore fluid pressure govern fault slip behavior. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Bird, et al. use Ps converted phases observed on an optical fiber to image fine-scale structures in Owens Valley, CA. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view... @elibird.bsky.social @atterholt.bsky.social

SubRidge: a new geodynamically informed benchmark combining subduction, ridge dynamics, seismic anisotropy, and 50,000+ synthetic waveforms for testing seismic imaging methods. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

A mysterious earthquake under the Rockies! What do local and global seismic observations reveal about a mantle earthquake beneath Utah? 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

New earthquake geology and soils research along several faults within the central Basin and Range Province in Nevada (USA) indicate slow rates of deformation (<0.15 mm/yr). 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Bozzi et al. present ORION, a near‑real‑time DAS channel selector that pinpoints high‑quality traces while keeping spatial coverage along the cable and minimizing azimuthal gaps 🌍. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

🌍 30 studies to judge seismic hazard uncertainty: industry (SSHAC) guidelines do not have much influence. Uncertainty is stable across return periods; the effect of intensity measure and tectonics is weak. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

What can sound waves tell us about the ground beneath our feet? A new study shows how sound-induced seismic waves can reveal hidden variations in shallow Earth structure and seismic properties. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Mixing an AI model with seismic data cuts prediction errors by ~29% and buys 5+ extra seconds of warning time. A smarter, faster shield against earthquakes. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Using 3D simulations of ambient seismic noise, Komeazi et al. sharpened the image of the Iranian Plateau and revealed segmented Arabian underthrusting beneath the Zagros. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view... @seismology-ffm.bsky.social

Megathrust earthquakes are among Earth’s most destructive hazards. Oryan et al. developed the Coupling Cloud, which unifies and standardizes megathrust coupling models into one community-driven platform for easy visualization, comparison, and access.

Catching landslides, rockfalls & avalanches in the Pacific Northwest — using a machine learning model trained on local seismic data💻. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

🌎 Bridging faults and diffuse seismicity: a deformation-based method that smoothly connects on-fault and off-fault earthquakes and avoids double counting in hazard models. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

It's just one week until #EGU26 begins in Vienna, Austria. Seismology is just one of many fields at this annual event. A few of our volunteers will be among the tens of thousands of scientists attending, so dive into this giant science haystack and look for our Seismica needles!

Did a blast trigger the collapse? de Wit and Snieder used seismic noise interferometry to detect subsurface damage 12 days before a mine slope failure—providing a critical early warning. 🔗Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

🌋Sardinia (Italy) stands out as a perfect candidate for the Einstein Telescope📡, given its exceptionally low seismic noise. Diaferia et al. investigate the noise characteristics and use them to image the local subsurface. 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

🌍 Earth’s interior can be scanned like a CAT scan — using seismic waves! 🌊 Oceans lack seismometers, leaving blind spots ❌ 🤖 Now, 49 underwater robots in the South Pacific fill the gaps, boosting resolution & efficiency 1000×! 🔗 Read: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Can we forecast geothermal-induced earthquakes in real time? At Utah FORGE, physics-based models show strong potential for reliable forecasting. Find out more in Lanza et al.’s latest paper! 🔗 Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...