EarthScope Consortium
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EarthScope Consortium supports transformative global geophysical research and education. Operator of the NSF National Geophysical Facility. #NSFfunded
In GeoLab's first month, we saw a number of you checking it out! Our biggest peak came during @cascadiaeqs.bsky.social 's Strain Accumulation and Release from GNSS short course, when we had over 110 folks crunching data. Get started ➡️ https://loom.ly/yr8gnps
How are ocean waves and earthquakes linked? A new study combines buoy wave height measurements with NSF NGF seismic data to examine how winter ocean swells impact seismicity at California’s offshore Mendocino Triple Junction. Read it here: doi.org/10.1785/0220250447
A destructive, shallow magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Kyushu region of Japan today. While the earthquake occurred near the subduction zone, the July 28 event resulted from strike-slip faulting on a crustal fault. Learn more & access event data ➡️ https://loom.ly/TByakck
Join our team as temporary Operations Support Clerk in Albuquerque, NM. This position will support the Instrumentation Services Facilities Operations Manager with maintenance, safety, and equipment management tasks across the site. Learn more & apply at the link in our bio! https://loom.ly/A_rKSEw
With analysis-ready cloud data in our GeoLab compute hub, calculating GNSS signal-to-noise has gotten a massive speed boost compared to parsing daily RINEX files — and can be parallelized across a cluster to go even faster. GeoLab is now open, so why not check it out? 👉 https://loom.ly/H2ZsbaU
The tectonic plate boundaries off Northern California are complex. Recent research suggests it might be even weirder than it looks on the surface, with a piece of the old Farallon plate stuck to the Pacific plate beneath California. Read more ➡️ https://loom.ly/_zeAgvg
A M7.3 earthquake struck offshore near the border of Mexico and Guatemala. Offshore southern Mexico and Central America, the Cocos Plate subducts beneath the North American and Caribbean plates, resulting in frequent large earthquakes. Learn more & access event data ➡️ https://loom.ly/qBQlsMY
Our fdsnws-availability web service will be out of service for an undetermined period of time starting on July 27. We are working on a replacement system and will make it available as soon as possible. Read more ➡️ https://loom.ly/v4nRIEo
Working in our GeoLab cloud compute hub and want to share a notebook with a collaborator or students? A simple option is to use nbgitpuller. How to ➡️ https://loom.ly/whHh4zY
When you're ready to try out our GeoLab cloud compute hub, we have set of (growing!) resources to help you put it to work. Not fully comfortable using Git to manage your code and collaborate? Head to the docs! 🛠️ https://loom.ly/nJojnZM
Introducing Gabrielle Troia! Gabrielle is working as an Educational Resources and Data intern this summer, creating and updating geophysics educational materials. Tune in to our interview to hear about the work Gabrielle is doing this summer! https://loom.ly/wLqOX8I
This animation shows the waves from the June 24 earthquake doublet in Venezuela ripple across North and South America. See our full Venezuela earthquakes event response ➡️ https://loom.ly/xuQ_PYs
We recently opened our cloud compute JupyterHub, allowing users to work directly with the cloud data archive. We have onboarding resources to get you rolling and a community forum to trade data processing tips. Come check it out! https://loom.ly/VNay9xU
This June, the ISCO NOTA station on Cocos Island was rebuilt, restoring access to real-time geophysical data from the Cocos Plate. 📸: Lia Lajoie/EarthScope To learn more about this unique station and the significance of monitoring the Cocos plate, visit our website: https://loom.ly/_m_804I
Happy #fieldworkfriday! To start the weekend off on a good note, we're sharing a throwback to when our engineers serviced a NOTA station in Elko, Nevada and caught this spectacular sunset. 📷 : Dylan Cembalski/EarthScope
Borehole strainmeters can detect aseismic Slow Slip Events (SSEs), but these events’ subtle fingerprints are difficult to pick out. A new study uses NSF NGF data & tools to develop a machine learning algorithm fine-tuned to pinpoint SSE signals. Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74095-9
On June 24, two powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela: a M7.2 followed immediately by a M7.5. Here, the Caribbean Plate moves eastward at about 20 mm/yr relative to the South American Plate, producing shallow earthquakes. Learn more & access event data ➡️ https://loom.ly/xuQ_PYs
We're welcoming 26 interns this summer to train the next generation of geophysicists! We'll introduce many of them here over the course of this summer ☀️ Learn more about our internship programs and future opportunities ➡️ https://loom.ly/rUXjFGo
Registration for the 2026 InSAR Processing and Analysis (ISCE+) course will close on July 1. Learn more & register: https://loom.ly/DwH3Q-Q
We are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE)! Funding from the NSF NGF will allow us to work together to further geophysics field education & workforce development. #2026SAGE is currently under way in Santa Fe, New Mexico!
The deadline is approaching to submit your application to attend the 2026 Near-Surface Geophysics Community Input Workshop! The NSG workshop will be held August 25 & 26 in Albuquerque, NM. Learn more & apply by June 22: https://loom.ly/MxsOHvs
The 2026 Seismology Skill Building Workshop (SSBW) kicked off on June 8 with 1,592 registrants from 110 countries! Our participants attend weekly live webinars, complete hands-on assignments, and step through learning modules designed to teach them scientific computing skills in seismology.
As Alaska's Columbia Glacier launches icebergs into the sea, seismometers record the action of the ice crashing into the water. Looking at the data over time, you can see how the glacier is retreating. Read about the research ➡️ https://loom.ly/Ti_p0jU
On June 7, a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake stuck south of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Here, depths of earthquakes increase from east to west across the subduction zone boundary between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. Learn more & access event data ➡️ https://loom.ly/ijie-YU
Celebrating one of our 2025 RESESS interns, Casper Graham, who recently defended his senior thesis that built upon work he started last summer. He will be starting his PhD in geophysics at Washington University in St. Louis later this year. Way to go Casper!
Yesterday, Kīlauea entered its 48th eruptive episode with a stunning lava fountain reaching approximately 650 ft high. You might be asking, what's the source of these lava fountains and eruptions at Kīlauea? The answer is hotspot volcanism. Learn more: https://loom.ly/US16meE
It's the third day of the NSF NGF Community Science Conference! Check out our agenda. All sessions and SIGs will be recorded, so if you can’t attend live, you’ll still have the opportunity to watch later. Visit our website to learn more & register: https://loom.ly/Znfz2qA
Apply to the 2026 Near-Surface Geophysics Community Input Workshop on August 25 & 26 in Albuquerque, NM. The NGS workshop will bring the community together to shape future science support and collaboration. Travel support available for selected applicants. Apply here: https://loom.ly/d-cl6m4
It's #FieldworkFriday! In 2023 and 2025, EarthScope engineers provided technical support for projects utilizing a geodetic network to study volcanic calderas in the Galápagos Islands. 📷: Jim Normandeau & Liz Van Boskirk/EarthScope
It's day 2 of the NSF National Geophysical Facility Community Science Conference! Join us for an amazing lineup of speakers! Haven't registered? See our website for details & full agenda: https://loom.ly/tI7ougA