Caltech researchers used advanced imaging techniques to investigate increased seismic activity in California’s Long Valley Caldera, a dormant supervolcano. Their findings suggest the region is…
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A seismic imaging instrument trails behind a research vessel during a survey of New Zealand’s Hikurangi subduction zone. Led by the University of Texas Institute…
Scientists have developed a deep learning model, RECAST, to forecast earthquake aftershocks. This model demonstrates superior adaptability and scalability compared to the existing ETAS model,…
Satellite image of Turkey acquired on February 11, 2022, by the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9. Satellite image of Turkey acquired on February…
A new study led by University of Chicago geophysicist Sunyoung Park suggests there may be a layer of surprisingly fluid rock located in the Earth’s…
The Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space observatory concept. The upper-right-hand globe shows the extensive network of existing Fibre-Optic (FO) cables (yellow lines). The lower-left zoomed inset illustrates the key…
Earthquakes are sudden and intense shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates or volcanic activity. They can occur anywhere in the…
A picture of a building following an earthquake. According to a study led by the University of California, Los Angeles geophysicists powerful supershear earthquakes, previously…
Don’t worry, an eruption is not imminent. Research reveals magma activity beneath Mount Edgecumbe. According to a recent study from the Alaska Volcano Observatory, magma…
Researchers have discovered detectable changes in the local magnetic field that occur 2-3 days before an earthquake. Magnetometers detected faint signals that may improve our…
New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub asteroid impact triggered an earthquake so monstrous that it shook the planet for weeks to months after the collision.…
A one-second discrepancy in the travel time of a set of seismic waves gives us an important and unprecedented glimpse of what’s happening deeper in…
New tectonic plate model with boundary zones in darker shading. Credit: Dr. Derrick Hasterok, University of Adelaide New models that show how the continents were…
Diamonds created in the transition zone between the upper and lower mantle have evidence of fluids carried by subducted slabs. These diamonds, along with improved…
Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research from the University of…
South Georgia Island, the largest island along the subduction trench. Credit: European Space Agency (modified Copernicus Sentinel data) Researchers uncover why a complex earthquake in…
In July 2019, a series of earthquakes including two major shocks of magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 a day apart struck near Ridgecrest, CA, between Los…
Haiti earthquake damage. Assistant professors Camilla Cattania and William Frank discuss the science behind the 2010 and 2021 earthquakes in Haiti. On August 14, 2021,…
Smoke rises from Calwood Fire as it nears a neighborhood in Boulder County on October 17, 2020. Credit: Malachi Brooks Rising Temperatures and Risky Development…