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Alessandro La Rosa @alarosa.bsky.social · 11h

Following the #HayliGubbi eruption, our paper on the Erta Ale dike of Jun-Jul is finally out. InSAR, optical data and seismicity showed the temporal evolution of the intrusion and the interaction of magmatic sources, including a sill inflation in Hayli Gubbi. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience

Frontiers | Segmented dike intrusion linked to multi-level magma storage during and before the 2025 eruption at Erta Ale (East Africa)

IntroductionDike intrusions can assist continental rifting and plate divergence. However, our understanding of the magma dynamics during diking and the archi...

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Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 1d

Pre- and post-eruption visible imagery of #HayliGubbi from #Sentinel-2, showing tephra deposits and 2 new craters. The latter could be eruption vents and/or formed by post-eruptive subsidence. Looks like the pre-existing crater was enlarged by the eruption. @esa.int

Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 1d

Quite a lot of research located in and around Afar region has been presented as part of the #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar series - organised by @sasbrune.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

@timwrightleeds.bsky.social @julietbiggs.bsky.social

Rift and Rifted Margins Online Seminar

This monthly online seminar is currently organised by Sascha Brune (GFZ), J. Kim Welford (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Folarin Kolawole (Columbia University, New York), Derek Keir (Univ. of ...

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 1d

The Hayli Gubbi tephra has been sampled. These are photos from my sampling expedition on 24 Nov with the University of Semera from around 10 km north of Hayli Gubbi @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social

Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 1d

Some nice commentary on the #HayliGubbi #eruption here from @julietbiggs.bsky.social and others. As discussed, it's unlikely that this is actually the first eruption of the volcano in 12,000 years. The Afar region is very active but also remote and understudied.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, long thought to be dormant, sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday

Volcano Erupts After Lying Dormant for 12,000 Years, Sending Scientists Scrambling

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, long thought to be dormant, sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday

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Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Tim. @planet.com imagery from Nov 24 show some subsidence in the southern half of the Erta Ale caldera after the #HayliGubbi eruption (plus widespread ash deposits).

julietbiggs.bsky.social @julietbiggs.bsky.social · 2d

Activity at Hayli Gubbi began in July when there was an eruption at Erte Ale. Magma propagated 30 km south passing under Hayli Gubbi. Since then, there has been a small plume, quasi-continuous SO2 emissions and uplift. Details in @uk-comet.bsky.social event response report: tinyurl.com/y3nfdfj8

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 2d

Co-eruptive Sentinel-1 data should be acquired tomorrow evening so we'll likely have good InSAR on Wednesday

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 2d

We think there was a small eruption there in July/August (at least a small plume) and some ongoing activity there since (including continued uplift). I suspect all linked to recent activity along dyke from Erta Ale (See COMET reports on July/August activity at comet.nerc.ac.uk/event-respon...).

Event Response Reports - COMET

4th September 2025: COMET Event Response Report 1.9 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia Purpose/Caveats: This event response report was produced to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts. It...

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · Oct 11

Early days for this one, but doesn’t look like somewhere we’d associate with magma movement.

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · Oct 11

Yes - think so. The real power in the 2005 event (actually a sequence that continued to 2010) was magma moving into a volcanic dyke. The earthquakes were largely side effects.

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · Oct 11

Yes - that event was extraordinary. Hopefully this is not!

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · Oct 11

Yes. Looks like a moderate event on the fault that bounds the Afar depression. Will check in with our colleagues at Addis Ababa University.

Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social · Oct 26

The Dutch Ranking Expert Group report: universiteitenvannederland.nl/files/docume...

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Velda Elliott @veldaelliott.bsky.social · Dec 6

Congratulations @commahound.bsky.social ! Excellent thesis, great viva. 🍾 Really enjoyed reading and talking about your research.

UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Dec 6

Last night satellite #Sentinel1C launched into space! It will join its sibling to restore the Sentinel-1 constellation, gathering more frequent, global, accurate data to monitor changes on the Earth's surface. It will aid COMET research into #volcanoes🌋and #earthquakes🌎 and support event response.

Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · May 25

“Direct Estimation of Earthquake Source Properties from a Single CCTV Camera” by Soumaya Latour (CNRS) et al. (preprint, 2025) - analyzed near-fault ground motions using video by GP Energy, Thapyay Wa solar farm of surface fault rupture in M 7.7 Mandalay Earthquake, Myanmar
arxiv.org/abs/2505.15461

Direct Estimation of Earthquake Source Properties from a Single CCTV Camera

We present the first direct measurement of the slip-rate function during a natural coseismic rupture, recorded during the 28 March 2025, Mw 7.7 Mandalay earthquake (Myanmar). This measurement was made...

arxiv.org

UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 25

Day 3 of @esa.int #LPS25 in Vienna is in full flow! At 11.30am we have two talks by @timwrightleeds.bsky.social and
Camila Novoa Lizama from @envleeds.bsky.social. At 4.15pm Erin Mills @bgs.ac.uk is presenting and, after that session, there will be lots of COMET posters to see. More info below:

UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 21

The sun rises early over Leeds on the longest day of the year as we set off from the train station towards Vienna for ESA’s Living Planet Symposium #lps25 🌞🌞

The coming week, I (Stijn Vleugels, Uni of Leeds) will be taking over the COMET socials to give you a firsthand experience of the conference!

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 28

Really impressive, rapid analysis of the Myanmar surface rupture video.

Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · May 25

“Direct Estimation of Earthquake Source Properties from a Single CCTV Camera” by Soumaya Latour (CNRS) et al. (preprint, 2025) - analyzed near-fault ground motions using video by GP Energy, Thapyay Wa solar farm of surface fault rupture in M 7.7 Mandalay Earthquake, Myanmar
arxiv.org/abs/2505.15461

Direct Estimation of Earthquake Source Properties from a Single CCTV Camera

We present the first direct measurement of the slip-rate function during a natural coseismic rupture, recorded during the 28 March 2025, Mw 7.7 Mandalay earthquake (Myanmar). This measurement was made...

arxiv.org

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

compound with the gates? If so then fault is more or less north-south?

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

I think this is it. The dark areas in the recent Sentinel-2 imagery are the solar panels.

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

Maybe quite a lot of foreshortening based on aerial photo?

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

Seems to be in a step-over zone from the imagery. If photo is to SSW, then that would make the rupture more or less north-south though? None of the satellite/openstreet map etc have the solar farm mapped to get a robust orientation as far as I can tell.

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

Data posted with ~100m pixels but actual resolution a little trickier to quantify as the input data for the 3D inversion is largely Sentinel-1 pixel tracking, but also includes some burst overlap interferometry. @mrnergizci.bsky.social might comment on detailed pixel tracking parameters

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

gws-access.jasmin.ac.uk/public/nceo_...

Index of /public/nceo_geohazards/LiCSAR_products/EQ/us7000pn9s/3D_disp

gws-access.jasmin.ac.uk

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

The geotifs are available via the comet news article linked above.

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

Comments in this video have it at 20°52'55.4"N 96°02'07.0"E www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub... . Image shows location on COMET N-S displacements from Sentinel-1. About 3 m of overall displacement, but higher-res offset data would be good to get details.

Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · May 13

Incredible. Been waiting a long time to see a surface rupture video. The rupture is pretty simple (single strand) so I'd guess it was the primary fault comet.nerc.ac.uk/myanmar-eart... . But there looks like a small stepover near Thazi? Anyone managed to get a fix on the exact location yet?

Dr. Paula Marques Figueiredo @paleoquake.bsky.social · May 12

Apparently surface rupture during the Myanmar 2025. I'm very surprised by the weak shaking along the rupture. I'm not sure if this is the main rupture (I would say no - nonetheless, VERY COOL). Author unknown, location Thazi (to be confirmed)

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