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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 27m

Underestimates of Magnitudes in Real Time Lead to Underestimates of Earthquake Disasters #SRL ⚒️

The magnitudes of the most destructive earthquakes tend to initially be underestimated. Why?

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 12h

In a new #SRL paper, scientists use laboratory experiments, confirmed by field observations, to demonstrate that stress sensitivity decreases dramatically with confining pressure, and therefore depth. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 18h

How can differential geometry help with locations of seismic events. In a new #BSSA paper, scientists apply the theory they presented in the previous paper to an earthquake sequence from Pahala, Hawaii. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 18h

The spatial distribution of seismicity helps scientists delineate physical structures that produce earthquakes. A new #BSSA paper presents a new way to frame the seismic location problem using differential geometry. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 23h

Refined Stochastic Source Modeling and Selection Method for Complex Fault Systems Considering Data Uncertainty: A Case Study of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquakes #SRL ⚒️

Earthquake geometry can be complicated. How can that uncertainty be accounted for?

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 1d

Evaluation of Seismic Artificial Intelligence with Uncertainty #SRL ⚒️

How can seismologists assess which deep learning model might be appropriate for their problem of interest? A new framework might help.

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 1d

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In the Altotiberina fault system of the Italian Appenines, mechanical behavior, fluid interaction, and interplay with shallow seismicity remain unclear. A new high-resolution catalog reveals details of this region. #BSSA ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 1d

In a new #SRL paper, scientists investigate classical versus deep learning approaches to lahar detection, with a focus on Santiaguito volcano in Guatemala. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 1d

What’s happening under Turrialba volcano in Costa Rica? Scientists uses seismic data to explore its plumbing and recent eruptive activity. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2d

Complex Multifault Rupture During the 2016–2025 Dingri Earthquakes, Southern Tibetan Plateau, Unraveled by Multisource InSAR Observations #SRL ⚒️

What can satellite data tell us about how the ground moved during and after three quakes in southern Tibet?

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2d

The field of #seismic #sensing techniques is evolving rapidly. Join us at the 2026 SSA topical conference to stay at the forefront of the changes: topical.seismosoc.org
#optical #seismology #hawaii ⚒️🧪

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2d

📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢#SRL is soliciting papers for a Focus Section on Measuring and Monitoring Seismic Instrumentation ⚖️

Deadline for Submission: 2 March 2026 ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2d

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In a new #SRL paper, scientists focus on microearthquakes detected by seismometers deployed in boreholes. They found that the seismic noise they detected consisted of body and surface waves. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2d

A new data-drive smoothing approach provides an alternative to nonparametric kernel estimation methods with respect to mapping of seismicity rate. Find out more, in #SRL ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2d

In a new #SRL paper, a team discusses SeismicUnixGui, a free, open-source piece of software with cross-platform capability that introduces interns to active-source seismology. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2d

In a new #SRL paper, scientists discuss their experiences and present guidelines related to delivering workshops on adopting high-performance computing and cloud computing + seismology. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 3d

Aftershock Triggering Mechanism by the 7 January 2025 Mw 7.1 Tingri Earthquake #SRL⚒️

What does Coulomb stress transfer modeling and InSAR analysis tell us about this destructive event?

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 3d

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In a new #SRL paper, a scientist analyzes some 64,000 earthquakes in Nevada and California to explore whether S/P amplitude ratios help or hinder focal mechanism inversions. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 3d

The recent development of neural operator (NeurOp) learning for solutions to the elastic wave equation shows promising results for different seismological applications. Find out more, in this new #SRL paper ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 3d

In a new #SRL paper, scientists use rotational data to conduct a moment tensor inversion for the 2019 magnitude 6.2 Hualien earthquake. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 3d

How can you assess moment tensor inversion algorithms?! A new #BSSA paper compares two recent Bayesian algorithms for moment tensor inversion—BEAT and MCMTpy. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 3d

The Pennsylvania State Seismic Network (PASEIS) and Seismicity Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania #SRL ⚒️

How many quarry blasting events were detected by the Pennsylvania State Seismic Network between 2016 and 2024?

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 4d

Site Response and Wave Propagation Effects in the Eastern United States #BSSA ⚒️

Five earthquakes in the eastern U.S. help scientists explore source, path and site effects in the region.

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 4d

In a new #SRL paper, scientists introduce the ITalian ACcelerometric Archive (ITACA) portal, a publicly available parametric table of seismic records for Italy. ⚒️

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 4d

Accurately estimating source, path and site effects improves strong ground motion simulations. To that end, a new #BSSA paper presents a novel spectral inversion method designed to account for variations in attenuation structures. ⚒️

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