Dr. Paula Marques Figueiredo
@paleoquake.bsky.social
Active Earth, Faults, Earthquakes! Tectonics & Surface Processes, Tectonic Geomorphology, Geochronology. Retired Surfer. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, She/her
If you work in Active Tectonics in Intraplate settings, submit your work to our EGU26 session TS6.1 Understanding Low-strain and Intraplate regions seismogenic sources and Quaternary deformation, Deadline approaching fast January 15! Keynote Talk by @yklinger.bsky.social ! It will be a great session
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
If you work in Active Tectonics in Intraplate settings, submit your work to our EGU26 session TS6.1 Understanding Low-strain and Intraplate regions seismogenic sources and Quaternary deformation, Deadline approaching fast January 15! Keynote Talk by @yklinger.bsky.social ! It will be a great session
A Terra tremeu? O que fazer ANTES DURANTE e DEPOIS? Como fazer um KIT de EMERGENCIA?
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December 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A Terra tremeu? O que fazer ANTES DURANTE e DEPOIS? Como fazer um KIT de EMERGENCIA?
Leia aqui www.aterratreme.pt/wp-content/u...
Leia aqui www.aterratreme.pt/wp-content/u...
🚨I am very honored to announce that I’m starting as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Lisbon, funded by the European Commission 🚨. I am grateful to NCSU where I honed my skills in Quaternary Geochronology and all my USA colleagues who I work with in Earthquake Geology. ☺️🌍
July 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
🚨I am very honored to announce that I’m starting as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Lisbon, funded by the European Commission 🚨. I am grateful to NCSU where I honed my skills in Quaternary Geochronology and all my USA colleagues who I work with in Earthquake Geology. ☺️🌍
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)
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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)
A small correction, the Sparta earthquake was not in the southern Appalachian zone, was just south of the Giles Seismic Zone (south Virginia) see image from Neves et al., 2024
May 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A small correction, the Sparta earthquake was not in the southern Appalachian zone, was just south of the Giles Seismic Zone (south Virginia) see image from Neves et al., 2024
Not attending #EGU25 but I'm a co-author in a few abstracts. I highlight this poster presented by PhD candidate Dennis Wolf.
Check it out Friday, 2 May in the morning Hall X2 | X2.52. He is doing a great work!
(Next year, I will be at EGU, I promise!)
Check it out Friday, 2 May in the morning Hall X2 | X2.52. He is doing a great work!
(Next year, I will be at EGU, I promise!)
April 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Not attending #EGU25 but I'm a co-author in a few abstracts. I highlight this poster presented by PhD candidate Dennis Wolf.
Check it out Friday, 2 May in the morning Hall X2 | X2.52. He is doing a great work!
(Next year, I will be at EGU, I promise!)
Check it out Friday, 2 May in the morning Hall X2 | X2.52. He is doing a great work!
(Next year, I will be at EGU, I promise!)
Another video from the Myanmar Mw 7.7 quake. Now we see the railway tracks (Pyinmana, Myanmar) bent and severely deformed.
April 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Another video from the Myanmar Mw 7.7 quake. Now we see the railway tracks (Pyinmana, Myanmar) bent and severely deformed.
since we are all doing this, here is my proof of defending a Holy Trinity
April 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
since we are all doing this, here is my proof of defending a Holy Trinity
Absolutely amazing video. Direct displacement of a drainage/channel: it is possible to see a right lateral displacement of the thalweg of about 1.5 to 2 m. It is also possible to see the fault plane exposed!
Credit: okarun011 on TikTok
Credit: okarun011 on TikTok
April 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Absolutely amazing video. Direct displacement of a drainage/channel: it is possible to see a right lateral displacement of the thalweg of about 1.5 to 2 m. It is also possible to see the fault plane exposed!
Credit: okarun011 on TikTok
Credit: okarun011 on TikTok
Regarding the Mw 7.7 Myanmar earthquake: to be confirmed, but it seems the segment that ruptured was at least partially a "seismic gap". The 1st image is figure 1 from Xiong et al 2017 doi.org/10.1002/2017... and the 2nd image is from Hurukawa & Maung 2011 doi.org/10.1029/2010...
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Regarding the Mw 7.7 Myanmar earthquake: to be confirmed, but it seems the segment that ruptured was at least partially a "seismic gap". The 1st image is figure 1 from Xiong et al 2017 doi.org/10.1002/2017... and the 2nd image is from Hurukawa & Maung 2011 doi.org/10.1029/2010...
In my case, it should be: “how is this quartz-rich??? There is cleavage!!! How do they expect me to extract 10Be from this piece of &$&@?!?” And then thinking about hitting them saying “sampling MATTERS! Learn your f$& mineralogy and petrology!” There! Stop complaining about geochronology!
March 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In my case, it should be: “how is this quartz-rich??? There is cleavage!!! How do they expect me to extract 10Be from this piece of &$&@?!?” And then thinking about hitting them saying “sampling MATTERS! Learn your f$& mineralogy and petrology!” There! Stop complaining about geochronology!
I do remember learning that the K-Feldspar was pink.
March 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I do remember learning that the K-Feldspar was pink.
Consider attending IAGA/ IASPEI 2025 in Lisbon. It has a really good scientific program and it is in Lisbon. Do I need to say more? iaga-iaspei-2025.org
Abstracts deadline March 12!
Abstracts deadline March 12!
March 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Consider attending IAGA/ IASPEI 2025 in Lisbon. It has a really good scientific program and it is in Lisbon. Do I need to say more? iaga-iaspei-2025.org
Abstracts deadline March 12!
Abstracts deadline March 12!
Good morning America!
January 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good morning America!
Surface ruptures were already identified from the Mw 7.1 Xizang Southern Tibetan earthquake. Scarps up to 3 m. See link in Chinese but with photos mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qtB9yU9E6T...
January 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Surface ruptures were already identified from the Mw 7.1 Xizang Southern Tibetan earthquake. Scarps up to 3 m. See link in Chinese but with photos mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qtB9yU9E6T...
REMINDER: if attending SSA next April @seismosocam.bsky.social , consider our session Deadline now extended to January 14!
January 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
REMINDER: if attending SSA next April @seismosocam.bsky.social , consider our session Deadline now extended to January 14!
🚨🚨If attending SSA consider submitting to our session Earthquake Shaking and the Geologic Record: Triggered Phenomena and Preserved Fragile Geologic Features ⛰️🌊
December 30, 2024 at 7:18 PM
🚨🚨If attending SSA consider submitting to our session Earthquake Shaking and the Geologic Record: Triggered Phenomena and Preserved Fragile Geologic Features ⛰️🌊
Tsunami Alert was canceled. Still, be careful with anomalous rip currents
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Tsunami Alert was canceled. Still, be careful with anomalous rip currents
LEAVE THE COAST NOW
December 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
LEAVE THE COAST NOW
If you are in the US West Coast LEAVE THE COASTLINE IMMEDIATELY and Go to Higher Ground!
December 5, 2024 at 7:19 PM
If you are in the US West Coast LEAVE THE COASTLINE IMMEDIATELY and Go to Higher Ground!