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Dave Cornwell @seismodave.bsky.social · 4d

#storm #amy #stormamy #wind & #waves recorded by a @raspishake.bsky.social #seismometer on #Aberdeen #scotland #uk beachfront (0.1-0.8 Hz ~waves; 3-8 Hz ~wind).

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

What happens to your brain when you use ChatGPT to write your essay? MIT watched students’ brain activity to find out. The results are worrying.

Research shows that ChatGPT is changing your brain

People worry that students are increasingly using generative AI in their work. It saves time, but what is it doing to their brains?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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YM (writing again!) @ytsim-misty.bsky.social · 8d

Experienced an earthquake a few minutes ago. Aftershocks are still coming, some strong and some are alright but felt.

Apparently the epicenter is around mag. 7 and our region is feeling around mag. 5 🥲

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Quake Alert - Earthquake Monitor @earthquakes.live · 8d

Felt #earthquake: 6.9 #quake Philippine Sea, Central Visayas, 54 km west of Ormoc, Philippines, 26 minutes ago - 543 reports so far.
Did you feel it? Send a report!

Felt earthquake: 6.9 quake Philippine Sea, Central Visayas, 54 km west of Ormoc, Philippines, 26 minutes ago

Detail infos, updates and user reports for this event

www.volcanodiscovery.com

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The Global Eye @theglobaleye.bsky.social · 8d

#BREAKING | Magnitude 6,9 earthquake hits Philippines.

The Global Eye

#BREAKING | Magnitude 6,9 earthquake hits Philippines. The Global Eye | Subscribe

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Dave Cornwell @seismodave.bsky.social · 8d

#Earthquake recorded on the #RaspberryShake #CitizenScience seismic network. See what's shaking near you with the @raspishake.bsky.social #ShakeNet mobile app

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LastQuake @lastquake.emsc.eu · 8d

#Earthquake (#lindol) possibly felt 1 min 7 sec ago in #Philippines. Felt it? Tell us via:
📱#appc.eu/#app" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org
⚠ Automatic crowdsourced detection, not seismically verified yet. More info soon!

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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 22d

Recent Earthquake Teachable Moment for the magnitude 7.4 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake.

➡️ https://loom.ly/6Dv85wg

Teachable Moment slide showing foreshock and mainshock and aftershock sequence off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

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Krystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · 23d

It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.

Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!

cen.acs.org/people/profi...

#DisabledInSTEM

Trailblazers: Chemists with disabilities rethink how we do science

C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways

cen.acs.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · Sep 8

8 September 1775 21:45 UT
Mw5.0 earthquake near Swansea, Wales, UK, causing damage near epicenter. Felt through Wales and great part of southern England.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
quakes.bgs.ac.uk/historical/ catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00054...
Similar to the 1727 EQ
👇
bsky.app/profile/jose...

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Geoscientist magazine @geoscientistmag.bsky.social · Sep 4

This Is Geoscience is a new campaign launched by @geolsoc.bsky.social to showcase the sector's societal value and highlight career opportunities for the geoscientists of tomorrow.

Discover more here: geoscientist.online/sections/new...

#geoscience #geology #careers

This Is Geoscience - GEOSCIENTIST

New campaign ‘This is Geoscience’ aims to showcase the discipline's value to society and highlight the opportunities a geoscience career offers.

geoscientist.online

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Sep 1

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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan just before midnight on August 31st. Vulnerable homes built of mud, brick, stone, and wood collapsed; the reported death toll has exceeded 800 people.

Why do earthquakes occur here, what happened in this one, and why was it so deadly?

Deadly M6 earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan

Shallow thrust faulting in a highly vulnerable region

earthquakeinsights.substack.com

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Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Section 👇 from Shnizai & Walker in Tektonika 2024 @wearetektonika.bsky.social shows structure of Jalalabad basin, E #Afghanistan.
It's not right across the recent #earthquake but more to the W. The earthquake may have occurred on a thrust fault equivalent to the one to the left of the section. 1/2 ⚒️

Geological cross section across the Jalalabad basin shows several thrust faults dipping to the north-west

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Jascha Polet @jascha.bsky.social · Sep 1

Seismicity map of the region of the M6.0 #earthquake in Afghanistan that occurred yesterday. This event was a shallow reverse event, and has caused many fatalities. Numerous remote villages have been reported to have been heavily damaged, but are difficult to reach. ⚒️

Seismicity map generated using many earthquake catalogs and the generic mapping tools software, by Jascha Polet.

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Aug 25

Dr Kathryn Goodenough, BGS Head of International-Regional Geoscience, appointed as honorary professor by @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

The new position will focus on critical minerals and the wider energy transition.

www.bgs.ac.uk/news/dr-kath...

Dr Goodenough, BGS head of international - regional geoscience

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌟FREE TO READ #KAMCHATKA #EARTHQUAKE PAPERS🌟As a service to researchers working on the 2025 M8.8 Kamchatka earthquake, we have curated a list of papers related to the region, free until until 22 August www.seismosoc.org/news/free-to... ⚒️🧪

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Jordi Diaz @jdiazcusi.bsky.social · Jul 30

After a major earthquake, surface seismic waves orbit the planet Earth. Their passage can be recorded by broadband seismometers, such as this station from the @geo3bcn-csic.bsky.social EPYSIM project

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Jason "Jay" R. Patton @earthjay.bsky.social · Jul 30

#EarthquakeReport for M8.8 #Earthquake offshore of #Kamchatka #Russia

been busy responding and still doing that
aftershock pattern matches 1952 M9 rupture patch
'24 and 20 July '25 foreshocks

see report to learn more about 1952:
earthjay.com?p=12053

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

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Temblor, Inc. @temblorinc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Around 11:30 am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the offshore Kamchatka region at a depth of about 20 kilometers. The subduction zone quake caused severe shaking on the Kamchatka peninsula and triggered tsunami warnings and advisories around the Pacific. (1/n)

Temblor map of the M 8.8 Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake. The peninsula and other land is color coded according to shaking expected in your lifetime, per Temblor's PUSH model. The mainshock is marked by a bright blue star. Smaller quakes are marked by circles that scale with magnitude and are color coded by age in days. Credit: Temblor

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CRISISINFO @crisisinfo.eu · Jul 29

Earthquake Report

Earthquake M8.4 has been observed 125.66 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamtsjatka, Russia on 2025-07-29 23:24:50. The depth is 2.3 km, the epicenter was in the underwater.

#crisisinfo, #earthquake, #ingv

https://map.crisisinfo.eu/?pageid=earthquake_index&id=1419626

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Tsunami Warning Bot (UNOFFICIAL) @tsunami.nws-bot.us · Jul 29

Preliminary magnitude 8.0 (Mwp) earthquake / Lat: 52.200, Lon: 160.000 at 2025-07-29T23:24:56 UTC
Location:Coastal areas between and including Samalga Pass, Alaska (30 miles SW of Nikolski) to Attu, Alaska
Severity:Moderate
Urgency:Immediate
Certainty:Likely
Additional Details Here.

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Tsunami Warning Bot (UNOFFICIAL) @tsunami.nws-bot.us · Jul 29

Preliminary magnitude 8.0 (Mwp) earthquake / Lat: 52.209, Lon: 159.979 at 2025-07-29T23:24:52Z
Location:Guam and CNMI
Severity:Moderate
Urgency:Expected
Certainty:Likely
Additional Details Here.

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Quake Alert - Earthquake Monitor @earthquakes.live · Jul 29

Felt #earthquake: 8.0 #quake North Pacific Ocean, 136 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, 21 minutes ago - 32 reports so far.
Did you feel it? Send a report!

Felt earthquake: 8.0 quake North Pacific Ocean, 136 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, 21 minutes ago

Detail infos, updates and user reports for this event

www.volcanodiscovery.com

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · Jul 29

M 8.0 - 133 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

That means the M7.4 9 days ago can now be considered a foreshock to this event. 🧪

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Map showing previous seismicity in the area where the magnitude earthquake occurred

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LastQuake @lastquake.emsc.eu · Jul 30

🔔#Earthquake (#землетрясение) M6.4 occurred 126 km SE of #Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russian Federation) 15 min ago (local time 11:48:24). More info at:
📱#appc.eu/#app" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1838745
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake.php?id=1838745

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