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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 2d

🌋With an extraordinary dataset from over 500 seismic stations in Germany’s Eifel region, Dahm et al. have resolved the magma system beneath Laacher See volcano, for the first time since its massive eruption 13,000 years ago
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 3d

An upcoming SSA meeting in Colorado will be discussing the latest research into environmental processes and how seismology is used to provide new insights in this evolving field. If you’re attending, be sure to connect with your Seismica people! www.seismosoc.org/environmenta...

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 6d

🧠📈 Adding strain rate to ETAS boosts earthquake forecasts at Campi Flegrei!
Geodetic signals make models more realistic and predictive
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 7d

📈 Which seismic phase associator works best?
🧠Puente Huerta et al., benchmarked 5 algorithms testing their performance across diverse settings and under noisy-complex conditions
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 8d

Did you know?
At Seismica, we publish reviewer reports alongside accepted manuscripts.
Transparency helps science grow.
👇 Check out any paper’s reviewer report — see the example!

Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 15d

🤖A new AI model estimates earthquake ground shaking in Italy, using just the first 10 seconds of seismic trace, helping improve rapid response.
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 16d

Seismica is all about making science accessible to a broad audience, so we give authors the option to include multi-language and plain-language abstracts. Talk to our handling editors about using this approach to expand the visibility of your research.

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 20d

🚷 Lockdowns and curfews during COVID-19 left a clear footprint in France’s ambient seismic noise.
Ambient noise dropped, revealing how seismology can be used to understand and track human mobility.

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 22d

Victor Hugo Benioff (Sept 14, 1899 – Feb 29, 1968) was a Caltech seismologist and pioneer of earthquake instruments. He built the Benioff seismograph, revealed the Wadati–Benioff zones, and even experimented with electric instruments.
Photo: Caltech Images Collection

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 23d

Institute/University: @geosciences.bsky.social
ANR (funding): @agencerecherche.bsky.social ‬
Authors: @hugoboulze.bsky.social, @kleinemilie.bsky.social‬, @cvigny.bsky.social

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 23d

🖥️Introducing Chile_Mesh_v1.0!!
🧮 A new 3D finite-element mesh designed to study how megathrust earthquakes along the Chilean subduction zone deform the South American continent!
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 27d

🔍 On 28/01/2020, the largest recorded earthquake in the northern Caribbean (Mw7.7), ruptured the Oriente fault at a speed faster than seismic waves.
A rare supershear event, explained by the fault's characteristics.
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 28d

A devastating earthquake struck Afghanistan on Aug 31, killing 2K+, destroying 5K+ homes & affecting ~500K people.
Research into practical ways to build/reinforce low cost structures to be more resilient to ground shaking will protect future generations.
📷The News International

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 28d

🔍 From petabytes to picks:
Data mining empowered by a cloud-native workflow turns 1.3 PB of seismic data into the first global-scale database of 4.3 billion P- and S-wave picks.
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Sep 8

When every minute counts, RED-E delivers rapid post-earthquake insights—bridging the gap between science and response in Canada.

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌍Tectonic tremor isn’t just noise!!
A new study in Seismica unveils evidence that enigmatic tectonic tremor is associated with material underplating, giving rise to coastal mountains along subduction zones such as Cascadia.
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌍Low SNR makes detecting induced seismicity tough.
Heuel et al. trained PhaseNet with noise samples and induced seismicity events, reducing false picks and improving detection on continuous geothermal recordings
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌋 On Aug 27, 1883, Krakatoa erupted with cataclysmic force. The blast was heard 3,000+ miles away, unleashed tsunamis over 30m high, and darkened skies worldwide. Global temperatures dropped, and vivid sunsets inspired artists for years. #OTD #Krakatoa #VolcanoHistory

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Aug 28

🌎Depth matters!!!
In the 2019 Ridgecrest seismic sequence, source-depth–dependent attenuation shaped stress drops far more than horizontal variations↔️.
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Aug 27

🔍Latallerie et al. bring a new tomographic method to image the upper mantle with control over resolution and uncertainty in 3D, plus a fresh look at theoretical errors.
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Aug 25

Volume 4 Number 1 now has an official cover! Photo is courtesy Gonzalo Antonio Fernández Marañón and depicts a Tunari Peak from a related paper on seismicity in the Cochabamba region. Find it and dozens of other articles in this issue on our website:
seismica.library.mcgill.ca/issue/view/122

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔍Does slow slip occur offshore Cascadia?
Krauss et al. report tectonic tremor-like signals on one ocean bottom seismometer near the deformation front at ~44.5°N. Could this represent slow slip on a nearby fault?🤔
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌍How to map slip at depth within a subduction zone, such as North Chile?
You can use Folesky et al. repeating earthquake catalog!
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Aug 15

Kristin Morell @kdmorell.bsky.social
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Christine Regalla @rengellia.bsky.social

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌍The Beaufort Range fault is ACTIVE!
This right-lateral oblique Beaufort Range faulting occurs >100 km farther North than previously documented faults in the Cascadia forearc.
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UVic SEOS @seos-uvic.bsky.social

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