It has been a busy couple of days! There was a large landslide and tsunami in SE Alaska, in Tracy Arm, Sunday morning. Luckily, no injuries or casualties were reported. This region is outside of our current landslide coverage, but we were able to get a quick location after hearing about the event. 🧵

⚒️ 🧪 A M8.8 earthquake just ruptured the subduction zone offshore Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. This is one of the world’s truly huge earthquakes, and a triggered tsunami is currently traveling across the Pacific ocean. This same fault ruptured on July 20th in a M7.4, and last August in a M7.1.

Check out our new paper in GRL! On September 20, 2024, we detected three large landslides in real time at the terminus of Surprise Glacier using seismic data. We’ve been running a test real-time landslide detection algorithm in this region for two years, and have detected 30 landslides since then.

Barry Arm was clearly showing off today!

🧪⚒️ A M6.2 earthquake below the Sea of Marmara shook Istanbul today. While damage in this event was limited, a large earthquake on this fault system is one of the world’s most serious, and most anticipated, seismic disasters. Learn more: earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m62-earthq...

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Here’s a recent piece I was part of on Alaska’s landslide hazards and the threats they pose to coastal communities. It also highlights something bigger: why we need more scientists working on these kinds of hazards—and why supporting that work matters. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...