Visit our geophysical event page for today’s M6.5 earthquake near Acapulco, Mexico to access geodetic and seismic data. ⬇️ https://loom.ly/CuarLYM

EarthScope’s fdsnws-dataselect web service, the primary source of miniSEED data from our seismological repository, has moved as part of our cloud transition. Learn more ⬇️ https://loom.ly/ECtPO6w

As we ring in 2026, we can take a look at how our Earth shook in 2025. 🎆🌏 This animation shows 2,150 globally-recorded earthquakes magnitude 5 and above throughout 2025. Explore yourself using our Interactive Earthquake Browser! ➡️ https://loom.ly/jjk2yqw

EarthScope Webinars are returning in 2026! Please join for our upcoming Webinar on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 12 pm MT. NISAR first looks: The NISAR soil moisture product Presenter: Dr. Rowena Lohman (Cornell University) Register to attend ➡️ https://loom.ly/xLCX8HI

Our take on the "12 Days of Geophysics" 🎶 Happy holiday greetings from all of us at EarthScope!

Not at #AGU25 to pick up a physical poster for your walls? Not to worry! We have an online digitally interactive version of our "What's Inside the Earth?" poster. 🌎 https://loom.ly/jX9mNZg

The results of the recent Board of Directors election have been tallied! The Board is elected by representatives of our member institutions to act as non-profit governance to EarthScope Consortium. Read more on the new, current, and outgoing Board members. ⬇️ https://loom.ly/WWhu3_k

Be sure to stop by the NSF National Geophysical Facility operated by EarthScope booth at #AGU25! We have stickers, posters, notebooks, and interactive displays!

EarthScope engineers and Field Safety mountaineers successfully serviced GPS stations in the ablation zone of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. With a pole-mounted pulley setup, they lowered the 800-lb stations back to the surface—no small task on glacial ice! #FieldworkFriday 📷 Nick Bruno/EarthScope

Join us in 2026 for a joint webinar series with @cuahsi.bsky.social to highlight the work being done at the intersection of hydrology and geophysics, and to foster collaboration between geophysicists and hydrologists. Register to attend ➡️ https://loom.ly/2dyZz9A

Save the date! The 2026 NSF NGF Community Science Conference will take place virtually over four days: May 26 & 28, and June 2 & 4, 2026. We hope you'll join in to share new research, connect with colleagues, and discuss what the NSF NGF can offer the Earth science community. https://loom.ly/Znfz2qA

Join CLaSH at #AGU2025! 📘Wed: EPSP session: Land Surface Hazards: Linking Processes Across Landscapes 🌟Thu: Town Hall — Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH): Next Steps and Opportunities for Engagement Details: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me... #CLaSH #LandSurfaceHazards #EarthScience

Recent Earthquake Teachable Moment for the magnitude 7.6 earthquake offshore Aomori Prefecture, Japan Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake. ➡️ https://loom.ly/h6A7QMg

⚒️ 🧪 Japan just issued a “Subsequent Earthquake Advisory” following a M7.6 earthquake offshore Honshu. What does that mean? Also: what happened in the earthquake, and why did it trigger a tsunami evacuation, with alerts of waves “up to 3 meters high”? earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m76-earthq...

GPS stations in Yellowstone can clearly show how the ground moves, but this simple measurement requires the data to go on a complex journey. Read more in this week's EarthScope-contributed Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles. ⬇️ https://loom.ly/HOtNLxY

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture in Japan, prompting tsunami advisories for parts of Honshu and Hokkaido. Japan lies in a tectonically complex area at the intersection of four tectonic plates, making it a highly seismically active area.

Fortunately, the M7.6 earthquake struck at low tide, reducing the impact of the tsunami (itself smaller than feared, max 70cm observed). 1/2

Revised to 7.6. Tsunami warning issued for northeastern Japan with wave heights up to 3 meters expected. #津波

We'll be at #AGU25 in New Orleans next week! Stop by the NSF National Geophysical Facility booth (1115) in the exhibit hall to chat with EarthScope staff, learn more about facility offerings, and take home some geophysical goodies! Our full AGU schedule ➡️ https://loom.ly/zTaOTyw

Magnitude 7.6 #earthquake offshore the North East coast of #Japan 2025-12-08Z14:15 Signal on station IU.MAJO (Matsushiro, Japan). Check www.tsunami.gov for up-to-date #tsunami info. Earthquake info on earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.6 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism Megathrust subduction zone earthquake Possibly local #Tsunami No tsunami threat for #California Tectonic setting in '16 report earthjay.com?p=4540 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Did you feel shaking in Yukon at 1:41 p.m. MST today? That was a M7 #earthquake near the seismically active YK-AK border and 250 km to the west of #Whitehorse. Shaking was felt across much of Yukon and southeastern AK. Details and report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/... ⚒️🧪

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.0 #Earthquake in #Yukon #Alaska Oblique right-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism Associated with Fairweather fault 17 July '14 M6.0 similar mechanism See 2017 report for tectonic setting earthjay.com?p=5345 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

M6.9 Yakutat #earthquake is located very close to the border of the USA and Canada. Preliminary results from GFZ Potsdam indicate relatively high non double couple component with oblique mechanism. ⚒️🧪

Another #FieldworkFriday from down on the ice! Our McMurdo Polar team wrapped up a chilly week in Antarctica installing new geodetic, seismic, and nodal array stations. 📷 Sam Jannke/EarthScope

The Earth is constantly being whispered to by natural signals, tiny electric and magnetic waves. By studying how these signals move, magnetotellurics helps scientists see underground. Metal-rich rocks or hot water let the signals flow easily. Dry, solid, or dense rock blocks or slows them.

EarthScope’s Common Sensor Platform (CSP) Station Builder is an interactive, web-based resource that helps users plan both permanent and temporary deployment station configurations. ⬇️ Read more in this CSP update https://loom.ly/E6KqUrQ

Seismic Monitor provides a map of the latest earthquakes in near-real time. Earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater are shown as colored circles, where the size of the circle tells you the magnitude of the quake, and the color indicates the age of the earthquake. ➡️ https://loom.ly/erZOIaM

M 6.0 - 12 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska. Probably felt by many folks in the Anchorage area. Did you feel it? Report it. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Monitoring crustal deformation: sometimes in the lithosphere, sometimes on your pie plate. 🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!

Comparing seismic data and drone imagery from the 2021 eruption at Geldingadalir in Iceland shows that ground tremor spikes track bursts of bubble-bursting and lava spatter, not the lake’s rising or falling surface. loom.ly/Hw4xMIE

For two decades, GPS station P056 in Porterville, California has been steadily tracking the ground moving down. Since its installation, the ground has subsided over 3.5 feet. Located in central California’s San Joaquin Valley, P056 records subsidence driven by long-term groundwater overpumping.

We invite our community to read a summary of our proposal for the NSF National Geophysical Facility (NGF). The summary provides a broad overview of the scope included in the new facility. ➡️ NSF NGF proposal summary: https://loom.ly/OZaj1hs

One secret to buildings that won't collapse during earthquake shaking is shear strength, as this simple model can demonstrate. Check out these related classroom resources for more: https://loom.ly/mAqr054

Join the EarthScope team! We're hiring a Global Networks Program Manager and a Global Networks Senior Program Manager (both remote, US) to oversee the NSF-funded Global Seismographic Network and the NASA-funded Global GNSS Network. Learn more & apply ➡️ https://www.earthscope.org/careers/

Although major earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher make news because they occur infrequently, smaller earthquakes are quite common. In an average year, we can expect around 15,000 magnitude 4 earthquakes around the world. Download "How Often Do Earthquakes Occur?" ➡️ https://loom.ly/JWcp7uI

EarthScope is looking for a GeoWorkforce Associate (remote, US) to help lead internship programs and other products that facilitate the development of a robust, well-trained geoscience workforce. Learn more & apply: https://earthscope.org/careers/

EarthScope is hiring a Full-Stack Web Designer/Developer (remote, US) to lead the end-to-end design and development of a website for the NSF-funded National Geophysical Facility, as well as the evolution of EarthScope’s existing web stack. Learn more & apply: https://earthscope.org/careers/

A new study revealed that years after California's Ridgecrest earthquakes, the shallow crust has healed, but 10 km down, it's still damaged, challenging previous beliefs about fault recovery.

❄️The Antarctic field season has officially started! EarthScope engineers at McMurdo Station are kicking things off by testing seismometers and magnetotelluric equipment before these instruments are installed in the field. #FieldworkFriday 📷Photo: Sam Jannke/EarthScope

Earth's magnetosphere helps shields the planet from solar wind. At high latitudes, incoming particles can enter the atmosphere and produce the aurora. Stronger solar events can create short-lived disturbances that induce geoelectric fields in the ground.

Were you lucky enough to catch a view of the aurora last night? While aurora are the most visible effect of geomagnetic storms, this space weather can also disrupt electric grids, communication networks, satellites, and GPS. 📷 Brent Henderson/EarthScope (📍New Mexico)

Magnetotellurics measure the conductivity (or resistivity) of the Earth. Different minerals and rock types vary in electrical conductivity, which means magnetotellurics can image the contrast where different rocks meet. Learn more: https://loom.ly/QoServY

In the Basin & Range Province, GPS measurements reveal prolonged extension—from infinitesimal motion in eastern Utah to about 6.5 mm/year in western Nevada. The effects of this slow, steady stretching can be observed in the presence of nearly parallel mountain ranges and valleys in the landscape.

On this World Tsunami Awareness Day, we look back at the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake and tsunami and reflect on the lessons learned and scientific advances made in tsunami warning. #TsunamiDay Watch: The Science Behind the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami 📽️ https://loom.ly/nvoYSSA

A deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan yesterday, November 2. Find data products from the event and learn more. ⬇️ loom.ly/E8SG-84

According to USGS PAGER, more than 1.5 million people may have been exposed to strong or very strong shaking, casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Shallow strike slip M6.3 #earthquake occurred about an hour ago in Central Afghanistan. ⚒️

Scientists baffled as seismic readings indicate an abundance of pumpkin seeds at the core. 🌏🎃 Happy Halloween from all of us at EarthScope!

We're excited to see everyone here at SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025—be sure to stop by our booth to say hello!