Mechanisms and Implications of Lower Crust Earthquakes and Shallow Events Beneath Yanzhou Coal Mining Area, North China #SRL ⚒️ Analysis indicates that a 2017 event in the lower crust didn’t directly cause a subsequent uptick in shallow seismicity. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Hydraulic fracturing and induced seismicity have been the focus of much work within the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. A new #SRL paper characterizes induced seismicity associated with the South Montney Play. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Which potentially active faults should be prioritized for future study in the Coast Mountains of western Canada? A new #BSSA paper proposes that the focus should be on faults near population centers like Vancouver. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Scientists apply a new method to classify subduction zone events to the 2025 earthquake catalog for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The three categories are: crustal, interface, and intraslab. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Do differences in mantle behavior above subducting plates affect postseismic deformation in the crust of the overriding plate? ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Learning Earthquake Sources Using Symmetric Autoencoders #BSSA Do deep earthquakes release their energy at once or in bursts? ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

In a new #BSSA paper, researchers describe alternative approaches for selecting design fault displacement—the maximum fault displacement a structure can withstand. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

In a new #SRL paper, scientists explore how much the width of the seismogenic zone varies with depth for the the San Andreas, the Dead Sea, the North Anatolian, and the East Anatolian faults. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In a new #SRL paper, scientists use recordings from a month-long, densely distributed nodal deployment in the San Fernando Valley to find evidence for buried faults. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

📣 Attention student and early career SSA members! It's time to apply for your #SSA2026 SSA Annual Meeting Travel #Grant. Apply by 30 November and join all of your current (and future!) colleagues in Pasadena

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟Modeling Seismic Intensity Envelopes for Earthquake Early Warning Applications #BSSA⚒️ Instead of predicting peak ground motion, a new model looks at predicting an envelope of ground motion. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

Seismic Lessons from the Implosion of Reser Stadium’s Western Stands and the Dense 177‐Node Corvallis Array #SRL⚒️ What can we learn about the seismic structure of a region when (part of a) structure is demolished? pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

The ratio of P-wave velocity to S-wave velocity can tell seismologists about rock composition, fluid saturation, porosity, and fault-zone properties. How can its estimate be improved? Find out in #SRL ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Why was the 2016 Jama‐Pedernales earthquake so damaging? This event, which struck along the Ecuador and Colombia subduction interface, caused thousands of casualties and damage. Seismic data from Portoviejo illuminates what may have contributed. #BSSA ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

@baoningwu.bsky.social Baoning Wu and Jeena Yun attended the International Joint Workshop on Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes in Japan as recipients of the 2025 Paul Andrew Spudich Travel Grant. Learn more about their experiences and how you can apply in Feb 2026 www.seismosoc.org/news/paul-an... ⚒️🧪

Superimposed Foreland Basin Structure in the Northern Tibetan Plateau from Passive Receiver Function Imaging #SRL ⚒️ Does the Tibetan plateau contain hydrocarbons? pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #SRL paper, scientists use aftershock data from the first few hours following a major earthquake to improve short-term hazard assessment of ground motions caused by additional aftershocks. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #SRL paper, a team lays out the USGS roadmap for improving earthquake rupture forecast models, a major component of modern seismic hazard analysis. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

In a new #SRL paper, a scientist reviews early 20th century macorseismic, isoseismic and instrumental seismic data from earthquakes in Mexico and Guatemala. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

In a new #SRL paper, a team introduces PySolate, a Python-based toolset that denoises or designals seismic data. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢#SRL is soliciting papers for a Focus Section on Measuring and Monitoring Seismic Instrumentation ⚖️ Deadline for Submission: 2 March 2026 ⚒️ www.seismosoc.org/publications...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟Revisiting Seismological Discoveries of the Inner Core #SRL ⚒️ How do we know there's an inner core? A new paper revisits early work. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Extensions for the Reversibility of First‐Arrival Travel Times Investigated Using PINNs #BSSA ⚒️ PINNs are physics informed neural networks, and they can help seismologists. Find out how. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

Looking to find new connections and identify potential collaborators in the #seismological community? Start here, with our newest virtual event for members on 18 November! Our #mentors will answer questions and share advice. Registration is here: buff.ly/jQB6Ki6 ⚒️🧪

6.5 years of earthquake data illuminate complex subsurface structures in the region around the Dead Sea Transform. Find out more in #SRL. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

What’s the reference shear wave velocity for nuclear sites in South Korea? A new #SRL paper explores. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Presenting AEsNET: An adaptation of PhaseNet for laboratory acoustic emissions that represent analogs of small-scale earthquakes! ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Read all about how Bill Curry has put research at the heart of a career in industry in this month's SSA At Work: www.seismosoc.org/news/at-work... ⚒️🧪

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Subduction Zone Earthquake Catalog Separation Tool: Implementation in the USGS 2025 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model #SRL How can you differentiate between the various subduction zone earthquakes? ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Lateral Viscosity Heterogeneity of Mantle Wedge and Back‐Arc Mantle: Implications from the 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule and 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku‐Oki Postseismic Deformation #SRL ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

📣 #SSA2026 sessions just announced! Check out the full list and get ready to submit your abstracts on 1 December! meetings.seismosoc.org/submit/ ⚒️🧪

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #BSSA paper, a scientist develops correlation models based on Turkish strong-motion data. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

In a new #BSSA paper, scientists found that the Fraser fault, Britannia shear zone, Alouette Lake fault, and other potentially active faults near Vancouver should be prioritized for future study. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #SRL paper, scientists characterize induced seismicity associated with the South Montney Play in British Columbia. ⚒️

Systematics of the Fault‐Zone Seismogenic Width of Strike‐Slip Plate Boundaries #SRL ⚒️ How do you determine the width of a fault zone? And how does it change with depth? pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟Detecting Urban Earthquakes with the San Fernando Valley Nodal Array and Machine Learning #SRL ⚒️ How can temporary but dense seismic arrays help scientists understand the risk posed by buried faults? pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

SSA 2026 Annual Meeting Travel #Grants are now OPEN! We offer student, early-career, international and ESC/SSA grants--and now a new grant for regular SSA members in the U.S. Get all the info here, and be sure to apply by 30 November #SSA2026 buff.ly/1vpu8Nz ⚒️🧪

A new liquefaction triggering model for induced seismicity specific to Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas suggests that tectonic models may overpredict liquefaction potential for induced earthquakes. Two #SRL papers explore⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti... pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

When you design a structure that crosses a fault, how do you determine the likely maximum fault displacement? A new #BSSA paper considers this question. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

Insights into the Site Effects and Ground Motion at Portoviejo, Ecuador, During the 2016 Mw 7.8 Jama‐Pedernales Earthquake #BSSA ⚒️ Why was the 2016 Ecuador earthquake so damaging? pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #BSSA paper, scientists compare 56 independent studies of spectral stress drop for the same earthquakes—a dataset gleaned form the 2019 Ridgecrest, California earthquake sequence. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

In a new #SRL paper, scientists present a new way to determine the ratio of P-wave velocity to S-wave velocity. This ratio can tell seismologists about rock composition, fluid saturation, porosity, and fault-zone properties. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

PySolate: A Python‐Based Thresholding Tool to Denoise or Designal Seismic Waveforms Based on the Continuous Wavelet Transform #SRL ⚒️ Introducing a new toolset to clean up seismic data. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Early Macroseismic Intensity Observations, Isoseismal Maps, and Instrumental Recordings of Earthquakes in Mexico (1888–1934): A Review #SRL⚒️ A new paper presents a trove of early 20th century data from Mexico and Guatemala. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

What role might aseismic slip play in the nucleation process of moderate-to-large magnitude earthquakes? A new #SRL paper looks at foreshocks preceding the 2014 M6.5 Ludian earthquake, and considers this question. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

In a new #SRL paper, scientists use ChinaArray data to explore the rheology of China’s Longmenshan region, where the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake struck. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Results in a new #SRL paper about aftershock forecasting highlight the importance of hazard assessments based on actual trends in aftershock activity. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 To improve rupture forecast models, two main goals include developing fully time-dependent models and representing epistemic uncertainty, according to a new #BSSA paper. ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟Readapting PhaseNet to Laboratory Earthquakes: AEsNet, a Robust Acoustic Emission Picker Illuminating Seismic Signatures of Different Fault Gouge Materials #SRL ⚒️ Acoustic emissions help scientists explore small-scale earthquakes in the lab. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Seismic intensity can be converted to peak ground acceleration, which can be used to explore the source geometry of an earthquake. Scientists do just that for the 1884 Andalusian earthquake in Spain. Find out more in #SRL ⚒️ pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...