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2018 Kīlauea Earthquake May Have Stalled Fault’s Slow Slip for Decades
8+ hour, 12+ min ago (715+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > BSSA > 2018 K'lauea Earthquake May Have Stalled Fault's Slow Slip for Decades 5 February 2026The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place in 2018 on the south flank of K'lauea on the Island of Hawai'i may have stalled episodes of periodic…...
Study Highlights Stressed Faults in Potential Shale Gas Region in South Africa
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (541+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Journals > Study Highlights Stressed Faults in Potential Shale Gas Region in South Africa 3 February 2026A swarm of small earthquakes within the Karoo Basin in South Africa has revealed a critically stressed fault that could be perturbed…...
At Work: Bill Curry | Seismological Society of America
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (608+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > At Work > At Work: Bill Curry 4 November 2025Bill Curry grew up in Alberta, Canada, in what he calls "the home of the Canadian energy industry," so the idea of exploring a career in the earth sciences…...
Liquefaction Triggering Model for Induced Earthquakes Validated With 2016 Pawnee Event
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (605+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Journals > Liquefaction Triggering Model for Induced Earthquakes Validated With 2016 Pawnee Event 23 October 2025The 2016 magnitude 5.8 Pawnee earthquake in Oklahoma, caused by wastewater injection, is the first induced seismic event documented to cause liquefaction. Sand boils and surface…...
Mysterious Fickle Hill Earthquake in Northern California May Have Unexpected Source
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (860+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > BSSA > Mysterious Fickle Hill Earthquake in Northern California May Have Unexpected Source 19 August 2025What lies beneath Fickle Hill in northern California? Maybe the answer to an earthquake mystery that has puzzled seismologists for decades. The origin…...
Protected: Curved Fault Slip Captured on CCTV During Myanmar Earthquake
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (64+ words) There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Curved Fault Slip Captured on CCTV During Myanmar Earthquake first appeared on Seismological Society of America. Seismological Society of America > News > Journals > Protected: Curved Fault Slip Captured…...
First Analyses of Myanmar Earthquake Conclude Fault Ruptured at Supershear Velocity
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (471+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Journals > First Analyses of Myanmar Earthquake Conclude Fault Ruptured at Supershear Velocity 11 July 2025The first studies of the 28 March 2025 magnitude 7.8 Myanmar earthquake suggest that the southern portion of its rupture occurred at supershear velocity, reaching speeds…...
Global Seismology: Taking the Pulse of the Planet
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (798+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Community > Global Seismology: Taking the Pulse of the Planet 9 July 2025The Global Seismographic Network has stations in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Waverly, Tennessee. Its instruments gather ground motion data in the deserts of western China, at the…...
Environmental Seismology: Q&A With Keynote Speaker Fabian Walter
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (309+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Early Career > Environmental Seismology: Q&A With Keynote Speaker Fabian Walter 9 July 2025Fabian Walter, a senior scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, is a member of the program committee…...
Environmental Seismology: Q&A With Keynote Speaker Roland Bürgmann
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (242+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Community > Environmental Seismology: Q&A With Keynote Speaker Roland B'rgmann SSA: What's the topic of your keynote? SSA: Why do you think this meeting is important to convene right now? B'rgmann: I see a lot…...