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Machine Learning Detected More Than 60, 000 Earthquakes During 2025 Santorini Sequence
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (743+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Annual Meeting > Machine Learning Detected More Than 60, 000 Earthquakes During 2025 Santorini Sequence 16 April 2026" The seismic crisis that gripped the Greek island of Santorini and its neighbors last year contained more than 60, 000 earthquakes, according to a unique…...
Fiber Optic Cable Tracks Tiny Slip Events Deep Within Taiwan Landslide
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (561+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Annual Meeting > Fiber Optic Cable Tracks Tiny Slip Events Deep Within Taiwan Landslide 16 April 2026 Placed within a borehole drilled deep through the layers of a landslide, a fiber optic cable captured tiny, periodic stick-slip events…...
Seismic Sensing Reveals Rapid Permafrost Thaw Under Rivers
14+ hour, 38+ min ago (553+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Annual Meeting > Seismic Sensing Reveals Rapid Permafrost Thaw Under Rivers 17 April 2026 Thawing permafrost buried underneath rivers may be accelerating permafrost degradation faster than previously estimated in these inundated regions, according to new research shared at…...
Combining Seismic and Space Data to Detect Calving in Greenland Glaciers
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (580+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Annual Meeting > Combining Seismic and Space Data to Detect Calving in Greenland Glaciers 15 April 2026 When the edge of a Greenland glacier breaks off into the sea to become an iceberg, can a global seismic network…...
New Look on Subducting Plate Near Oregon Coast Suggests Increased Shaking During Megaquake
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (345+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Annual Meeting > New Look on Subducting Plate Near Oregon Coast Suggests Increased Shaking During Megaquake 15 April 2026" A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting…...
At Work: Kat Dapr" | Seismological Society of America
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (768+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > At Work > At Work: Kat Dapr" 16 March 2026 I actually started in space and worked my way back to Earth," says Kat Dapr". During her Ph. D. with advisor Jessica Irving at the University of Bristol, Dapr…...
Stefano Parolai Named BSSA Editor-in-Chief
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (559+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > BSSA > Stefano Parolai Named BSSA Editor-in-Chief 3 March 2026 The Seismological Society of America (SSA) announced today the appointment of Stefano Parolai as the next editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA). Parolai…...
Leak During Norwegian Hydropower Tunnel Construction May Have Triggered Earthquake Swarm
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (567+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Journals > Leak During Norwegian Hydropower Tunnel Construction May Have Triggered Earthquake Swarm 23 February 2026 Water leakage during the construction of a hydropower tunnel in northern Norway may have been the trigger for a nearby earthquake swarm…...
2018 K'lauea Earthquake May Have Stalled Fault's Slow Slip for Decades
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (715+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > BSSA > 2018 K'lauea Earthquake May Have Stalled Fault's Slow Slip for Decades 5 February 2026 The 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…...
Study Highlights Stressed Faults in Potential Shale Gas Region in South Africa
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (541+ words) Seismological Society of America > News > Journals > Study Highlights Stressed Faults in Potential Shale Gas Region in South Africa 3 February 2026 A swarm of small earthquakes within the Karoo Basin in South Africa has revealed a critically stressed fault that could be…...