Preliminary slip distribution of the July 29, 2025 MW 8.8 Kamchatka, Russia earthquake
Available online 28 October 2025
The MW 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is one of the top ten largest earthquakes worldwide since 1900. This event occurred in a tectonically active Kurile–Kamchatka subduction...
Leveraging the DeepSeek large model: A framework for AI-assisted disaster prevention, mitigation, and emergency response systems
October 2025
We proposes an AI-assisted framework for integrated natural disaster prevention and emergency response, leveraging the DeepSeek large language model (LLM) to advance intelligent decision-making in geohazard...
Risk-targeted seismic hazard model for the Philippines
January 2026
The Philippines' current seismic design framework, grounded in outdated uniform hazard approaches, fails to ensure consistent structural safety due to regional variations in seismic risk and structural...
Advancements in remote sensing techniques for earthquake engineering: A review
July 2025
Remote sensing technologies play a vital role in our understanding of earthquakes and their impact on the Earth's surface. These technologies, including satellite imagery, aerial surveys, and advanced...
Physical mechanisms of earthquake nucleation and foreshocks: Cascade triggering, aseismic slip, or fluid flows?
April 2025
Earthquakes are caused by the rapid slip along seismogenic faults. Whether large or small, there is inevitably a certain nucleation process involved before the dynamic rupture. At the same time, significant...
Foreshock behaviors and mainshock rupture properties associated with the 2025 Mw 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake sequence
Available online 11 March 2026
The July 29, 2025 MW 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake ruptured the plate interface off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula along the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone and generated tsunamis across the Pacific...
The Evolution of Seismic Tomography in Earth Sciences—Advancements, Limitations, and Its AI-Enabled Future (A Critical Review)
Available online 25 October 2025
Seismic tomography has revolutionized Earth sciences by enabling three-dimensional imaging of the planet’s interior, thus providing critical insights into geological structures and processes. This paper...
Rapid report of the March 28, 2025 MW 7.9 Myanmar earthquake
October 2025
On March 28, 2025, a moment magnitude (MW) 7.9 earthquake struck Myanmar, marking it as the most powerful seismic event of the year. The earthquake occurred along the Sagaing Fault, a prominent right-lateral...
The 2024 Mj 7.6 Noto Peninsula, Japan earthquake caused by the fluid flow in the crust
July 2024
On January 1, 2024 at 16:10:09 JST, an Mj 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in the southern part of the Sea of Japan. This location has been experiencing an earthquake swarm for more than three...
Mainshock rupture properties, aftershock activities and remotely triggered seismicity associated with the 2025 Mw7.7 Sagaing fault earthquake in Myanmar
October 2025
A devastating Mw 7.7 earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025, causing extensive damage and casualties across Myanmar and neighboring regions. The 2025 event occurred in a well-recognized...
The emerging roles of 3D and 4D geophysical and geological modelling in evaluating seismic risks: A critical review
January 2026
Seismic hazard assessment (SHA) is crucial for mitigating earthquake hazards, particularly in tectonically active regions. This study critically examines the emerging roles of 3D and 4D geophysical...
Rapid report of seismic damage to hospitals in the 2023 Turkey earthquake sequences
October 2023
The seismic performance of medical systems is crucial for the seismic resilience of communities. The report summarizes the observed damage to twelve hospital buildings in the area affected by the MW...
Controls on Pre-seismic Groundwater Pressure Variations: Insights from Poroelastic Sensitivity Analysis and Aquifer Properties
Available online 19 March 2026
Pre-seismic groundwater anomalies have been reported in diverse tectonic settings, yet their physical origin, observability conditions, and predictive relevance remain debated. Here we develop a quantitative...
The evolution process between the earthquake swarm beneath the Noto Peninsula, central Japan and the 2024 M 7.6 Noto Hanto earthquake sequence
January 2025
Several physical mechanisms of earthquake nucleation, such as pre-slip, cascade triggering, aseismic slip, and fluid-driven models, have been proposed. However, it is still not clear which model plays...
GNSS constraints on the Jakarta fault, Indonesia: Resolving slip rate and seismic hazard potential
Available online 17 October 2025
The characteristics of the active faults in the region around the megacity of Jakarta are poorly understood. This study investigates slip rate of the Jakarta Fault using new GNSS data obtained from...
Tectonic geomorphology of Türkiye and its insights into the neotectonic deformation of the Anatolian Plate
January 2024
Quantitative geomorphic analyses are usually powerful in identifying active tectonics across global orogenic belts. Our present study will focus on the Anatolian Plate which hosts a lot of recent catastrophic...
Research on Rainfall-Induced Landslide Susceptibility Prediction Considering Spatial Heterogeneity
Available online 9 July 2025
Existing landslide susceptibility prediction methods often fail to fully account for the spatial heterogeneity of environmental factors such as topography, soil, and vegetation, nor do they accurately...
SEISMOTECTONICS OF GHANA AND ADJACENT REGIONS IN WESTERN AFRICA: A REVIEW
Available online 11 December 2025
Ghana and its surrounding West African region are often regarded as a stable intraplate area far from active plate boundaries, characterized by relatively low seismicity compared to tectonically active...
Coulomb stress transfer from the 2025 MW 7.7 Myanmar earthquake to active faults in southwestern Yunnan, China: Implications for seismic hazard
January 2026
On 28 March 2025, a strong MW 7.7 earthquake struck the seismic gap in the central section of the Sagaing Fault in Myanmar, causing significant damages and casualties in Myanmar and neighboring countries....
Seismic Performance of a High-rise Base-isolated RC Shear Wall Building on Near-Fault Deep Deposit
Available online 24 September 2025
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake significantly accelerated the adoption of base isolation in seismic-prone regions in China. While traditionally used for short-period structures on stiff sites, base isolation...
Disaster analysis and lessons learned from the July 22, 2024, Ethiopian landslide
July 2025
Rainfall-induced landslides are often highly destructive. Reviewing and analyzing the causes, processes, impacts, and deficiencies in emergency response is critical for improving disaster prevention...
Liquefaction index ratio analysis for the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake: Simplified and dynamic numerical method evaluation
Available online 24 January 2026
The 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake induced extensive liquefaction cases across several sites in Indonesia, resulting in large-scale flow slide at Balaroa, Jono Oge, and Petobo. This unprecedented ground failure...
Under the surface: Pressure-induced planetary-scale waves, volcanic lightning, and gaseous clouds caused by the submarine eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano
July 2022
We present a narrative of the eruptive events culminating in the cataclysmic January 15, 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano by synthesizing diverse preliminary seismic, volcanological,...
Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS
January 2025
On April 3, 2024, an M7.3 earthquake occurred in the offshore area of Hualien County, Taiwan, China. The seismogenic structure at the epicentral location was highly complex, and studying this earthquake...
Analysis of GAMIT/GLOBK in high-precision GNSS data processing for crustal deformation
July 2021
The advances in satellite navigation and positioning technology and the worldwide establishment of continuous-tracking stations have greatly promoted the development and application of the high-precision...
