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ISSN: 2772-4670
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Preliminary slip distribution of the July 29, 2025 MW 8.8 Kamchatka, Russia earthquake

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

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

The Philippines' current seismic design framework, grounded in outdated uniform hazard approaches, fails to ensure consistent structural safety due to regional variations in seismic risk and structural...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

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...

Rapid report of the March 28, 2025 MW 7.9 Myanmar earthquake

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...

Physical mechanisms of earthquake nucleation and foreshocks: Cascade triggering, aseismic slip, or fluid flows?

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...

The Evolution of Seismic Tomography in Earth Sciences—Advancements, Limitations, and Its AI-Enabled Future (A Critical Review)

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...

GNSS Constraints on the Jakarta Fault, Indonesia: Resolving Slip Rate and Seismic Hazard Potential

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...

Mainshock rupture properties, aftershock activities and remotely triggered seismicity associated with the 2025 Mw7.7 Sagaing fault earthquake in Myanmar

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...

Estimating the low-frequency seismic response of Submarine Fiber Optics with a teleseismic recording

Recently, with rapid developments in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) techniques, optical fibers are widely used as seismometers to carry out dense and broadband seismic observation. However, the...

A spatial forecast of some MW≥6.5 earthquakes in California and Nevada

This paper presents a prospective forecast of the locations of the next MW ​≥ ​6.5 earthquakes in California and Nevada based on the locations and rates of occurrence of M ​≥ ​4.0 earthquakes during...

The evolution process between the earthquake swarm beneath the Noto Peninsula, central Japan and the 2024 M 7.6 Noto Hanto earthquake sequence

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...

Rapid report of seismic damage to hospitals in the 2023 Turkey earthquake sequences

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...

Characteristics of Ambient Seismic Noise Recorded at Offshore Wind Turbine Platform Monitoring Stations

This study examines ambient seismic noise recorded from operational seismic monitoring stations installed on offshore wind platforms in the Yellow Sea. The research utilizes one-year three-component...

The 2024 Mj 7.6 Noto Peninsula, Japan earthquake caused by the fluid flow in the crust

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...

Tectonic geomorphology of Türkiye and its insights into the neotectonic deformation of the Anatolian Plate

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...

Rapid report of seismic damage and consequence analysis in the 2025 M 6.8 Dingri earthquake

On January 7, 2025, a M 6.8 earthquake occurred at Dingri County, Shigatse City, Xizang Autonomous Region, which is the most largest earthquake in this region in the most recent five years. The maximum...

Site classification methodology using support vector machine: A study

The site effect is a crucial factor when analyzing seismic risk and establishing ground motion attenuation relationships. A number of countries have introduced building site classification into earthquake-resistant...

Research on Rainfall-Induced Landslide Susceptibility Prediction Considering Spatial Heterogeneity

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...

Catalog of focal mechanism solutions for the Sichuan and Yunnan region from 2012 to 2022 using the community velocity model of Southwest China

The focal mechanism solution is one of the important focal parameters for exploring fault activity and studying regional stress distribution and it has a wide range of applications. The geological structure...

The emerging roles of 3D and 4D geophysical and geological modelling in evaluating seismic risks: A critical review

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...

Reexamination confirming additional seismic evidence for the 12 May 2010 low-yield nuclear test

This study examines event location and source discrimination for the May 12, 2010 possible nuclear event in North Korea, using seismic data recorded in the Dongbei Broadband Seismic Network in China....

Rapid determination of source parameters of the M6.2 Jishishan earthquake in Gansu Province and its application in emergency response

In this study, we swiftly determined the focal parameters (focal mechanism, seismic imaging process, magnitude) of the Jishishan earthquake, leveraging a solved fault model to assess the intensity field...

Coulomb stress transfer from the 2025 MW 7.7 Myanmar earthquake to active faults in southwestern Yunnan, China: Implications for seismic hazard

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....

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