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Preliminary report of the September 5, 2022 MS 6.8 Luding earthquake, Sichuan, China

The 2022 MS 6.8 Luding earthquake is the strongest earthquake in Sichuan Province, Western China, since the 2017 MS 7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake. It occurred on the Moxi fault in the southeastern segment...

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Rapid report of seismic damage to buildings in the 2022 M 6.8 Luding earthquake, China

The report summarizes the observed damage to a variety of buildings near the epicenter of the M6.8 Luding earthquake in Sichuan Province, China. They include base-isolated buildings, multi-story reinforced...

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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

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,...

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Preliminary report of coseismic surface rupture (part) of Turkey's Mw7.8 earthquake by remote sensing interpretation

Both Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.5 earthquakes occurred in southeastern Turkey on February 6th, 2023, resulting in numerous buildings collapsing and serious casualties. Understanding the distribution of coseismic...

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An open-accessed inventory of landslides triggered by the MS 6.8 Luding earthquake, China on September 5, 2022

This study constructs a preliminary inventory of landslides triggered by the MS 6.8 Luding earthquake based on field investigation and human-computer interaction visual interpretation on optical satellite...

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Research progress in geophysical exploration of the Antarctic ice sheet

The Antarctic ice sheet is an important target of Antarctic research. Thickness and structure, including intraice and subice, are closely related to the mass balance of the ice sheet, and play an important...

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Analysis of GAMIT/GLOBK in high-precision GNSS data processing for crustal deformation

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...

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Evaluating and correcting short-term clock drift in data from temporary seismic deployments

Temporary seismic network deployments often suffer from incorrect timing records and thus pose a challenge to fully utilize the valuable data. To inspect and fix such time problems, the ambient noise...

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Real-time prediction of earthquake potential damage: A case study for the January 8, 2022 MS 6.9 Menyuan earthquake in Qinghai, China

It is critical to determine whether a site has potential damage in real-time after an earthquake occurs, which is a challenge in earthquake disaster reduction. Here, we propose a real-time Earthquake...

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Assessment of strong earthquake risk in the Chinese mainland from 2021 to 2030

The long-term earthquake prediction from 2021 to 2030 is carried out by researching the active tectonic block boundary zones in the Chinese mainland. Based on the strong earthquake recurrence model,...

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Rapid report of the 8 January 2022 ​MS 6.9 Menyuan earthquake, Qinghai, China

The MS 6.9 Menyuan earthquake in Qinghai Province, west China is the largest earthquake by far in 2022. The earthquake occurs in a tectonically active region, with a background b-value of 0.87 within...

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Source rupture characteristics of the September 5, 2022 Luding MS 6.8 earthquake at the Xianshuihe fault zone in southwest China

On September 5, 2022, at Beijing time 12:52 p.m., an MS 6.8 earthquake struck Luding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the intersection...

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Rapid assessment of the September 5, 2022 ​MS 6.8 Luding earthquake in Sichuan, China

At 12:52, September 5, 2022, an MS 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding, Sichuan. The earthquake caused serious casualties and property loss, and was determined to have an epicenter intensity of IX degree....

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The advance in obtaining fault slip rate of strike slip fault-A review

Slip rate along the major active fault is an important parameter in the quantitative study of active tectonics. It is the average rate of fault slip during a certain period of time, reflecting the rate...

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Preliminary results on a near-real-time rock slope damage monitoring system based on relative velocity changes following the September 5, 2022 MS 6.8 Luding, China earthquake

Relative seismic velocity change (dv/v) is important for monitoring changes in subsurface material properties and evaluating earthquake-induced rock slope damage in a geological disaster-prone region....

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Spatial correlations in ground motion intensity measuring from 2023 Turkey earthquake

When evaluating an area's seismic risk or resilience, it is necessary to use the spatial correlation to analyze the ground motion parameters of multiple sites together in an earthquake. The two large...

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Development of piezoelectric-based technology for application in civil structural health monitoring

Piezoelectric material, as one of the great potential materials, had attracted lots of attention all over the world due to its distinguish advantages. In this paper, the development of piezoelectric-based...

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Focal mechanism of Luding M6.8 earthquake, September 2022 and analysis of the loading role of the tectonic stress on seismogenic fault

To reveal the seismogenic mechanism of the Luding earthquake, we employed the 118 China Seismic Network stations to collect the P-wave polarity data from each station, which was then used in the P-wave...

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A summary of seismic activities in and around China in 2021

In this article, we review the general characteristics of seismicity in and around China and the overall statistics of earthquake damage in 2021, focusing on several significant events and related scientific...

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A 15-year-Long catalog of seismicity in the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (ETSZ) using matched filter detection

We present a detailed catalog of 13 671 earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (ETSZ) that spans January 1, 2005 to July 31, 2020. We apply a matched filter detection technique on over 15...

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Freely accessible inventory and spatial distribution of large-scale landslides in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, China

In this study, we used high-resolution optical satellite images on the Google Earth platform to map large-scale landslides in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, China. After mapping, a comprehensive and...

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High-resolution structure-from-motion models covering 160 km-long surface ruptures of the 2021 MW 7.4 Madoi earthquake in northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

The 22 May 2021 MW 7.4 Madoi, Qinghai, China earthquake presented a rare opportunity to apply the modern unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photography method in extreme altitude and weather conditions to...

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A real-time AI-assisted seismic monitoring system based on new nodal stations with 4G telemetry and its application in the Yangbi MS 6.4 aftershock monitoring in southwest China

A rapidly deployable dense seismic monitoring system which is capable of transmitting acquired data in real time and analyzing data automatically is crucial in seismic hazard mitigation after a major...

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A palaeoearthquake event and its age revealed by the travertine layer along the Litang fault in the southeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

The Litang fault (LTF), located in the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is known for its high level of present-day seismicity, whereas its Pleistocene activity has been scarcely documented....

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Rapid report of June 1, 2022 MW 5.9 Lushan earthquake, China with geodetic and teleseismic data

Timely response to earthquake characterization can facilitate earthquake emergency rescue and further scientific investigations. On June 1, 2022, MW 5.9 earthquake occurred in the southern area of the...

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