Rapid estimation of rupture directivity of the 2024 Mw 7.4 Hualien earthquake in the East China Sea (Taiwan region), China
Available online 5 August 2025
Rapid estimation of rupture directivity for a large earthquake with regional seismic records is important for disaster assessment, geological analysis and earthquake early warning. However, there is...
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Risk-Targeted Seismic Hazard Model for the Philippines
Available online 25 July 2025
The Philippines' current seismic design framework, grounded in outdated uniform hazard approaches, fails to ensure consistent structural safety due to regional variations in seismic risk and structural...
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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...
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Determination of Focal Depths for the 2024 M7.3 Hualien Offshore and 2025 M6.2 Tainan Earthquakes in Taiwan: An Enhanced Method Based on sPn Phase and Waveform Cross-Correlation Techniques
Available online 8 July 2025
This study proposes a method for determining earthquake focal depths by combining the sPn phase with waveform cross-correlation technique, based on waveform data recorded by the Fujian Seismic Network...
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The Emerging Roles of 3D and 4D Geophysical and Geological Modelling in Evaluating Seismic Risks: A Critical Review
Available online 30 June 2025
Seismic hazard assessment (SHA) is crucial in mitigating the hazards associated with earthquakes, particularly in tectonically active regions. This study critically examines the emerging roles of 3D...
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Coulomb Stress Transfer from the 2025 Mw 7.7 Myanmar Earthquake to Active Faults in Southwestern Yunnan, China: Implications for Seismic Hazard
Available online 6 June 2025
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 damage and casualties in Myanmar and neighboring countries....
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Rapid report of the March 28, 2025 Mw 7.9 Myanmar earthquake
Available online 22 May 2025
On 28 March 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...
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Rapid report of seismic damage and consequence analysis in the 2025 M 6.8 Dingri earthquake
Available online 21 May 2025
On January 7, 2025, an 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...
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Recorded responses of Four Tall buildings in South China to the M 7.9 Myanmar Earthquake on March 28, 2025
Available online 20 May 2025
This paper reports the recorded structural responses of four 170 m–320 m tall buildings in China to the mainshock of the M 7.9 Myanmar earthquake on March 28, 2025. The buildings are located approximately...
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Spatiotemporal Correlation of Multi-Depth Rock Mass Deformation and Mining-Induced Subsidence: A Case Study of the Shagoucha Coal Mine
Available online 12 May 2025
To address the insufficient understanding of the dynamic coupling between surface subsidence and multi-depth rock mass deformation induced by underground mining, this study focuses on the 520109 working...
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Mutual influence mechanism between soft soil interlayers and shield tunnels under seismic action: Laboratory tests and numerical simulations
Available online 9 May 2025
Soft soil is widely distributed and has complex origins, shield tunnels are inevitably constructed within soft soil interlayers, and under seismic action, tunnels may be subject to severe damage. On...
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Assessing Precursory Signals with Kinematic GNSS: Insights from the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake
Available online 6 May 2025
Identifying precursors of large earthquakes is critical for minimizing the losses of life and property. Recently, Bletery and Nocquet (2023)captured a ∼2-hour-long exponential acceleration of slip using...
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Estimating the final fatalities using early reported death count from the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, MS 8.0–7.9 earthquake doublet and revising the estimates over time
April 2025
Earthquakes can cause significant damage and loss of life, necessitating immediate assessment of the resulting fatalities. Rapid assessment and timely revision of fatality estimates are crucial for...
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A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)
April 2025
The National Strong-Motion Observation Network System of China has collected over 12 000 strong-motion recordings from 2007 to December 2020. This study assembled the source-related metadata of 1 920...
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Reexamination confirming additional seismic evidence for the 12 May 2010 low-yield nuclear test
April 2025
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....
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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...
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Frontiers in Chinese seismology: Synthesizing innovations from the 18th Seismological Society of China Conference (SSC 2023)
April 2025
The 18th Academic Conference of the Seismological Society of China was held in Guiyang, China, on August 7, 2023, fostering academic exchanges on the latest advancements in earthquake science. The conference...
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IonKit-NH: A MATLAB-based toolkit for ionospheric detection of earthquake, tsunami and volcanic eruption
April 2025
In recent years, GNSS-derived total electron content (TEC) measurements have emerged as an effective method for detecting natural hazards through their ionospheric manifestations. Seismo-atmospheric...
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Summary of environmental effect and seismic activity in Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
April 2025
This paper focuses on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. It systematically reviews its seismic activity characteristics and extensive environmental effects under extreme climatic conditions in dry and cold...
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Automatic location of surface-monitored microseismicity with deep learning
April 2025
Accurate and rapid determination of source locations is of great significance for surface microseismic monitoring. Traditional methods, such as diffraction stacking, are time-consuming and challenging...
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The seismogenic structure of strong intraplate earthquakes in Shantou region, South China: Insights from upper crustal shear-wave velocity structure
Available online 17 April 2025
The Shantou region, one of the most seismically active zones of Guangdong Province (South China), has experienced multiple strong earthquakes including two significant events with magnitudes greater...
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Crustal velocity structure and composition of Bayan Har block and surrounding areas
Available online 12 April 2025
The Bayan Har block, one of China's most seismically active regions, has experienced multiple major earthquakes (≥M 7.0) in recent years. It is a key area for investigating the interactions between...
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Rapid disaster assessment of a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Dingri, Tibet
Available online 3 April 2025
This study conducted a rapid seismic intensity assessment of a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Dingri, Tibet, using a ground motion parameter attenuation model based on the shortest fault distance combined...
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Leveraging the DeepSeek large model: A framework for AI-assisted disaster prevention, mitigation, and emergency response systems
Available online 1 April 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...
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Using Historical Remote Sensing Images for Detailed Tectonic Geomorphological Interpretation in the Study of Active Faults: Application to the Xiaojiang Fault Case Study
Available online 1 April 2025
The northern section of the Xiaojiang fault is the most active section in the Xiaojiang Fault Zone, and a detailed interpretation of this fault is highly important. In this work, KeyHole-4B images and...
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