Are you attending the SSA annual meeting in Pasadena this week and want to know more about Seismica? A few of our volunteers will be there, so keep an eye out for @gfun.earth @ezgikarasozen.bsky.social @allenos.bsky.social @taranye.bsky.social @seislologist.bsky.social and Yen Joe Tan and say hi!
We have updated the Hubbard Glacier Earthquake that happened at 11:41 am to a magnitude 7. More than 20 aftershocks over magnitude 3 have followed the mainshock so far, with the largest aftershocks ranging from M4 to M5.1.
It has been a busy couple of days! There was a large landslide and tsunami in SE Alaska, in Tracy Arm, Sunday morning. Luckily, no injuries or casualties were reported. This region is outside of our current landslide coverage, but we were able to get a quick location after hearing about the event. 🧵
⚒️ 🧪 A M8.8 earthquake just ruptured the subduction zone offshore Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. This is one of the world’s truly huge earthquakes, and a triggered tsunami is currently traveling across the Pacific ocean. This same fault ruptured on July 20th in a M7.4, and last August in a M7.1.
M8.8 earthquake strikes offshore Kamchatka
A dangerous subduction megathrust ruptures once again
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
Check out our new paper in GRL! On September 20, 2024, we detected three large landslides in real time at the terminus of Surprise Glacier using seismic data. We’ve been running a test real-time landslide detection algorithm in this region for two years, and have detected 30 landslides since then.
🧪⚒️ A M6.2 earthquake below the Sea of Marmara shook Istanbul today. While damage in this event was limited, a large earthquake on this fault system is one of the world’s most serious, and most anticipated, seismic disasters. Learn more: earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m62-earthq...
M6.2 earthquake shakes Istanbul
It's not the big one... yet.
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Seismica@weareseismica.bsky.social · last yr.The @seismosocam.bsky.social annual meeting starts tomorrow. It's a great opportunity for our community to meet in person to share ideas & research. Our members attending include Christie Rowe, Ezgi Karasozen, Adam Pascale, Andrea Llenos, & Tara Nye, so if you see these faces be sure to say hi!
Here’s a recent piece I was part of on Alaska’s landslide hazards and the threats they pose to coastal communities. It also highlights something bigger: why we need more scientists working on these kinds of hazards—and why supporting that work matters. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Studying This Slow-Moving Alaskan Landslide May Help Avert Future Disaster
If the landslide at the Barry Arm fjord collapses, its falling ice and rock could generate a devastating 650-foot-high tsunami
smithsonianmag.com
