M4.4 #earthquake near Frazier Park and the San Andreas fault just now. However, the first mechanism shows reverse faulting..

With a number of folks from #eqsky weighing in, including @brandontbishop.bsky.social @haroldtobin.bsky.social @seismo-steve.bsky.social 🎁 link: Why the Venezuelan Earthquakes Happened, and What to Expect Next www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/s...

Why the Venezuelan Earthquakes Happened, and What to Expect Next

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Dr Robin George Andrews@squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW: Yesterday, a rare catastrophe struck Venezuela when a magnitude 7.2 and a magnitude 7.5 quake hit the same region *within less than a minute*. For the @nytimes.com, I asked scientists how this happened, why they were so devastating, and what might happen next. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/s...

⚒️ 🧪 A catastrophic earthquake just struck northern Venezuela. Large buildings have collapsed, and the USGS PAGER is forecasting thousands of fatalities. Our colleague in Caracas, Dr. Frank Audemard, has shared with us what the earthquake felt like and footage from the region. Here’s what we know.

Catastrophic M7.5 earthquake strikes northern Venezuela

Severe damage; collapsed buildings; significant fatalities possible

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Un #terremoto de M7.5 sacudió #Venezuela. El evento concuerda con una ruptura a lo largo del sistema de fallas de Boconó. Decenas de colapsos estructurales. Se trata del terremoto principal de un evento doble, precedido 39 segundos por uno de M7.2.

🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️

A masterpiece of science communication by Craig McLean, former Chief Scientist of NOAA, in response to the outrageous and dangerous new proposal that would give Trump officials more control over scientific research grants (the OMB debacle) 🧪 youtu.be/WKkRVhwiJAM?...

New proposal would give Trump officials more control over scientific research grants

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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🔎 What was the faulting motion that caused the #earthquake (#terremoto) in Montalto Uffugo? Moment tensor map from seismological institute(s):

Magnitude : 6.1 Region: Southern Italy Time: 2026-06-01 22:12:36 UTC Epicenter : 15.76°E 39.30°N Depth: 249 km *First posted at: 22:15 UTC* https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2026kroy/general #GEOFON #GFZ #earthquake #magnitude

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

First reports of a magnitude 7.3 earthquake off the coast of Honshu by @lastquake.emsc.eu

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

That tree guy 𓅃@somearborist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now that they’re safe on the ground we.. ocean, I can make a joke OMG ARTEMIS IS IN TROUBLE WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF A GIANT CAT BATTING THEM OUT OF THE SKY OH THE HUMANITY

Live view of the #Kilauea eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, from the NW rim of the caldera [V1cam]. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model & the view may change depending on activity. The V1cam is an autofocusing pan-tilt-zoom model. The camera automatically focuses its view. #USGS #HVO #V1

[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)

YouTube video by USGS

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OK, what came first for you? The earthquake or the app blaring, waking you up in the middle of the night? The app for me. I want to hear about your experience last night. Looking to interview a couple of people this morning on the topic of last night's quake near Boulder Creek. DMs open

Shallow Mw4.6 reverse faulting earthquake near Boulder Creek, CA. If you live near there, fill in the did you feel it questionnaire! ⚒️ earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

My resignation letter

Not so marvelous news. ~95,000 scientists have left the federal government since the Trump regime took over.

Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science

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I have a joke about seismology but you're Rayleigh not going to Love it.

Jared Rennie@jjrennie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I have a joke about climatology but it takes 30 years to understand it

Turn the sound on! 🔊 The USGS V1 camera at Kilauea now has *audio* and tephra is falling on it right now - www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)

YouTube video by USGS

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The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office. A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

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Today’s M4.9 #earthquake in Louisiana represents an unusual earthquake for the region and occurred in the area of the Haynesville Shale, which has been associated with an increased likelihood of hydraulic fracturing induced seismicity. ⚒️🧪

a mundane curse #comic

Ashfall advisory also in effect for east and southeast portions of the Big Island, including places such as Hilo, Pāhoa, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Volcano and others in the Hilo, Puna and Kaʻū areas.

Episode 42 continues, with lava geysers of up to 1,200 feet high

Ashfall advisory also in effect for east and southeast portions of the Big Island, including places such as Hilo, Pāhoa, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Volcano and others in the Hilo, Puna and Kaʻū areas.

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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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A magnitude 4.27 earthquake occurred 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA on February 2nd, 2026 at 3:01:13 PM GMT https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75305736

RIP to the QUEEN, Catherine O’Hara. 💔

This immersive data visualization will help you comprehend the scope of historic cuts to grants and the research workforce: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... By @maxkozlov.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & @dangaristo.bsky.social, edited by @richmonastersky.bsky.social (2/n) 🧪

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

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Quick map of the M4.9 #earthquake near Indio, CA, and its current aftershock sequence (with blue outlines). Located about 15 km from the 1992 Joshua Tree quake and consistent with past strike slip faulting in the area. ⚒️🧪

I haven’t posted for a while, because I just don’t know what to say anymore… But here are some prehistoric rock scratchings in Valcamonica that I found amazing, so maybe some of you will enjoy them too.