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5 June 2026—Thousands of small earthquakes, detected for the first time by a machine learning process, reveal the distinct, razor-sharp edge to the Yakutat microplate as it subducts beneath the North America plate. The Yakutat oceanic plateau is caught in the middle of a tectonic traffic jam with the Pacific … Continue Reading »
1 June 2026—The 30 June nomination deadline is fast approaching for both the 2027 William B. Joyner Memorial Lecturer and the 2027 Bruce Bolt Medalist. If you’re still looking for inspiration or guidance about nominating a peer or colleague, we invite you to check out some of the research that … Continue Reading »
SRL Focus Section on Operational Response Accurate estimates of hazards in the first seconds, minutes and hours of a large earthquake or tsunami are crucial for producing effective early warnings and emergency responses, helping save lives, mitigate loss and speed recovery. Seismological Research Letters (SRL) is now soliciting papers for … Continue Reading »
28 April 2026—As The Seismic Record celebrates its fifth anniversary this spring, we’re sharing some of the papers that have made the journal a must-read for the seismology community since its introduction. Top Downloaded Papers (as of January 2026) Kearse and Kaneko (2025) Curved Fault Slip Captured by CCTV Video … Continue Reading »
13 April 2026—Zhigang Peng studies the physics of faulting, earthquake triggering, fault zone structures, earthquakes swarms, slow earthquakes, but lately he’s added a few other topics that veer away from the usual. Vibrations in a sewer pipe. Exploding rock outcrops. “In particular, what I have been working on the past … Continue Reading »
1 April 2026—Slow roiling convection currents deep within the Earth’s mantle, which are associated with the movements of tectonic plates, also deform the material of the mantle itself. Now, a new study in The Seismic Record confirms that much of this deformation in the lowest level of the mantle occurs … Continue Reading »