Strategic plan for earthquake forecasting in China (2025−2035): A brief summary
April 2026
The basic condition of earthquake disasters in China is featured by high frequency, strong intensity, wide distribution, and heavy losses. Earthquake forecasting plays a critical role in reducing seismic...
Shear wave velocity model using HVSR inversion beneath Bandar Lampung City
August 2024
The horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) method has been used to characterize site-effect parameters that are indispensable in seismic hazard and risk-reduction studies in urban areas and rapid...
Recent advances in earthquake monitoring I: Ongoing revolution of seismic instrumentation
April 2021
Seismic networks have significantly improved in the last decade in terms of coverage density, data quality, and instrumental diversity. Moreover, revolutionary advances in ultra-dense seismic instruments,...
DiTing: A large-scale Chinese seismic benchmark dataset for artificial intelligence in seismology
April 2023
In recent years, artificial intelligence technology has exhibited great potential in seismic signal recognition, setting off a new wave of research. Vast amounts of high-quality labeled data are required...
Waveform-matching reverse time migration for local earthquakes
April 2026
With the increasing use of passive seismic data, developing seismic reflection imaging methods based on passive data is of considerable practical significance. This study presents a waveform-matching...
Pulse-like ground motion observed during the 6 February 2023 MW7.8 Pazarcık Earthquake (Kahramanmaraş, SE Türkiye)
August 2023
In this study, we analyzed 100 three-component strong ground motion records observed within 200 km of the causative fault of the 6 February 2023 MW7.8 Pazarcık (Kahramanmaraş) Earthquake in SE Türkiye....
Advances in seismological methods for characterizing fault zone structure
April 2024
Large earthquakes frequently occur along complex fault systems. Understanding seismic rupture and long-term fault evolution requires constraining the geometric and material properties of fault zone...
Comparison of the earthquake detection abilities of PhaseNet and EQTransformer with the Yangbi and Maduo earthquakes
October 2021
PhaseNet and EQTransformer are two state-of-the-art earthquake detection methods that have been increasingly applied worldwide. To evaluate the generalization ability of the two models and provide insights...
An illustrated guide to: Distributed and integrated fibre-optic sensing in seismology
February 2025
The properties of laser signals are affected by deformation of the optical fibre through which they are transmitted. While this deformation dependence is undesirable in telecommunication, it can be...
Basic processing of the InSight seismic data from Mars for further seismological research
October 2025
The InSight mission has obtained seismic data from Mars, offering new insights into the planet’s internal structure and seismic activity. However, the raw data released to the public contain various...
Seismotectonic analysis and characterization of seismic source zones in Cameroon, Central Africa
April 2026
A compilation of databases from Cameroon and neighbouring countries, including seismicity, stress tensor distribution, gravity, magnetic, topography, lithosphere structure and geological data, is used...
The slip-rate, state-, temperature-, and normal-stress-dependence of fault friction
August 2025
The mechanics of slow-slip events and earthquakes is controlled by the constitutive behavior of rocks in active fault zones, which is sensitive to many factors encompassing lithology, temperature, confining...
The fast quality control strategy for P-wave receiver functions based on AlexNet and wiggle plot
April 2026
This paper proposes a fast quality control strategy for P-wave receiver functions based on AlexNet and wiggle plots. Receiver functions are essential tools in seismology, particularly for analyzing...
Evidence of transtensional deformation associated with neotectonics: Insights into the velocity structure and source mechanism of Nanga Parbat syntaxis, northwestern Himalayas
April 2026
A detailed understanding of seismicity originating from the Nanga Parbat syntaxis in the northwestern Himalaya is crucial for characterizing the active fault systems and associated neotectonic processes...
Mechanisms to explain soil liquefaction triggering, development, and persistence during an earthquake
December 2024
Mechanisms have been proposed to explain the triggering, development, and persistence of soil liquefaction. The mechanism explaining the horizontal failure plane (triggering) and its depth below the...
Shallow destructive earthquakes
February 2021
Depths of earthquake occurrence and large slip distribution are critical for seismic hazard assessment. Numerous examples show that earthquakes with similar magnitudes, however, can result in significantly...
Seismic event classification in North China based on machine learning
June 2026
Automated classification of seismic events is critical for earthquake monitoring and explosion detection, particularly in tectonically active regions, such as North China, where the waveform features...
Assessment of earthquake location uncertainties for the design of local seismic networks
October 2024
The ability to estimate earthquake source locations, along with the appraisal of relevant uncertainties, is paramount in monitoring both natural and human-induced micro-seismicity. For this purpose,...
Theories and applications of earthquake-induced gravity variation: Advances and perspectives
October 2023
Earthquake-induced gravity variation refers to changes in the earth’s gravity field associated with seismic activities. In recent years, development in the theories has greatly promoted seismic deformation...
Aftershock characteristics of the MW7.7 Myanmar earthquake, March 2025
June 2026
On March 28, 2025, a MW7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar. In this study, an aftershock catalog recorded by the Seismic Monitoring Center of the Thailand Meteorological Department (TMD) was used...
Source parameters of the 2023 ML 6.4 Jajarkot earthquake in the western Nepal seismic gap zone
June 2026
The 2023 local magnitude (ML) 6.4 Jajarkot earthquake was the most destructive event to occur in the source region of the 1505 MW8.2 Lo Mangthang Mustang earthquake in western Nepal. Here we used local...
The dilatancy-diffusion hypothesis, earthquake prediction, and operational earthquake forecasting: In memory of Professor Amos Nur on the 50th Anniversary of the 1975 Haicheng Earthquake
October 2025
Dilatancy is referred to the phenomenon of volume increase that occurs when a material is deformed. Dilatancy theory originated in geomechanics for the study of the behavior of granular materials. Later...
A review of geophysical studies on the Mongolian Plateau
June 2024
The Mongolian Plateau in Central Asia is an intracontinental tectonic system far from active plate boundaries. Despite its distance from these boundaries, the plateau is characterized by intense crustal...
Precursory changes in seismic processes before the 2025 MW7.7 Myanmar earthquake revealed in the equivalent dimension space
June 2026
We used the seismic regularity and seismic strain dynamics coefficients to investigate the seismic process preceding the 2025 M7.7 Myanmar earthquake, which ruptured the central portion of the Sagaing...
High-resolution seismicity imaging and early aftershock migration of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş (SE Türkiye) MW7.9 & 7.8 earthquake doublet
December 2023
We build a high-resolution early aftershock catalog for the 2023 SE Türkiye seismic sequence with PALM, a seamless workflow that sequentially performs phase picking, association, location, and matched...
