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❄️The Antarctic field season has officially started! EarthScope engineers at McMurdo Station are kicking things off by testing seismometers and magnetotelluric equipment before these instruments are installed in the field. #FieldworkFriday
📷Photo: Sam Jannke/EarthScope
📷Photo: Sam Jannke/EarthScope
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
❄️The Antarctic field season has officially started! EarthScope engineers at McMurdo Station are kicking things off by testing seismometers and magnetotelluric equipment before these instruments are installed in the field. #FieldworkFriday
📷Photo: Sam Jannke/EarthScope
📷Photo: Sam Jannke/EarthScope
Earth's magnetosphere helps shields the planet from solar wind. At high latitudes, incoming particles can enter the atmosphere and produce the aurora. Stronger solar events can create short-lived disturbances that induce geoelectric fields in the ground.
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Earth's magnetosphere helps shields the planet from solar wind. At high latitudes, incoming particles can enter the atmosphere and produce the aurora. Stronger solar events can create short-lived disturbances that induce geoelectric fields in the ground.
Were you lucky enough to catch a view of the aurora last night?
While aurora are the most visible effect of geomagnetic storms, this space weather can also disrupt electric grids, communication networks, satellites, and GPS.
📷 Brent Henderson/EarthScope (📍New Mexico)
While aurora are the most visible effect of geomagnetic storms, this space weather can also disrupt electric grids, communication networks, satellites, and GPS.
📷 Brent Henderson/EarthScope (📍New Mexico)
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Were you lucky enough to catch a view of the aurora last night?
While aurora are the most visible effect of geomagnetic storms, this space weather can also disrupt electric grids, communication networks, satellites, and GPS.
📷 Brent Henderson/EarthScope (📍New Mexico)
While aurora are the most visible effect of geomagnetic storms, this space weather can also disrupt electric grids, communication networks, satellites, and GPS.
📷 Brent Henderson/EarthScope (📍New Mexico)
Magnetotellurics measure the conductivity (or resistivity) of the Earth. Different minerals and rock types vary in electrical conductivity, which means magnetotellurics can image the contrast where different rocks meet.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/QoServY
Learn more: https://loom.ly/QoServY
Magnetotellurics | EarthScope Consortium
Geophysical imaging allows us to see below Earth’s surface, not unlike medical imaging that shows us what’s going on inside our bodies. Another similarity is that, like X-rays and CT scans and MRIs, we use several different geophysical technologies because each is sensitive to different things underground. One of those techniques is magnetotelluric (MT) imaging. … Continued
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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Magnetotellurics measure the conductivity (or resistivity) of the Earth. Different minerals and rock types vary in electrical conductivity, which means magnetotellurics can image the contrast where different rocks meet.
Learn more: https://loom.ly/QoServY
Learn more: https://loom.ly/QoServY
In the Basin & Range Province, GPS measurements reveal prolonged extension—from infinitesimal motion in eastern Utah to about 6.5 mm/year in western Nevada. The effects of this slow, steady stretching can be observed in the presence of nearly parallel mountain ranges and valleys in the landscape.
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In the Basin & Range Province, GPS measurements reveal prolonged extension—from infinitesimal motion in eastern Utah to about 6.5 mm/year in western Nevada. The effects of this slow, steady stretching can be observed in the presence of nearly parallel mountain ranges and valleys in the landscape.
On this World Tsunami Awareness Day, we look back at the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake and tsunami and reflect on the lessons learned and scientific advances made in tsunami warning. #TsunamiDay
Watch: The Science Behind the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami
📽️ https://loom.ly/nvoYSSA
Watch: The Science Behind the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami
📽️ https://loom.ly/nvoYSSA
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
On this World Tsunami Awareness Day, we look back at the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake and tsunami and reflect on the lessons learned and scientific advances made in tsunami warning. #TsunamiDay
Watch: The Science Behind the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami
📽️ https://loom.ly/nvoYSSA
Watch: The Science Behind the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami
📽️ https://loom.ly/nvoYSSA
A deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan yesterday, November 2. Find data products from the event and learn more.
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M 6.3 Khulm, Afghanistan | EarthScope Consortium
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred near Khulm, Afghanistan.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan yesterday, November 2. Find data products from the event and learn more.
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Reposted by EarthScope Consortium
According to USGS PAGER, more than 1.5 million people may have been exposed to strong or very strong shaking, casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
According to USGS PAGER, more than 1.5 million people may have been exposed to strong or very strong shaking, casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Reposted by EarthScope Consortium
Shallow strike slip M6.3 #earthquake occurred about an hour ago in Central Afghanistan. ⚒️
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Shallow strike slip M6.3 #earthquake occurred about an hour ago in Central Afghanistan. ⚒️
Scientists baffled as seismic readings indicate an abundance of pumpkin seeds at the core. 🌏🎃
Happy Halloween from all of us at EarthScope!
Happy Halloween from all of us at EarthScope!
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Scientists baffled as seismic readings indicate an abundance of pumpkin seeds at the core. 🌏🎃
Happy Halloween from all of us at EarthScope!
Happy Halloween from all of us at EarthScope!
We're excited to see everyone here at SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025—be sure to stop by our booth to say hello!
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We're excited to see everyone here at SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025—be sure to stop by our booth to say hello!
As Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, we can see its approach over the past few days on seismometers. Strong winds generated by hurricanes create ocean waves and pressure fluctuations that cause stronger up and down movements in the water column, which seismometers record.
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, we can see its approach over the past few days on seismometers. Strong winds generated by hurricanes create ocean waves and pressure fluctuations that cause stronger up and down movements in the water column, which seismometers record.
We'll be at the @sacnas.bsky.social 2025 NDiSTEM Conference in Columbus, Ohio this week! If you're attending, stop by Booth 1004 to chat with EarthScope staff about research and learning opportunities related to geophysics! #NDiSTEM2025
October 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We'll be at the @sacnas.bsky.social 2025 NDiSTEM Conference in Columbus, Ohio this week! If you're attending, stop by Booth 1004 to chat with EarthScope staff about research and learning opportunities related to geophysics! #NDiSTEM2025
Looking for web-based tools to easily access and interrogate seismic data? The NSF National Geophysical Facility offers a wide array of online tools for interrogating seismic data holdings and generating files in a number of formats.
Online data access tools: https://loom.ly/r8gkW8w
Online data access tools: https://loom.ly/r8gkW8w
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Looking for web-based tools to easily access and interrogate seismic data? The NSF National Geophysical Facility offers a wide array of online tools for interrogating seismic data holdings and generating files in a number of formats.
Online data access tools: https://loom.ly/r8gkW8w
Online data access tools: https://loom.ly/r8gkW8w
When you see photos of GPS stations, you’re usually looking at the protective radome cover and not the GPS antenna itself. The gray radome helps shield the antenna from rain, snow, and debris buildup and protects it against general wear.
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When you see photos of GPS stations, you’re usually looking at the protective radome cover and not the GPS antenna itself. The gray radome helps shield the antenna from rain, snow, and debris buildup and protects it against general wear.
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is a method for learning about the ground below our feet. It can help with finding pumpable groundwater, areas of pollution, hidden caves, and much much more.
Watch our full video on ERT: https://loom.ly/LTB_gs8
Watch our full video on ERT: https://loom.ly/LTB_gs8
October 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is a method for learning about the ground below our feet. It can help with finding pumpable groundwater, areas of pollution, hidden caves, and much much more.
Watch our full video on ERT: https://loom.ly/LTB_gs8
Watch our full video on ERT: https://loom.ly/LTB_gs8
Researchers flew drones over a lava lake in Iceland to find out what was going on when tremor registered on seismometers. One answer? Lava bubbles.
Read more ➡️ https://loom.ly/Hw4xMIE
Read more ➡️ https://loom.ly/Hw4xMIE
Bubbles, spatter, lava, and tremor linked in Icelandic eruption of Geldingadalir | EarthScope Consortium
Comparing seismic data and drone imagery near a churning lava lake shows the signal of bursting bubbles.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Researchers flew drones over a lava lake in Iceland to find out what was going on when tremor registered on seismometers. One answer? Lava bubbles.
Read more ➡️ https://loom.ly/Hw4xMIE
Read more ➡️ https://loom.ly/Hw4xMIE
If you're at #GSAConnects2025 in San Antonio, come by our booth and say hi!
October 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you're at #GSAConnects2025 in San Antonio, come by our booth and say hi!
On this day in 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Bay Area during the World Series game between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics. Known as the Loma Prieta earthquake, it caused widespread damage, but the timing of the game likely prevented many additional fatalities.
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On this day in 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Bay Area during the World Series game between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics. Known as the Loma Prieta earthquake, it caused widespread damage, but the timing of the game likely prevented many additional fatalities.
It's International ShakeOut Day! Take a moment at 10:16 a.m. (local time) to practice your “Drop, Cover, and Hold On."
If you live in an earthquake-prone region, it isn’t a question of if, but when an earthquake will occur. Be sure to make a plan and be prepared!
📽️ https://loom.ly/Nh4BnmE
If you live in an earthquake-prone region, it isn’t a question of if, but when an earthquake will occur. Be sure to make a plan and be prepared!
📽️ https://loom.ly/Nh4BnmE
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's International ShakeOut Day! Take a moment at 10:16 a.m. (local time) to practice your “Drop, Cover, and Hold On."
If you live in an earthquake-prone region, it isn’t a question of if, but when an earthquake will occur. Be sure to make a plan and be prepared!
📽️ https://loom.ly/Nh4BnmE
If you live in an earthquake-prone region, it isn’t a question of if, but when an earthquake will occur. Be sure to make a plan and be prepared!
📽️ https://loom.ly/Nh4BnmE
Yellowstone eruptions are a hot topic for sensational warnings or predictions. But what do the scientists who study Yellowstone know about its current state, how it has erupted in the past, and what kinds of warning signs we are looking for?
Watch our new video here⬇️
📽️ https://loom.ly/_c1EqQ0
Watch our new video here⬇️
📽️ https://loom.ly/_c1EqQ0
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yellowstone eruptions are a hot topic for sensational warnings or predictions. But what do the scientists who study Yellowstone know about its current state, how it has erupted in the past, and what kinds of warning signs we are looking for?
Watch our new video here⬇️
📽️ https://loom.ly/_c1EqQ0
Watch our new video here⬇️
📽️ https://loom.ly/_c1EqQ0
Attending GSA Connects 2025 next week in San Antonio, TX? Be sure to stop by our booth to say hello, grab some awesome stickers and posters, and learn how your training and research can be supported. We'll be there, October 19–22!
October 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Attending GSA Connects 2025 next week in San Antonio, TX? Be sure to stop by our booth to say hello, grab some awesome stickers and posters, and learn how your training and research can be supported. We'll be there, October 19–22!
Seismometers in urban areas can pick up a whole of signals that aren't earthquakes. A recent paper built a model to identify signals like quarry work and heavy machinery from a seismometer in Chicago.
Read about it ➡️ https://loom.ly/3jhGTTo
Read about it ➡️ https://loom.ly/3jhGTTo
Chicago’s seismicity captured by single seismic station | EarthScope Consortium
Model catalogs quarry blasts, heavy machinery noise, and other anthropogenic signals that can muddy seismic data.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Seismometers in urban areas can pick up a whole of signals that aren't earthquakes. A recent paper built a model to identify signals like quarry work and heavy machinery from a seismometer in Chicago.
Read about it ➡️ https://loom.ly/3jhGTTo
Read about it ➡️ https://loom.ly/3jhGTTo
Recent Earthquake Teachable Moment for the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the Philippines
Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake.
➡️ https://loom.ly/GHCi3lg
Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake.
➡️ https://loom.ly/GHCi3lg
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Recent Earthquake Teachable Moment for the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the Philippines
Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake.
➡️ https://loom.ly/GHCi3lg
Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake.
➡️ https://loom.ly/GHCi3lg
Today kicks off #EarthScienceWeek! This year's theme celebrates "Energy Resources for Our Future," and we've put together a great set of materials, including a brand new video, on how clean energy technologies use geophysics to help image the world hidden beneath our feet.
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https://loom.ly/btNQeYI
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https://loom.ly/btNQeYI
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today kicks off #EarthScienceWeek! This year's theme celebrates "Energy Resources for Our Future," and we've put together a great set of materials, including a brand new video, on how clean energy technologies use geophysics to help image the world hidden beneath our feet.
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https://loom.ly/btNQeYI
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https://loom.ly/btNQeYI