Prof. Diego Melgar
@diegosismologo.bsky.social
Director of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (@cascadiaeqs.bsky.social) and Associate Professor of geophysics at University of Oregon. I research big earthquakes and tsunamis.
On July 29, 2025 a Mw 8.8 earthquake off Kamchatka launched a Pacific-wide tsunami, right as the SWOT satellite flew south-to-north taking altimetry measurements of the wave train. In our new preprint, we pair SWOT with nearby DART buoys to capture the tsunami’s propagation and its source
October 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On July 29, 2025 a Mw 8.8 earthquake off Kamchatka launched a Pacific-wide tsunami, right as the SWOT satellite flew south-to-north taking altimetry measurements of the wave train. In our new preprint, we pair SWOT with nearby DART buoys to capture the tsunami’s propagation and its source