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Sharma et al. compiled a manually processed, comprehensive, and standardized strong-motion FLAT-FILE📂 for Indian earthquakes, built to improve 📊 ground‑motion models and 🛡️ seismic hazard analysis.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sharma et al. compiled a manually processed, comprehensive, and standardized strong-motion FLAT-FILE📂 for Indian earthquakes, built to improve 📊 ground‑motion models and 🛡️ seismic hazard analysis.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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🏞️🔬 DAS deployment inside a river!!!
What can we learn from the first DAS deployment inside a river?
What can DAS detect from inside a river?
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#Seismology #DAS #FluvialGeomorphology #EnvironmentalSeismology #Hydrology
What can we learn from the first DAS deployment inside a river?
What can DAS detect from inside a river?
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
#Seismology #DAS #FluvialGeomorphology #EnvironmentalSeismology #Hydrology
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🏞️🔬 DAS deployment inside a river!!!
What can we learn from the first DAS deployment inside a river?
What can DAS detect from inside a river?
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
#Seismology #DAS #FluvialGeomorphology #EnvironmentalSeismology #Hydrology
What can we learn from the first DAS deployment inside a river?
What can DAS detect from inside a river?
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
#Seismology #DAS #FluvialGeomorphology #EnvironmentalSeismology #Hydrology
In a week where we are reminded to be thankful, Seismica extends our deepest gratitude to the hundreds of people who have volunteered their time to support our open access journal. Thanks to our editors, reviewers, support teams, and authors for your contributions to making Seismica what it is today
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In a week where we are reminded to be thankful, Seismica extends our deepest gratitude to the hundreds of people who have volunteered their time to support our open access journal. Thanks to our editors, reviewers, support teams, and authors for your contributions to making Seismica what it is today
It’s holiday and conference season, so grab something for yourself or a gift for the seismology aficionado in your life from our Red Bubble store.
All proceeds are donated to Seismica via @opencollective for income and expenditure transparency.
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All proceeds are donated to Seismica via @opencollective for income and expenditure transparency.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
It’s holiday and conference season, so grab something for yourself or a gift for the seismology aficionado in your life from our Red Bubble store.
All proceeds are donated to Seismica via @opencollective for income and expenditure transparency.
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All proceeds are donated to Seismica via @opencollective for income and expenditure transparency.
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🌍 On April 23, 2025 a Mw 6.3 Marmara earthquake ruptured the North Anatolian Fault, with a notable non-double-couple component, eastward aftershocks, and amplified ground motion affecting western Istanbul.📉
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November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🌍 On April 23, 2025 a Mw 6.3 Marmara earthquake ruptured the North Anatolian Fault, with a notable non-double-couple component, eastward aftershocks, and amplified ground motion affecting western Istanbul.📉
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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Seismica exists to help publish more researchers publish their work, and to allow that research to be seen by peers, policy-makers, and the public.
Seismica is run by volunteers, and we're calling on people to join our copy editing and media teams.
Email us at: info@seismica.org
Seismica is run by volunteers, and we're calling on people to join our copy editing and media teams.
Email us at: info@seismica.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Seismica exists to help publish more researchers publish their work, and to allow that research to be seen by peers, policy-makers, and the public.
Seismica is run by volunteers, and we're calling on people to join our copy editing and media teams.
Email us at: info@seismica.org
Seismica is run by volunteers, and we're calling on people to join our copy editing and media teams.
Email us at: info@seismica.org
Seismica’s LaTeX templates are now on Overleaf!
Writing your next paper just got easier. Our LaTeX template is now available directly within Overleaf
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Writing your next paper just got easier. Our LaTeX template is now available directly within Overleaf
Search for “Seismica” on Overleaf, or use the following link:
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November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Seismica’s LaTeX templates are now on Overleaf!
Writing your next paper just got easier. Our LaTeX template is now available directly within Overleaf
Search for “Seismica” on Overleaf, or use the following link:
🔗 www.overleaf.com/latex/templa...
Writing your next paper just got easier. Our LaTeX template is now available directly within Overleaf
Search for “Seismica” on Overleaf, or use the following link:
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👻 Don’t fear peer review! Our volunteers are the friendly ghosts of open science.
This Halloween, send your paper to a journal that won’t haunt your inbox.
✨ Seismica is run by researchers, for researchers: open, fair, and community led.
This Halloween, send your paper to a journal that won’t haunt your inbox.
✨ Seismica is run by researchers, for researchers: open, fair, and community led.
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
👻 Don’t fear peer review! Our volunteers are the friendly ghosts of open science.
This Halloween, send your paper to a journal that won’t haunt your inbox.
✨ Seismica is run by researchers, for researchers: open, fair, and community led.
This Halloween, send your paper to a journal that won’t haunt your inbox.
✨ Seismica is run by researchers, for researchers: open, fair, and community led.
🌍What specific ground-motion features characterize the very shallow Le Teil earthquake (Mw 4.9, depth 1–2 km, France)?
🎯How well do ground-motion models reproduce them?
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🎯How well do ground-motion models reproduce them?
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October 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🌍What specific ground-motion features characterize the very shallow Le Teil earthquake (Mw 4.9, depth 1–2 km, France)?
🎯How well do ground-motion models reproduce them?
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
🎯How well do ground-motion models reproduce them?
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
🚗💥Seismic body waves extracted from highway traffic!
Quiros & Brown used upstate NY vehicle vibrations to image the seismic speed of underground rock formations—showing that traffic can be a viable seismic source under the right conditions.
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Quiros & Brown used upstate NY vehicle vibrations to image the seismic speed of underground rock formations—showing that traffic can be a viable seismic source under the right conditions.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚗💥Seismic body waves extracted from highway traffic!
Quiros & Brown used upstate NY vehicle vibrations to image the seismic speed of underground rock formations—showing that traffic can be a viable seismic source under the right conditions.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
Quiros & Brown used upstate NY vehicle vibrations to image the seismic speed of underground rock formations—showing that traffic can be a viable seismic source under the right conditions.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
🧩 A cryptic quake in Nevada’s Walker Lane (09/15/2024) reveals orthogonal rupture patterns and surprising secondary effects like liquefaction!
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October 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🧩 A cryptic quake in Nevada’s Walker Lane (09/15/2024) reveals orthogonal rupture patterns and surprising secondary effects like liquefaction!
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⚠️ Faults don’t slip evenly!!
Varying slip rates along faults drive complex earthquake cycle patterns, yet they are overlooked in seismic hazard assessments.
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Varying slip rates along faults drive complex earthquake cycle patterns, yet they are overlooked in seismic hazard assessments.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
October 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
⚠️ Faults don’t slip evenly!!
Varying slip rates along faults drive complex earthquake cycle patterns, yet they are overlooked in seismic hazard assessments.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
Varying slip rates along faults drive complex earthquake cycle patterns, yet they are overlooked in seismic hazard assessments.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
36 years ago this week a magnitude Mw 6.9 earthquake struck California’s central coast. Named after the nearby Loma Prieta Peak, it was also known as the World Series Earthquake as it interrupted the televised baseball final. This USGS ground shaking animation plays in real time.
October 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
36 years ago this week a magnitude Mw 6.9 earthquake struck California’s central coast. Named after the nearby Loma Prieta Peak, it was also known as the World Series Earthquake as it interrupted the televised baseball final. This USGS ground shaking animation plays in real time.
🌋With an extraordinary dataset from over 500 seismic stations in Germany’s Eifel region, Dahm et al. have resolved the magma system beneath Laacher See volcano, for the first time since its massive eruption 13,000 years ago
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🌋With an extraordinary dataset from over 500 seismic stations in Germany’s Eifel region, Dahm et al. have resolved the magma system beneath Laacher See volcano, for the first time since its massive eruption 13,000 years ago
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
An upcoming SSA meeting in Colorado will be discussing the latest research into environmental processes and how seismology is used to provide new insights in this evolving field. If you’re attending, be sure to connect with your Seismica people! www.seismosoc.org/environmenta...
October 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
An upcoming SSA meeting in Colorado will be discussing the latest research into environmental processes and how seismology is used to provide new insights in this evolving field. If you’re attending, be sure to connect with your Seismica people! www.seismosoc.org/environmenta...
🧠📈 Adding strain rate to ETAS boosts earthquake forecasts at Campi Flegrei!
Geodetic signals make models more realistic and predictive
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Geodetic signals make models more realistic and predictive
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October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🧠📈 Adding strain rate to ETAS boosts earthquake forecasts at Campi Flegrei!
Geodetic signals make models more realistic and predictive
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
Geodetic signals make models more realistic and predictive
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📈 Which seismic phase associator works best?
🧠Puente Huerta et al., benchmarked 5 algorithms testing their performance across diverse settings and under noisy-complex conditions
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🧠Puente Huerta et al., benchmarked 5 algorithms testing their performance across diverse settings and under noisy-complex conditions
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October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
📈 Which seismic phase associator works best?
🧠Puente Huerta et al., benchmarked 5 algorithms testing their performance across diverse settings and under noisy-complex conditions
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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🧠Puente Huerta et al., benchmarked 5 algorithms testing their performance across diverse settings and under noisy-complex conditions
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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Did you know?
At Seismica, we publish reviewer reports alongside accepted manuscripts.
Transparency helps science grow.
👇 Check out any paper’s reviewer report — see the example!
At Seismica, we publish reviewer reports alongside accepted manuscripts.
Transparency helps science grow.
👇 Check out any paper’s reviewer report — see the example!
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Did you know?
At Seismica, we publish reviewer reports alongside accepted manuscripts.
Transparency helps science grow.
👇 Check out any paper’s reviewer report — see the example!
At Seismica, we publish reviewer reports alongside accepted manuscripts.
Transparency helps science grow.
👇 Check out any paper’s reviewer report — see the example!
🤖A new AI model estimates earthquake ground shaking in Italy, using just the first 10 seconds of seismic trace, helping improve rapid response.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🤖A new AI model estimates earthquake ground shaking in Italy, using just the first 10 seconds of seismic trace, helping improve rapid response.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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Seismica is all about making science accessible to a broad audience, so we give authors the option to include multi-language and plain-language abstracts. Talk to our handling editors about using this approach to expand the visibility of your research.
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Seismica is all about making science accessible to a broad audience, so we give authors the option to include multi-language and plain-language abstracts. Talk to our handling editors about using this approach to expand the visibility of your research.
🚷 Lockdowns and curfews during COVID-19 left a clear footprint in France’s ambient seismic noise.
Ambient noise dropped, revealing how seismology can be used to understand and track human mobility.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
Ambient noise dropped, revealing how seismology can be used to understand and track human mobility.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
🚷 Lockdowns and curfews during COVID-19 left a clear footprint in France’s ambient seismic noise.
Ambient noise dropped, revealing how seismology can be used to understand and track human mobility.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
Ambient noise dropped, revealing how seismology can be used to understand and track human mobility.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
Victor Hugo Benioff (Sept 14, 1899 – Feb 29, 1968) was a Caltech seismologist and pioneer of earthquake instruments. He built the Benioff seismograph, revealed the Wadati–Benioff zones, and even experimented with electric instruments.
Photo: Caltech Images Collection
Photo: Caltech Images Collection
September 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Victor Hugo Benioff (Sept 14, 1899 – Feb 29, 1968) was a Caltech seismologist and pioneer of earthquake instruments. He built the Benioff seismograph, revealed the Wadati–Benioff zones, and even experimented with electric instruments.
Photo: Caltech Images Collection
Photo: Caltech Images Collection
🖥️Introducing Chile_Mesh_v1.0!!
🧮 A new 3D finite-element mesh designed to study how megathrust earthquakes along the Chilean subduction zone deform the South American continent!
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
🧮 A new 3D finite-element mesh designed to study how megathrust earthquakes along the Chilean subduction zone deform the South American continent!
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🖥️Introducing Chile_Mesh_v1.0!!
🧮 A new 3D finite-element mesh designed to study how megathrust earthquakes along the Chilean subduction zone deform the South American continent!
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
🧮 A new 3D finite-element mesh designed to study how megathrust earthquakes along the Chilean subduction zone deform the South American continent!
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
🔍 On 28/01/2020, the largest recorded earthquake in the northern Caribbean (Mw7.7), ruptured the Oriente fault at a speed faster than seismic waves.
A rare supershear event, explained by the fault's characteristics.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
A rare supershear event, explained by the fault's characteristics.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
September 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🔍 On 28/01/2020, the largest recorded earthquake in the northern Caribbean (Mw7.7), ruptured the Oriente fault at a speed faster than seismic waves.
A rare supershear event, explained by the fault's characteristics.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
A rare supershear event, explained by the fault's characteristics.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
A devastating earthquake struck Afghanistan on Aug 31, killing 2K+, destroying 5K+ homes & affecting ~500K people.
Research into practical ways to build/reinforce low cost structures to be more resilient to ground shaking will protect future generations.
📷The News International
Research into practical ways to build/reinforce low cost structures to be more resilient to ground shaking will protect future generations.
📷The News International
September 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A devastating earthquake struck Afghanistan on Aug 31, killing 2K+, destroying 5K+ homes & affecting ~500K people.
Research into practical ways to build/reinforce low cost structures to be more resilient to ground shaking will protect future generations.
📷The News International
Research into practical ways to build/reinforce low cost structures to be more resilient to ground shaking will protect future generations.
📷The News International