Alka Tripathy-Lang
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- For @highcountrynews.org's latest issue on Deep Time, I reviewed 3 books that help us explore Earth's past in different ways: Basin and Range by John McPhee, Strata by @laurapoppick.bsky.social, and When the Earth was Green by @restingdinoface.bsky.social 🧪⚒️ www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
- A new Temblor article talks about how Alaska's Connector Fault, which recently ruptured in the M7 earthquake on Dec. 6, was found and included in Alaska's seismic hazard map *before* the earthquake. ⚒️🧪
- An earthquake that struck a remote part of Alaska on December 6, 2025 serves as an example of successful seismic hazard assessment. Temblor co-founders Ross Stein and Volkan Sevilgen discuss the event and consider both previous and future fault interactions. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- #AGU25 is coming up, and there's lots of neat research that'll be presented. I got to talk to some great scientists about work that pertains to sending people to the Moon and Mars for @eos.org! ⚒️🧪
- Could processed astronaut poop help plants grow on the Moon and Mars? A new study presented at #AGU25 explores this and more, by @dralkatrip.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/fun...
- 😮 Full disclosure, I have not read the paper yet. I've only read the abstract and scanned the figures. ⚒️
- A giant Miocene landslide in the Wasatch Range, Utah - Geosphere paper. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geospher...
- Double, double, toil and trouble... oh wait no. Bubbles, spatter, lava and tremor, there we go! For @earthscope.org, I dove into a paper that used drone footage from Geldingadalir's lava lake + seismic data to explore the source of volcanic tremor. ⚒️🧪 www.earthscope.org/news/bubbles...
- My latest for @earthscope.org combines Silurian reef systems with seismology! The highlighted research looks at how to parse noisy seismic data from a single station in the Chicago area. ⚒️🧪 www.earthscope.org/news/chicago...
- My latest for @earthscope.org, a dive into mapping sediment thickness across the US with Transportable Array data! ⚒️ www.earthscope.org/news/a-new-m...
- For @temblorinc.bsky.social, @beccapox.bsky.social writes about interesting new developments in tsunami early warning using prompt elastogravity waves, a small-amplitude, fast-moving seismic wave. ⚒️🧪
- Tsunami early warning systems offer important information about impending waves. New systems, like one that uses prompt elastogravity signals (or PEGS) can increase the timeliness and accuracy of warnings. For more, check out Temblor's latest, by @beccapox.bsky.social temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- What went well, and what needs to be improved when it comes to major earthquakes that shake Istanbul? In @temblorinc.bsky.social 's latest, experts explore aspects of a recent M6.2 earthquake that shook the city and reportedly caused panic. 🧪⚒️
- In April of 2025, a M6.2 earthquake struck along the northern branch of the North Anatolian Fault Zone in Turkey's Marmara Sea. The capital city of Istanbul sits on the northern shores. In our latest, experts dive into the details. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- How does insurance work when it comes to events like tsunamis? This short Temblor article describes one way path, built on NOAA's tsunami monitoring efforts. 10 days after the Kamchatka tsunami hit Samoa, the country received a payout from PCRIC. ⚒️🧪
- Just 10 days after the Kamchatka tsunami hit the shores of Samoa, the island nation received a payout from the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company. Temblor played a role in this process. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- Long but interesting! Check out @temblorinc.bsky.social's latest on the July 2025 Kamchatka earthquake, in which Temblor scientists look at stress transfer associated with 2 foreshocks. They also compare the mainshock to a similar 1952 quake, explore some tsunamis, and consider an eruption. ⚒️🧪
- Temblor's analysis of the July 2025 magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka quake explores some mysteries (a moderate tsunami, a curious eruption), and finds that the 10-day foreshock was exceptionally productive. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- Yes, yes I do want to see this new geologic map!
- Great article with comments by @diegosismologo.bsky.social, @acarrerac.bsky.social, @seismo-steve.bsky.social and @judithgeology.bsky.social. Though the tsunamis weren't as massive as past events, people evacuated because of timely warnings and accurate forecasting of when/where waves would arrive.
- Another earthquake story from @sciam.bsky.social by the always-excellent @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social explaining why the tsunami from the Russia quake wasn't as huge as the one from the 2011 Japan quake, for example. 🧪
- Per @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social: "It looks like there won’t be a high number of casualties—and that’s in part because “the warnings went out, and they were effective,” Melgar says: people got out of danger."
- Temblor's map of the magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake has been posted. Wishing everyone in the Pacific coastal region a safe night on high ground as the tsunami waves come in. ⚒️🧪
- The fault that ruptured in Myanmar's recent earthquake isn't the only seismic hazard to be wary of. In new research, scientists look at faults in the Golden Triangle, which includes parts of Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. For more, check out my latest for EarthScope 🧪⚒️
- A recent study of the hidden seismic hazards within the Golden Triangle region of Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar found new faults and interesting patterns in the depths of the fault motion. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/mlwS5G0
- Seems like this new book is rather timely. I reviewed Atomic Dreams, a book that the pros, cons and history of nuclear energy in the US, for @sciencenews.bsky.social. 🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/nucl...
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- Our CEO, Ross Stein, along with career coach Ellen Shulman, will be giving a member workshop about career transitions. This is available to @seismosocam.bsky.social members. Please consider joining, especially if you are an early career scientist!
- Scientists in the Philippines note similarities between Myanmar's Sagaing Fault and the Philippine Fault. This article serves as a reminder that such faults lurk around the world and people in earthquake country must be prepared.⚒️🧪 temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- In this comprehensive analysis, experts from the Philippines explore the past, present, and future of the Philippine Fault, a left-lateral strike-slip fault similar to the Sagaing Fault in Myanmar that ruptured in March. ⚒️ temblor.net/earthquake-i...
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- For @earthscope.org, I talked to @seismosue.bsky.social about her recent earthquake ghost story (published in @seismosocam.bsky.social's #SRL) and graduate student Oluwaseyifunmi Adeboboye, who helmed separate work looking at a curious, possibly comparable swarm elsewhere in South Carolina. ⚒️🧪
- It's been 10 years since the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake that killed and injured thousands. @seismosue.bsky.social and her NSET colleague, Surya Narayan Shrestha, reflect on what happened, the recent seismic history of the region, and what's been learned. ⚒️🧪
- On the ten year anniversary of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal, Surya Narayan Shrestha and @seismosue.bsky.social explore what happened and what's been learned in the decade since. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- Need some tips to prep for West Coast quakes? This piece by @debi-kilb.bsky.social, @inseismoland.bsky.social, John Rekoske and Duncan Agnew has some advice, as well as a great discussion of the April 14 M5.2 Julian earthquake. ⚒️🧪
- In Temblor's latest, @scrippsocean.bsky.social scientists discuss last week's M5.2 Julian earthquake. It caused little damage, but reminds residents in earthquake country to be prepared! Also, don't miss the fantastic animation of simulated ground motions. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- Included in this article about the recent quake near Istanbul is a closer look at the relationship between the 2019 M5.7 Marmara Sea quake and the M6.2 event. ⚒️🧪
- Here's Temblor's analysis of the M6.2 earthquake that struck the Marmara Fault near Istanbul. This quake was felt by a city of nearly 16 million people, but thankfully, the fault itself lies 15 km south of the city. Read more, in our latest, by Stein and Sevilgen. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- Microearthquakes in one of the many salt domes in Louisiana helped a team explore the dome's structure in detail. These salt domes store oil and gas, and may one day store hydrogen; they must do so safely.🧪⚒️
- A sinkhole famously opened up in a Louisiana bayou in 2012, swallowing entire trees—above salt caverns used for natural gas storage. A recent study used seismic imaging to find weaknesses in these salt structures. Read about it ⬇️ loom.ly/I4OnEKI
- 🧪⚒️ Temblor's forecast of future quakes following the M7.7 Myanmar earthquake suggests that in western Myanmar, no more than 4 quakes greater than or equal to M4 are expected in the next month. By May, we'll know how well the forecast performed.
- Temblor's one-month forecast following Myanmar's devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake is now available. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- SSA has made 14 papers freely available on the topic of Myanmar: everything from faults to earthquakes to tectonic geomorphology. These papers are available for free until April 16. ⚒️🧪
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- A M7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar and has caused both destruction and death. The link below includes a short summary of what we know, as well as a Temblor map and Coulomb stress transfer model. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- Why yes, I do like submarine canyons!
- ⚒️🧪 If you're in a coastal region, it's always a good idea to know how to get to high ground in case of a tsunami. Even places where you might not expect one!
- In December 2024, an offshore earthquake near the Mendocino Triple Junction triggered a tsunami warning along parts of the U.S. West Coast. This piece, by @beccapox.bsky.social, explores why the warning was issued and some confusion that resulted. temblor.net/earthquake-i...
