Achievements and prospects of global broadband seismographic networks after 30 years of continuous geophysical observations

AT Ringler, RE Anthony, RC Aster… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global seismographic networks (GSNs) emerged during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, facilitated by seminal international developments in theory, technology …

Big data seismology

SJ Arrowsmith, DT Trugman, J MacCarthy… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The discipline of seismology is based on observations of ground motion that are inherently
undersampled in space and time. Our basic understanding of earthquake processes and our …

Predictive models for seismic source parameters based on machine learning and general orthogonal regression approaches

QY Liu, DQ Li, XS Tang, W Du - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Two sets of predictive models are developed based on the machine learning (ML) and
general orthogonal regression (GOR) approaches for predicting the seismic source …

[HTML][HTML] Subduction zone megathrust earthquakes

SL Bilek, T Lay - Geosphere, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction zone megathrust faults host Earth's largest earthquakes, along with multitudes of
smaller events that contribute to plate convergence. An understanding of the faulting …

Global frequency of oceanic and continental supershear earthquakes

H Bao, L Xu, L Meng, JP Ampuero, L Gao… - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Earthquakes are supershear when their rupture speed is faster than that of the seismic shear
waves produced. These events are rare, but they can be highly destructive owing to the …

Dual-initiation ruptures in the 2024 Noto earthquake encircling a fault asperity at a swarm edge

L Xu, C Ji, L Meng, JP Ampuero, Z Yunjun, S Mohanna… - Science, 2024 - science.org
To reveal the connections between the 2024 moment magnitude (M w) 7.5 Noto earthquake
in Japan and the seismicity swarms that preceded it, we investigated its rupture process …

The hidden simplicity of subduction megathrust earthquakes

MA Meier, JP Ampuero, TH Heaton - Science, 2017 - science.org
The largest observed earthquakes occur on subduction interfaces and frequently cause
widespread damage and loss of life. Understanding the rupture behavior of megathrust …

What controls variations in aftershock productivity?

K Dascher‐Cousineau, EE Brodsky… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The number of aftershocks increases with mainshock size following a well‐defined scaling
law. However, excursions from the average behavior are common. This variability is …

Complex rupture dynamics on an immature fault during the 2020 Mw 6.8 Elazığ earthquake, Turkey

F Gallovič, J Zahradník, V Plicka, E Sokos… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Physical laws governing friction on shallow faults in the Earth and spatial heterogeneity of
parameters are critical to our understanding of earthquake physics and the assessment of …

The 12 November 2017 Mw 7.3 Ezgeleh‐Sarpolzahab (Iran) Earthquake and Active Tectonics of the Lurestan Arc

E Nissen, A Ghods, E Karasözen… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 12 November 2017 M w 7.3 Ezgeleh‐Sarpolzahab earthquake is the largest
instrumentally recorded earthquake in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt by a factor of∼ 10 in …