New papers on paleoseismology, active tectonics, and archaeoseismology (March 2026)

A new month, a new list. Those who attended the PATA Days in Guatemala (a report will follow!) will recognise the first three papers. There is a lot more interesting science to read this time. Enjoy and let us know if we’ve missed something. Oh – and many thanks to all of you who send links to their papers once published.

• Niemi, T. M., Grützner, C., Flores Beltetón, O., Alberto Romero, L., Gomez, F., Maurer, J., McEnaney, T., Daniels, R., Dollens, A., Ebell, H., Pérez Arias, C., Graettinger, A. H., & Obrist-Farner, J. (2026). Five major earthquakes since the Late Classic Maya Period on the Motagua Fault in Guatemala. Communications Earth & Environment.
• Clark, G., McEnaney, T., Maurer, J., Eckert. A., Gao, S. S., Flores, O. G., Yani, R., Niemi, T., Grützner, C., Gomez. F., & Obrist‐Farner, J. (2026). A Fiftieth Year Retrospective on the 1976 Mw 7.5 Motagua Earthquake in Guatemala. BSSA.
• Rodriguez Piceda, C., Mildon, Z. K., Andrews, B. J., Yin, Y., Ampuero, J. P., van den Ende, M., … & Galvez, P. (2026). The role of fault network geometry on the complexity of seismic cycles in the Apennines. Solid Earth, 17(2), 311-346.
• Luigi, P. (2026). Unravelling the Abduction of Persephone: How Ancient Myths and Sanctuaries Preserve Memories of Prehistoric Earthquakes and Surface Faulting Events in Phrygian Asia Minor (Turkey). Geoheritage, 18(1), 32.
• Angster, S.J., Sherrod, B.L., Pearl, J., Staisch, L.M., Johns, W., Blakely, R.J. (2026). Latest Pleistocene to 19th-century earthquakes on bending-moment reverse faults of the Seattle fault zone, Washington. GSA Bulletin, 20 p.
• Liu, W., Xu, N., Liu, Y., Zhang, M., Xie, X., Zhou, X., & Xu, S. (2026). Earthquake-induced hydrogeochemical changes of geothermal fluids following the 2022 Ms 6.8 Luding earthquake in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 115(1), 4.
• Mohammadi, A., Mansouri, R., Shokri-Kaveh, M., & Shnizai, Z. (2026). Seismotectonic Framework of Afghanistan: an Integrated Review of Geology, Active Tectonics, and Crustal Structure Using Gravity Data. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-32.
• Luo, M., Chen, J., Gong, Z., Owen, L. A., Yang, H., Jiang, X., et al. (2026). A new surface rupture of the 1556 Huaxian M ∼ 8.5 earthquake revealed by rock surface luminescence dating of a bedrock fault scarp and colluvial wedges. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL119878.
• Gaidzik, K., & Ramírez-Herrera, M. T. (2026). Coupled tectonic and surface processes in the Guerrero forearc, Mexico: Insights from the basin-averaged erosion rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 679, 119896.
• Georg, T., Röbke, B. R., Fischer, P., Frenzel, P., Baika, K., Willershäuser, T., & Vött, A. (2026). Geomorphological and sedimentological traces of the 365 AD and 1303 AD tsunami impacts on the Korission Lagoon (Corfu Island, Greece) compared with tsunami simulation scenarios. Natural Hazards, 122(3), 127.
• Wright, T. J., Houseman, G. A., Fang, J., Maghsoudi, Y., Hooper, A. J., Elliott, J. R., … & Wang, D. (2026). High-resolution geodetic velocities reveal role of weak faults in deformation of Tibetan Plateau. Science, 391(6784), 499-503.
• Cambrón-Rosas, J. F., Fletcher, J. M., Rockwell, T. K., Spelz, R. M., Hinojosa, A., Helenes-Escamilla, J., … & Garcia Meza, I. F. (2026). Vertical offset and recurrence of large earthquakes on the Cañada David detachment, Baja California, Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
• Allen, T. I., Hough, S. E., Boyd, O. S., Waldhauser, F., & Assumpção, M. (2026). Preface to the Focus Section on Intraplate Earthquakes. SRL.
• Levandowski, W. (2026). Seismogenic Crustal Stress in Intraplate North America: Slip Potential of Suspected Quaternary Faults in the Central and Eastern United States. SRL.
• Finley, T., Gosselin, J. M., Biegel, K. M., Lipovsky, P. S., Cronmiller, D. C., Schaeffer, A. J., & Dettmer, J. (2026). The December 6, 2025 Mw7. 0 earthquake in Yukon, Canada: Tectonic significance and observations of ground failure. Yukon Geological Survey Annual Report Paper.
• Sørensen, M. B., Behrens, J., Jalayer, F., Løvholt, F., Lorito, S., Rafliana, I., Salgado-Gálvez, M. A., & Selva, J. (2026). Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis – A cookbook. Springer.
• Audemard, F. (2025). The active trace of Boconó Fault, across Llano Corredor and Mucubají Passes (Highlands of the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela): Tectonic landforms and implications. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 77(3).
• Gómez, C. E. R., Vásquez, J. R. P., Philippon, M., Sánchez, G. Q., Clouard, V., Roger, J., … & Lebrun, J. F. (2026). Gran Roque Island partly submerged by a 2500-year-old tsunami, Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela Leeward Antilles Islands. Marine Geology, 107696.
• Rajkhowa, S., Jaiswara, N.K., Pandey, P. et al. (2026). Coseismic liquefaction during Mw6.0 2021-Assam earthquake and paleoliquefaction features in the Brahmaputra Plain, India: implications on boundary conditions and paleoseismicity. Nat Hazards 122, 153
• Kluger, M. O., Melchert, R. A., Moratalla, J. M., Ilanko, T., Lowe, D. J., Moon, V. G., … & Orense, R. P. (2026). Tephra seismites—Understanding seismic hazard of hidden faults by analyzing liquefied tephra layers in lakes. Science Advances, 12(8), eads2015.
• Shabani, M., Ghods, A., & Shabanian, E. (2026). Investigation of long-and short-term slip rates of active faults in northeastern Iran. Iranian Journal of Geophysics, 20(1), 191-210.
• Athanassas, C. D., Kanavou, V., Braucher, R., Vakalas, I., Ladas, I., Theodorakopoulou, K., & Zampoukos, H. (2026). Cosmogenic 36Cl Dating of Fault Activity in East Messinia, Greece. GeoHazards, 7(1), 22.
• McKenzie, K. A., Furlong, K. P., Kelsey, H. M., & Kirby, E. (2026). Complex kinematics of upper‐plate faulting along the central Cascadia forearc inferred from the lateral displacement of marine terraces. Tectonics, 45(2), e2025TC009174.
• Ebel, J. E., Monecke, K., Hubeny, J. B., McCarthy, F. M., Theis, L., & Alderson, A. (2026). Looking for the possible epicenters and magnitudes of strong prehistoric earthquakes Near Boston, Massachusetts. Seismological Research Letters, 97(2A), 860-876.
• Antoine, S. L., Liu, Z., Mallick, R., Delorme, A., & Klinger, Y. (2026). Kilometer-wide crustal yielding associated with the 2021 Mw7. 4 Maduo, Tibet, surface rupture. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 681, 119868.
• Nishizaka, N., Onishi, K., Ikeda, M., Si, H., Yamamoto, K., & Tsuji, T. (2026). Characteristics of Far‐Field Surface Ruptures Caused by Two Recent Strike‐Slip Earthquakes: Insights into Fault Displacement Prediction. Seismological Research Letters.
• Fathian, A., Koyi, H., Back, S., Nazari, H., Shugar, D. H., Shokri, M. A., & Reicherter, K. (2026). Onshore-offshore evidence for active tectonics and the propagation of the Zagros deformation front into the Persian Gulf. Quaternary Science Reviews, 375, 109752.
• Kürçer, A., Yalçın, H.D., Elmacı, H. et al. (2026). The 2020 Sivrice earthquake (M_W6.8) and its seismotectonic linkage to the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes (M_W7.8 and 7.6). Nat Hazards 122, 220.
• Stirling, M. W., & Pratt, T. L. (2026). Use of Precariously Balanced Rocks to Constrain Postglacial Earthquake Magnitudes in New England, United States. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

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