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

This month’s list has a couple of studies on the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes and the Mediterranean area. Also included are a few methodological studies that might be of interest to the paleoseismology community. Enjoy reading!

• Chassiot, L., Francus, P., Lajeunesse, P., Frigon, A., & De Coninck, A. (2026). Slope failures and event sedimentation in Manicouagan impact crater lake, northeastern Canada: from the 1663 CE Charlevoix earthquake to the large reservoir impoundment. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
• Ji, X., & Reicherter, K. (2026). Geomorphological Evidence of Active Faulting on Alluvial Fan Along Northeastern Margin of Tibetan Plateau (NW China). Remote Sensing, 18(5), 778.
• Antonucci, A., Castellano, C., Cucci, L., & Tertulliani, A. (2026). A thorough review of the 5 May 1990 Potenza (Southern Italy) earthquake: constraints from macroseismology and insights from hydrology. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 26(3), 1105-1118.
• Henriquet, M., Benedetti, L., Baize, S., Kordić, B., Métois, M., Maslač Soldo, J., Belić, N., Špelić, M., Pantosti, D., Cinti, F., Pucci, S., Testa, A., Boncio, P., Pace, B., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Moulin, A., & Civico, R. (2026). Unraveling the Kinematics and Morphotectonics of the Petrinja Fault (Croatia), Source of the 2020 M 6.4 Earthquake. τeκτoniκa, 4(1), 28–61.
• Caciagli, M., Pucci, S., Azzaro, R., Di Manna, P., Blumetti, A. M., Poggi, V., Nappi, R., De Martini, P. M., & Civico, R. (2026). A collection of photos and videos on the surface fault: the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Kahramanmaraş (Turkey) on February 6, 2023. Miscellanea INGV, 103.
• Rafi, M.M., Aktas, Y. D., Smars, P., Veliu, E., Sabir, N., Chian, D., Khan, A., Micouraud, P., Kuchai, N., Abdulrazaq, H., Abiodun-Haruna, J., Ahmed, M., Avogadro, C., Bayann, M., Burton, P., Ercolino, M., Ferreira, T.M., Franco, C., Gaillac, J., Gilles, M., Khan, S., Khan, M.S., Koh, K.J., Lossignol, J., Magagnosc, J., Mohammad, A.F., Roosefid, M., Rasheed, A., Rehman, K., Rogers-Tizard, W., Sangirardi, M., Vleugels, C., White, T., & Zwak, Q. (2026). 31 August 2025 Eastern Afghanistan Earthquake: A Joint Virtual Reconnaissance Report by EEFIT, AFPS, NED University and RedR, UK Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) EEFIT.
• Joshi, A., Brown, N., Argueta, M., Moon, S., & Blisniuk, K. (2026). Luminescence dating of alluvium deposits to investigate Holocene slip potential along the Mission Creek fault strand in Southern California, USA. Quaternary Research.
• Chan, A., Goff, J., Terry, J., Yamada, M., & Bilham, R. (2026). Subsidence on the predominantly strike‐slip Alpine Fault, Aotearoa New Zealand. Geographical Research, 64(1), e70059.
• Argante, V., Tsukamoto, S., Tanner, D. C., von Hagke, C., Brandes, C., Zhang, J., Bouscary, C., & Glotzbach, C. (2026). Electron Spin Resonance Thermochronometry Indicates Quaternary Activity of the Brenner Fault (Eastern Alps). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 27, e2025GC012484.
• Kürçer, A., Yalçın, H. D., Elmacı, H., Özalp, S., Budakoğlu, E., Güneş, Y., … & Kayadibi, Ö. (2026). The 2020 Sivrice earthquake (MW6. 8) and its seismotectonic linkage to the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes (MW7. 8 and 7.6). Natural Hazards, 122(5), 220.
• Melnick, D., Jara-Muñoz, J., Garrett, E., Plissart, G., Freisleben, R., & Strecker, M. R. (2026). Separating tectonic and climate signals in Holocene sea-level records using marine terraces in central Chile. Scientific Reports.
• Yan, X., Li, Z., Sun, X., & You, W. (2026). Using the Distribution Characteristics of Landslides to Revise the Parameters of the 1626 Lingqiu Earthquake. Frontiers in Earth Science, 14, 1786082.
• Zou, J., He, H., Shao, Z., Li, W., Huang, J. & Gao, L. (2026). Coseismic Displacement Characteristics near the Epicenter of the Mw 7.7 Myanmar Earthquake on 28 March 2025: Insights from Beijing‐3 High‐Resolution Satellite Imagery Analysis. SRL.
• Sirovich, L., & Decker, K. (2026). On the Seismic Hazard Regulations for NPP Sites in Europe: A Controversial Case in Slovenia. SRL.
• Gandhi, D., & Solanki, P. (2026). Optically stimulated luminescence dating of Holocene tsunami deposits along the Gujarat coast, India. Marine Geology, 107751.
• Elliott, J., Fang, J., Lazecky, M., Maghsoudi, Y., Ou, Q., Payne, J., … & Wright, T. (2026). Deformation, strains and velocities for the Alpine Himalayan Belt from trans-continental Sentinel-1 InSAR & GNSS. Remote Sensing of Environment.
• Wang, H., Wang, P., Hu, G., Zou, Z., Li, W., & Xie, C. (2026). Paleoseismic activity revealed from soft sediment deformation structures in the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis since the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 107064.
• Świątek, S., Lewińska, K., Pisarska-Jamroży, M., & Günter, C. (2026). Mineralogical imprints of earthquake activity in sedimentary structures. Scientific Reports.
• Larroque, C., Scotti, O., Courboulex, F., & Trévisan, J. (2026). Strong earthquakes on the French-Italian Mediterranean Riviera. Communications Earth & Environment.
• Rutland, C., Bie, L., Johnson, J. H., Ou, Q., & Mildon, Z. K. (2026). Challenges of interpreting geodetic deformation in low strain rate regions: Insights from the 2021 MW 7.4 Maduo earthquake. Tectonophysics, 231170.
• Liu, Y., Wang, L., Zhao, H., Deng, H., & Xiao, F. (2026). Blue-light stimulated luminescence dating of gypsum in loess deposits. Radiation Measurements, 107678.
• Hu, G., Xiong, R., Li, W., Liang, P., Hu, C., Wu, W. & Xu, Y. (2026). Mapping of Soil Liquefaction Induced by the 2025 7.8 Sagaing Earthquake in Myanmar Using High‐Spatial‐Resolution Images. SRL.
• Sepúlveda, I., Nilsson, B., Yu, Y., Carvajal, M., Brandin, M., Gabriel, A.-A., & Sandwell, D. (2026). SWOT detects dispersive tsunami tied to a near-trench source in the 2025 Kamchatka earthquake. Science 391, 6792, 1368-1372.
• Molins-Vigatà, J., Blanch, X., Martín-Banda, R., García-Sellés, D., Gómez-Novell, O., García-Mayordomo, J., … & Ortuño, M. (2026). Digital surface models derived from historical aerial imagery in highly anthropized areas applied to active fault studies (eastern Betics, Spain): DSMs generation for active fault studies (eastern Betics). Geologica Acta, 24, 1-22.
• Sirorattanakul, K., & Avouac, J. P. (2026). Seismic rhythms: Earthquake response to tectonic, hydrological, and tidal forcing in California. Science Advances, 12(13), eadz5711.
• Altunel, E., Yıldırım, C., & Kozacı, Ö. (2026). The 6 February 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake rupture at a crossroad in Türkoğlu: A case for path of least resistance for rupture propagation. Geophysical Journal International, ggag117.
• Kim, M. J., Choi, J. H., Son, M., Shin, S., & Lee, H. K. (2026). Preliminary application of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating on fault gouge from the Yangsan Fault Zone, Korean Peninsula. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 107069.
• Bermúdez, H. D., Martini, M., Vega, F. J., Bolívar, L., Vajda, V., Vega-Sandoval, F. A., … & Cui, Y. (2026). The Chicxulub Mega-earthquake: Stratigraphic evidence from the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary of Colombian Pacific and northeastern Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 106058.
• Kázmér, M., & Gaidzik, K. (2026). The Forgotten Earthquake of 1440 AD in Istria-Archaeoseismological Evidence from the Euphrasius Cathedral, Poreč, Croatia. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary, 39(1), 1-13.
• Möller, P., Hammarlund, D., Ljung, K., O’Regan, M., Hoff, L., Ståhl, E., & Jakobsson, M. (2026). Holocene subaqueous landslide dynamics in the Lake Siljan‐Orsasjön Basin, south‐central Sweden. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 51(3), e70279.

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