More papers on paleoseismology and active tectonics out now

It’s not been long since I’ve listed some recent paleoseismology papers, but it seems like it’s publishing season. So here is more stuff to read during the holidays…

• Fago, P., Pignatelli, C., Piscitelli, A., Milella, M., Venerito, M., Sansò, P., & Mastronuzzi, G. (2014). WebGIS for Italian tsunami: A useful tool for coastal planners. Marine Geology. Also check the associated webGIS, which is well-hidden on the italian version of the RITMARE website: http://www.ritmare.it/articolazione/sottoprogetto-3/sp3-wp3/sp3-wp3-azione-2. However, it looks like it’s not fully workin right now.
• Zohar, M., Rubin, R., & Salamon, A. (2014). Earthquake Damage and Repair: New Evidence from Jerusalem on the 1927 Jericho Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, 85(4), 912-922.
• Canora, C., Martínez‐Díaz, J. J., Insua‐Arévalo, J. M., Álvarez‐Gómez, J. A., Villamor, P., Alonso‐Henar, J., & Capote‐Villar, R. (2014). The 1719 El Salvador Earthquake: An M> 7.0 Event in the Central American Volcanic Arc?. Seismological Research Letters, 85(4), 784-793.
• Stockmeyer, J. M., Shaw, J. H., & Guan, S. (2014). Seismic Hazards of Multisegment Thrust‐Fault Ruptures: Insights from the 1906 Mw 7.4–8.2 Manas, China, Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, 85(4), 801-808.
• Agnon, A. (2014). Pre-Instrumental Earthquakes Along the Dead Sea Rift. In Dead Sea Transform Fault System: Reviews (pp. 207-261). Springer Netherlands.
• Lafuente, P., Arlegui, L. E., Liesa, C. L., Pueyo, Ó., & Simón, J. L. (2014). Spatial and temporal variation of palaeoseismic activity at an intraplate, historically quiescent structure: the Concud fault (Iberian Chain, Spain). Tectonophysics.

More active tectonics than paleoseismology, but I find these interesting:

• Fletcher, J. M., Teran, O. J., Rockwell, T. K., Oskin, M. E., Hudnut, K. W., Mueller, K. J., … & González-García, J. (2014). Assembly of a large earthquake from a complex fault system: Surface rupture kinematics of the 4 April 2010 El Mayor–Cucapah (Mexico) Mw 7.2 earthquake. Geosphere, GES00933-1.
• Herman, M. W., Herrmann, R. B., Benz, H. M., & Furlong, K. P. (2014). Using Regional Moment Tensors to Constrain the Kinematics and Stress Evolution of the 2010-2013 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, South Island, New Zealand. Tectonophysics.

The following paper is not related to paleoseismology, but still it’s an interesting story. In a tragical accident, the driver of an excavator was killed in Euskirchen, W Germany, in January this year when he hit a WWII bomb which exploded. The bomb was a 4000 lb blockbuster bomb and the explosion was so strong that it could be heard in up to 20 km distance. The shock wave was recorded by various seismic stations in the surroundings and K.-G. Hinzen of the Bensberg Earthquake Observatory reports on its seismic effects:

• Hinzen, K. G. (2014). Seismic Analysis of the Accidental WWII Bomb Explosion in Euskirchen, Germany, on 3 January 2014. Seismological Research Letters, 85(4), 825-835.

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