New papers on paleoseismology, active tectonics, and archaeoseismology (April 2025)

All eyes are on the horrible consequences of the Myanmar Earthquake right now. Let’s hope that on the long term, this event helps us to be better prepared for large earthquakes elsewhere. Meanwhile, lots of interesting papers have been published, among them many that deal with seismic hazard and cascading effects and actually also one on Myanmar (Sethanant et al., 2025). Let us know in the comments of there’s something missing. 

• Lei, S., Walker, R., Li, Y., Ma, J., Johnson, B., Ou, Q., … & Xu, L. (2025). Surface ruptures from the 1556 Huaxian earthquake, North China, measured using high-resolution topography: Implications for large magnitude normal-faulting earthquakes in continental interiors. Quaternary Science Advances, 18, 100270.
• Görüm, T., Bozkurt, D., Korup, O., İstanbulluoğlu, E., Şen, Ö. L., Yılmaz, A., … & Tanyas, H. (2025). The 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake disaster was exacerbated by an atmospheric river. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 151.
• Davies, T. & Dykstra, J. (2025). Societal risk-to-life from natural hazards: Assessments, acceptability and actions at Whakaari/White Island and Piopiotahi/Milford Sound, Aotearoa/New Zealand. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 119, 105325.
• Ren, Z., Zielke, O., Shyu, J. B. H., & Walker, R. (2025). High-resolution geological studies of seismogenic structures. Journal of Structural Geology, 191, 105306.
• Miranda-Aviles, R., Puy-Alquiza, M. J., Ordaz Zubia, V. Y., Salazar-Hernández, C., Zanor, G. A., & Salazar-Hernández, M. (2025). Recognising soft-sediment deformation structures as evidence of static liquefaction in historical tailings from Central Mexico. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84(4), 166.
• Roberts, G. P., Iezzi, F., Sgambato, C., Robertson, J., Beck, J., Mildon, Z. K., … & Iqbal, M. (2025). Characteristics and modelling of slip-rate variability and temporal earthquake clustering across a distributed network of active normal faults constrained by in situ 36Cl cosmogenic dating of fault scarp exhumation, central Italy. Journal of Structural Geology, 105391.
• Sethanant, I., Nissen, E., Bergman, E., Oliva, S. J., Pousse-Beltran, L., Karasözen, E., & Pananont, P. (2025). Recent earthquakes on unmapped faults highlight hidden seismic hazards within the Golden Triangle region of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar. Geophysical Journal International, 241(1), 606-627.
• Tallini, M., Maceroni, D., Falcucci, E., Galadini, F., Gori, S., Guerriero, V., … & Saroli, M. (2025). Multi-methodological approach for assessing surface faulting and paleoliquefaction history in central Italy: applicative implications for seismic microzonation studies in the Quaternary L’Aquila basin. Frontiers in Earth Science, 13, 1523730.
• Tan, J., Kang, L. I., Kang, W., Li, Z., Liang, P., & Xu, X. (2025). Geometry and Late Quaternary Slip Rate of the Tuolai Shan-Hala Hu Segment of the Haiyuan Fault, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Natural Hazards Research.
• Sgambato, C., Roberts, G. P., Iezzi, F., Faure Walker, J. P., Beck, J., Mildon, Z. K., … & Shanks, R. P. (2025). Millennial slip‐rates variability of along‐strike active faults in the Italian Southern Apennines revealed by cosmogenic 36Cl dating of fault scarps. Tectonics, 44(3), e2024TC008529.
• Hu, X., Yi, Z., Chen, J., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Kinematics and deformation rates of the fault-fold system along the eastern section of the North Qilian Shan Fault. Science China Earth Sciences, 1-20.
• Szczygieł, J., Plan, L., Hellstrom, J., & Grasemann, B. (2025). Hidden faults: the Late Pleistocene transpression of the Königssee–Lammertal–Traunsee Fault inferred from caves deformation (Eastern Alps). Lithosphere 2024 (Special 15), lithosphere_2024_177.
• Komura, K., Yamada, A., Sakakura, N., Kimura, S., Ishida, S., Nohara, K., Takayama, T., & Yoshida, T. (2025). Coseismic Deep‐Seated Gravitational Slope Deformations Triggered by the 2024
   7.5 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. The Seismic Record 2025; 5 (1): 107–117.
• Capozzoli, A., Paoletti, V., Porfido, S., Michetti, A. M., & Nappi, R. (2025). The 1688 Sannio–Matese Earthquake: A Dataset of Environmental Effects Based on the ESI-07 Scale. Data, 10(3), 39.
• Upton, P., Tulloch, A. J., Crampton, J. S., Duvall, A. R., Eberhart-Phillips, D., Ellis, S. M., … & Harbert, S. A. (2025). Development of an intracontinental plate boundary transfer zone, Marlborough, Aotearoa New Zealand: A review and synthesis. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
• Mousavi, Z., Talebian, M., Amiri, M., Walker, R. T., Marshall, N., & Walpersdorf, A. (2025). Constancy of geologic and geodetic fault slip rates across the Arabia-Eurasia collision revealed through two decades of observation. Tectonics, 44, e2024TC008380.
• Lombardi, A. M., Cinti, F. R., & Pantosti, D. (2025). Paleoearthquakes modeling and effects of uncertainties on probability assessment of next fault ruptures: the case of Central Italy surface faulting earthquakes. Geophysical Journal International, ggaf105.
• Zheng, H., Li, Z., Huang, X., Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Huang, J., … & Shu, P. (2025). Magnitude and seismogenic fault determination of ground effects paleosismic-induced at Huoshan and Guzhen in Anhui province, China. Geodesy and Geodynamics.
• Ferrario, M. F., Livio, F., & Serva, L. (2025). Prediction of Coseismic Rupture Locations from Fault Maps. BSSA.
• Barberopoulou, A., Kouskouna, V., Ganas, A., Malaperdas, G., & Nielsen, M. (2025). Revisiting the Peloponnese Western Hellenic Arc earthquakes of August 30th, 1926 and July 1st, 1927. Journal of Seismology, 1-22.
• Suter, M., & Morelos-Rodríguez, L. (2025). Seismotectonics of North‐Central Mexico (Basin and Range Province) and the 3 April 1925 4.9 Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Earthquake. SRL.
• Amoroso, S., Fontana, D., Valvano, C., Wacha, L., Belić, N., Budić, M., … & Minarelli, L. (2025). The liquefaction evidences following the 2020 Petrinja earthquake (Pannonian basin, Croatia): A full database and insights for phenomena comprehension. Earthquake Spectra, 87552930251326561.
• Ren, G. X., Li, C. Y., Sun, K., et al. (2025). Late Quaternary tectonic deformation characteristics of the Hami Basin North Fault, Eastern Tian Shan. Chinese Journal of Geophysics (in Chinese), 68(4): 1-14.
• Liang, L., Zhang, J., Tian, H., Jiang, H., Zhong, N., & Fan, R. (2025). Soft-sediment deformation structures in the Wangshi Group of the southern Tan-Lu Fault zone, eastern China: implications for the Late Cretaceous tectonic activities and seismic events. Journal of Structural Geology, 105422.
• Humphrey, J., Nicol, A., Howell, A., Litchfield, N., Langridge, R., Van Dissen, R., Penney, C., & Fry, B. (2025). Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Large Earthquakes on Upper‐Plate and Subduction Thrust Faults Along the Southern Hikurangi Subduction Margin, Aotearoa‐New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

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