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

This time we have studies from all over the world, among them a surprisingly large number of papers on historical data. Enjoy reading and let us know in case we’ve missed something.

• García, B., Benavente, C., Rodriguez-Pascua, M. Á., Grützner, C., Gaidzik, K., Walker, R., Arriola, C., & Rosell, L. (2025). Prehistoric Evidence of Crustal Earthquakes and Debris Flow in Archaeological Site of Pikillaqta in Cusco: Archaeological Implications. Geoarchaeology 40, 1–14.
• Aránguiz‐Rago, T. F., Duvall, A. R., Tucker, G. E., & Campforts, B. (2025). Climate oscillation and fault slip rate control sediment aggradation and channel morphology along strike‐slip faults. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(21), e2025GL118146.
• Smith, C. A., Öhrling, C., & Åkerblom, H. (2025). Holocene paleoseismicity of the Mörtsjö fault system, Hälsingland, central Sweden. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 1-16.
• Gunawan, E., Widiyantoro, S., Hussain, E., Hanifa, N. R., Syafiudin, M. F., & Wibowo, S. T. (2025). GNSS Constraints on the Jakarta Fault, Indonesia: Resolving Slip Rate and Seismic Hazard Potential. Earthquake Research Advances, 100424.
• Bollinger, L., & Okal, E. (2025). A quantitative reassessment of the 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake and its seismotectonic implications. Tectonophysics, 230979.
• Ji, X., & Reicherter, K. (2025). Tectonic Deformation Analysis with ALOS-Based Digital Elevation Models in the Longshou Shan Mountains (NW China). GeoHazards, 6(4), 74.
• Malik, J. N., Dhali, M., Gadhavi, M. S., Kumar, P., Srivastava, E., Ansari, M. A., … & Kumar, P. (2025). Surface rupture signatures of historical earthquakes (16th and 19th centuries) from Kumaon-Garhwal, Central Himalaya: Implications for Seismic Hazard Assessment. Journal of Structural Geology, 105567.
• Dhali, M., Malik, J. N., Gadhavi, M. S., Sharma, N. K., Kumar, P., Srivastava, E., et al. (2025). Reconstructing paleoearthquake history and rupture patterns from the Kumaun region of Central Himalaya, India. Tectonics, 44, e2024TC008714.
• Gamboa-Canté, C., Benito, M. B., Flores, O., & Pérez-Arias, C. (2025). Comprehensive Methodology for Assessing Structural Response to Probable Seismic Motions: Application to Guatemala City. Geosciences, 15(11), 427.
• Marliyani, G. I., Klinger, Y., Hady, A. K., Setianto, A., Yao, W., Helmi, H., … & Karnawati, D. (2025). Active fault map and paleoseismology results from the Aceh Fault in North Sumatra, Indonesia: Unravelling faulting dynamics along the Great Sumatran Fault System. Tectonophysics, 230990.
• Sipp, G. S., Scherer, C. M. D. S., Rodrigues, A. G., De Souza, E. G., Michel, R. D. L., Manna, M. O., … & Jones, F. H. (2025). Soft-sediment deformation structures in eolian sandstones: Morphology, genesis, and stratigraphical relationships through time. Sedimentary Geology, 106996.
• McGrath, J. D., Elliott, J. R., Watson, A. R., Wright, T. J., Piazolo, S., & Hamling, I. J. (2025). Linking geodetically resolved uplift to long‐term orogenic exhumation in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030625.
• Praet, N., Van Daele, M., Wils, K., Haeussler, P. J., Witter, R. C., McKay, N. P., … & De Batist, M. (2025). Refining the earthquake history of south-central Alaska through lake records. Earth-Science Reviews, 105249.
• Curtiss, E. R., Bemis, S. P., Styron, R., Taylor, M. H., Murphy, M., Hoxey, A. K., … & Adhikari, B. R. (2025). Active faulting in the upper plate of the Himalayas: Paleoseismic insights from the Western Nepal fault system. Geosphere.
• Wei, Q., Liu, S., Yang, P., Hu, C., Li, W., Du, P., … & Xu, Y. (2025). Late Quaternary Segment Faulting Behavior of Yilan-Yitong Fault and Its Potential Seismic Hazards, NE China, by Using Multisource Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing, 17(21), 3523.
• Dost, B., Neefs, B., Van Noten, K., & Ruigrok, E. (2025). The damaging 1932 Uden Earthquake in The Netherlands–revision of cross-border macroseismic data and its impact on source parameters. Journal of Seismology, 1-21.
• Batlló, J., Irizarry, J., & Jara, J. A. (2025). Evolution of the macroseismic studies in Catalonia. Journal of Seismology, 1-13.
• Provost, L. (2025). CalIPE: an open-source package for intensity prediction equation calibration. Journal of Seismology, 1-20.
• Sira, C., Malerba, S., Schirr, L., Bertrand, V., & Schaming, M. (2025). MACROSISDATA: safeguarding and promoting the heritage of French macroseismic surveys carried out between 1921 and 1996. J Seismol 29, 1145–116.
• Chang, F., Fang, J., Dong, S., Yin, H., Rollins, C., Elliott, J. R., & Hooper, A. J. (2025). Geodetic Strain Rates, Slip Deficit Rates, and Seismic Potential in the Tianshan, Central Asia. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(22), e2025GL118470.
• Li, B., Ulrich, T., Gabriel, A. A., Suhendi, C., Klinger, Y., Jónsson, S., & Mai, P. M. (2025). Supershear Rupture of the 1995 Mw 7.2 Multi‐Segment Nuweiba Earthquake in the Gulf of Aqaba. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(22), e2025GL117448.
• Kilbourne, K. H., Weil‐Accardo, J., Feuillet, N., Deschamps, P., Xu, Y. Y., Shen, C. C., … & Atwater, B. F. (2025). Dating a Medieval Tsunami With Uranium‐Series Techniques on Caribbean Corals. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(19), e2024GL114448.
• Begg, J. G., Mouslopoulou, V., Heron, D., & Nicol, A. (2025). AFG-Active Faults Greece: a comprehensive geomorphology-based 1: 25,000 fault database. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1853.
• Piromthong, P., Hooper, A., & Elliott, J. R. (2025). North-South Shear Along the West-Lut Fault, Iran, Imaged From Burst Overlap InSAR. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(11), e2024JB029869.
• Struble, W. T., McCoy, S. W., Tucker, G. E., Hobley, D. E., Gregory, L. C., & Mason, H. B. (2025). Dip angles of mountain‐front facets encode long‐term slip rates along the Wasatch normal fault, USA. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(22), e2025GL117713.
• Lee, E., Choi, J. R., & Kim, S. S. (2025). Imaging Quaternary paleoseismic rupture zones using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) in the northern Yangsan Fault segments on the Korean Peninsula. Geosciences Journal, 1-12.
• Tape, C., Lomax, A., Bemis, S. P., Haeussler, P. J., & Ginnaty, J. (2025). The 1912 Ms 7.2 Earthquake in the Denali Region of Central Alaska. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Tarchini, G., Parolai, S., Spallarossa, D., & Sandron, D. (2025). Waveform cross-correlation analysis and magnitude estimation for the 1887 Ligurian earthquake determined from magnetogram recordings. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 41877.
• Chiama, K., Plesch, A., & Shaw, J. H. (2025). Along‐strike variability of surface deformation on thrust and reverse fault ruptures: Insights from 3D distinct element method models. Seismological Research Letters, 96(6), 3473-3489.

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