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

This time, our list contains a lot of studies on active tectonics the Americas and on tsunami deposits, but you will also find interesting studies on Asia and the Med. Enjoy reading, don’t forget to apply sun screen, and let us know if we’ve missed something cool. 

• 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.
• Gaidzik, K., Ramírez-Herrera, M.-T., Dominguez, L. A., Coca, O., Forman, S. L., Vargas-Espinosa, V., & Fernanda Arenas, L. (2025). Geomorphic and paleoseismic evidence for active faulting along La Venta Fault, Guerrero, Mexican subduction Forearc. Geomorphology, 485, 109869.
• Assumpção, M., Bianchi, M., Calhau, J., Rosa, D., Baksh, J., Assing, D., Basdeo, C., Zahradnik, J., Dias, F., Jolivet, R., & Calais, E. (2025). The 2021 Mw 5.6 Earthquake in the Guyana Shield, South America: An Intraplate Event with No Reason to Occur. The Seismic Record, 5(2), 228-238.
• Ntokos, D. (2025). Unveiling tectonic activity through lithological-erosional interplay with the tectonic processes index Tδ. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 106680.
• Hamimi et al. (Eds) (2025). Seismotectonics of the East Mediterranean-Red Sea region. Springer.
• Ramel, F., Ritz, J. F., Ferry, M., Malcles, O., Davaasambuu, B., Arzhannikova, A. V., … & Demberel, S. (2025). Inframillimetric slip rate and∼ 8kyr long recurrence intervals for Mw≥ 7.5 earthquakes along the southern section of the Har-Us-Nuur fault (Mongolian Altay). BSGF-Earth Sciences Bulletin, 196, 8.
• Carroll, A. L., Philibosian, B., Sillett, S. C., Antoine, M. E., & Kozaci, Ö. (2025). Dendroseismological investigation of redwood trees along the North Coast section of the San Andreas Fault. Quaternary Science Advances, 100283.
• Abarca Ancori, A. (2025). Geotechnics in the preservation of Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru. Built Heritage, 9(1), 1-27.
• Perroud, S., & De Pascale, G. P. (2025). Fast Liquiñe‐Ofqui Fault slip rates and rapid uplift above the subducted Chile Ridge. Tectonics, 44(5), e2024TC008265.
• Pandey, A., & Jayangondaperumal, R. (2025). Is the 1697 Sadiya Earthquake Large or Great?: A Critical Appraisal through on-Fault Paleoseismology. Journal Of The Geological Society Of India, 101(6), 804-808.
• Sečanj, M., Tomljenović, B., Herak, M., Dasović, I., Latečki, H., & Stipčević, J. (2025). Pliocene-Quaternary activity of the Dalmatian unit basal thrust – a potential seismogenic source in the Dubrovnik epicentral area (Croatia). Journal of Structural Geology, 105485.
• Peuzin, A., Saillard, M., Espurt, N., Braucher, R., Régnier, M., Duclaux, G., … & Calderon, Y. (2025). Late Pleistocene thrust tectonics in the north Peruvian forearc revealed by Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides surface exposure dating, field structural data and seismic profiles. Tectonophysics, 230798.
• Malagnini, L., Dreger, D. S., Parsons, T., Valensise, G., Michelini, A., & De Natale, G. (2025). Do Graviquakes Exist? Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Combey, A., & Mercerat, E. D. (2025). Continuous Seismic Monitoring of a Colonial Church in Cusco, Peru: Unveiling Remarkable Soil-Structure Interaction and Nonlinear Dynamics. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 1-19.
• Chen, C. H., & Shyu, J. B. H. (2025). Seismogenic Structures Offshore Taiwan and Their Earthquake Potential from the Taiwan Earthquake Model (TEM) Project. BSSA.
• Tatevossian, R. E., & Mokrushina, N. G. (2025). Earthquake on May 15/28, 1903, in Eastern Anatolia (Turkey) based on Information in Russian Empire Periodicals. Seismic Instruments, 1-12.
• Park, Y. J., Son, M., Gihm, Y. S., & Lim, H. S.. (2025). Applications of soft-sediment deformation structures in paleoseismology. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 61(2), 189-202.
• Thompson Jobe, J. A., & Reitman, N. G. (2025). Timescales of surface faulting preservation in low‐strain intraplate regions from landscape evolution modeling and the geomorphic and historical record. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(6), e2024JB029966.
• Nishenko, S., Greene, H. G., Bergkamp, B., & Hogan, P. J. (2025). High-resolution three-dimensional seismic imaging reveals structure and slip rate of the Hosgri fault zone offshore Point Sal, California, United States. Geosphere.
• Kherchouche, R., Rouchiche, Y., Roubeche, K., & Sebaï, A. (2025). Location and magnitude from seismic intensity data of historical earthquakes in north-eastern Algeria. Acta Geophysica, 1-19.
• Zhang, L., Meng, G., & She, Y. (2025). The Spatiotemporal properties of afterslip following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand from GPS observations: Its complementary and inherited patterns with coseismic slip. Geophysical Journal International, 242(2), ggae293.
• Huang, T., Li, Z., Dong, X., Wu, Z., Kou, L., & Wu, F. (2025). Holocene seismically induced soft-sediment deformation structures in the Qingshuihe Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Sedimentary Geology, 106902.
• Hoxey, A. K., Taylor, M. H., Murphy, M. A., Bemis, S., Chamlagain, D., Styron, R., … & Rittenour, T. M. (2025). Dextral slip along the Western Nepal Fault System accommodates significant orogen-parallel shear. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
• Srivastava, E., Gadhavi, M., Sharma, N., Kumar, P., Malik, J. N., &Sulli, A. (2025). Geomorphic imprints of long- and short-term deformation in the Kachchh Intraplate Region (Western India). Geomorphology, 109890.
• Carvajal, M., Gubler, A., Davies, G., Wang, K., Sun, T., & Catalán, P. A. (2025). Large size of two 19th-century Chile-Peru earthquakes inferred from trans-Pacific tsunami records. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL113849
• Buforn, E., Fernández‐Fraile, J., Cesca, S., Sanz de Galdeano, C., Martínez‐Solares, J. M., Udías, A., Mattesini, M., & Márquez‐Reviriego, D. (2025). The 1884 Andalusian Earthquake, Spain: Re‐evaluation of Seismic Intensities and Source Determination. SRL.
• Brunetto, E., Kröhling, D. M., Cello, P., Thalmeier, M. B., & Zalazar, M. C. (2025). Tectonic Shallow Lakes of the Northern Pampa Plain. Pampean Lakes, 151.
• Paris, R., Lavigne, F., Hatté, C., Betancort, J. F., Flandrois, J. P., Vinçon-Laugier, A., … & Lécuyer, C. (2025). 14C dating of tsunami deposits in arid environments: How challenging can it be? The example of La Graciosa, Canary Islands. Marine Geology, 107607.
• Smirnov, V. N., & Glushkova, O. Y. (2025). Active Faults, Seismicity, and Traces of Past Large Earthquakes in the Okhotsk-Kolyma Region. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 522, No. 3, pp. 1-10). Pleiades Publishing.
• Deev, E. V. (2025). The Gorny Altai Active Seismic Area: Traces of Modern and Past Earthquakes in Surface Features and Sediments (Overview). In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 522, No. 3, pp. 1-23). Pleiades Publishing.
• Bellanova, P., Feist, L., Mathes-Schmidt, M., Micallef, A., Mottershead, D.N., Reicherter, K., &Terry, J.P. (2025). Tsunami deposits preserved in coastal karst pockets on Malta (Central Mediterranean Sea). Sedimentology.
• Köhler, M., Lau, A., Nakata, K., Goto, K., Goff, J., Köhler, D., & Penisoni, M. (2025). Discovery of the world’s largest cliff-top boulder: Initial insights and numerical simulation of its transport on a 30–40 m high cliff on Tongatapu (Tonga). Marine Geology, 107567.
• Nakata, K., Watanabe, M., & Goto, K. (2025). Modelling emplacement of the world’s largest tsunami boulder. Natural Hazards.
• Valentini, A., Visini, F., Boncio, P., Scotti, O., & Baize, S. (2025). Twenty-five years of probabilistic fault displacement hazard assessment. Reviews of Geophysics, 63, e2024RG000875.

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