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

For some reason–and it may very well just be my personal bias–today’s list has a lot of studies on active tectonics of the Americas and Central Asia. But then the western US and the Andes plus Central Asia make up a good portion of the total seismic moment release apart from subduction quakes, so perhaps this is not unusual. At some point I’d like to make a world map showing seismic moment release vs. number and distribution of scientific studies…
Enjoy reading and please let me know if I’ve missed something.

• Canelo, H. N., Torossian Assadourian, A. D., Davila, F. M., Juárez, O. E., Gimenez, M., & Miguel, R. E. (2026). Structural Framework, Evidence of Neotectonic Activity and Drainage Reorganization in the Eastern Piedmont of Famatina-Sañogasta Ranges (latitudes 29° 15’—29° 35’S), Argentina. Tectonophysics.
• Koehler, R., Stirling, M., & Sion, B. (2026). Paleoseismology of the Buffalo Valley, Buena Vista, and southern Shoshone faults, central Basin and Range, Nevada, USA. Seismica, 5(1).
• Ercilla, G., Mora-Bajén, V., Tendero-Salmerón, V., & Galindo-Zaldívar, J. (2026). The role of landslides in cascading geohazards of the Western Mediterranean. Episodes Journal of International Geoscience, 49(2), 127-137.
• Kumar, H., Nayak, S., & Khangrah, N. (2026). Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction Features in the Quaternary Sediments of Zanskar River Valley, Leh-Ladakh Region, India. Journal Of The Geological Society Of India, 102(6), 760-770.
• Massa, L., Livio, F. A., & Ferrario, M. F. (2026). Toward an Automatic Pixel-Based Detection of Earthquake-Triggered Landslides in Arid Environments Using Optical Imagery. GeoHazards, 7(2), 66.
• Meschis, M., Mildon, Z. K., Roberts, G. P., Sgambato, C., Livio, F., Michetti, A. M., … & Caracausi, A. (2026). Empirical scaling relationships between fault length and throw‐rates modulated by fault interactions in extensional regimes. Tectonics, 45(5), e2025TC009001.
• Wu, C., Meng, Q., Li, H., Gao, Z., Yuan, S., Zhang, J., … & Dai, X. (2026). Tectonic implications of the late Quaternary shortening rate of the Alatau fault, northern Tian Shan. Tectonophysics, 231281.
• Fu, G., Li, W., Xu, Y., Cheng, J., Huang, S., & Sun, J. (2026). Late Quaternary tectonic activity characteristics of the western Qiulitage thrust fault, southwestern Tianshan, China. Natural Hazards, 122(11), 489.
• Abedi, F., Masoumi, Z., Shabanian, E., Salvi, S., & Pucci, S. (2026). Investigating Active Faulting in Slowly Deforming Regions Using High-Resolution Archival Photogrammetric Imagery and Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of the North Zanjan Fault (NW Iran). Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 102089.
• Bienveignant, D., Schwartz, S., Bernet, M., Rolland, Y., Léger, J., Vezinet, A., … & Nuriel, P. (2026). Long‐term deformation in the Alpine‐Provence foreland constrained by in situ calcite U‐Pb dating. Tectonics, 45(6), e2026TC009455.
• Burkhard, L. M., Smith‐Konter, B. R., Scharer, K. M., & Sandwell, D. T. (2026). Cajon pass and the southern San Andreas Fault system: Earthquake cycle stress accumulation and present‐day loading. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(6), e2025JB033213.
• He, P., Craig, T. J., Wen, Y., Wright, T. J., Elliott, J. R., & Fang, J. (2026). A multidecadal catalog of normal‐faulting earthquakes across the Tibetan Plateau derived from InSAR and body‐waveform modeling: Insights into the plateau’s extensional tectonics and dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(6), e2025JB031925.
• Rashidi, A., Shafieibafti, S., Nemati, M., & Derakhshani, R. (2026). Dataset of integrated seismic and geodetic strain rates in the Kopeh Dagh Belt (NE Iran): Earthquake focal mechanisms (1969–2024) and GNSS-derived deformation parameters. Data in Brief, 112936.
• Anthonissen, C. J., Leon, L. A., Wolfe, F. D., Don, J., Dolan, J. F., Shaw, J. H., … & Ivester, A. (2026). Structural evolution and slip rate variations through time of the Puente Hills blind‐thrust fault beneath Los Angeles: Implications for seismic hazard and folding kinematics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(6), e2025JB032405.
• Andrews, B. J., Mildon, Z. K., Diercks, M., Mitchell, S., Roberts, G., Piceda, C. R., & Robertson, J. (2026). Using fracture scarp intersection lineations as kinematic indicators on active normal fault scarps. Journal of Structural Geology, 105754.
• Dhali, M., Malik, J. N., Ansari, A., Gadhavi, M., Parrino, N., & Burrato, P. (2026). Holocene tectonic activity and slip distribution along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust in Kumaun, central Himalaya. Geomorphology, 110413.
• Whitehead, S. J., Yeager, K. M., McGlue, M. M., Thigpen, J. R., Schindler, K. J., & Woolery, E. W. (2026). Investigation of paleoseismic deposits in Jackson Lake, WY associated with the far afield 1959 Mw 7.2 Hebgen Lake earthquake (MT, USA). Sedimentary Geology, 107129.
• Leclerc, F., Billant, J., Seibert, C., Escartin, J., Feuillet, N., Hughes, A., … & Le Callonnec, L. (2026). Reconstructing the exhumation and paleo‐earthquake history of a submarine normal fault from preserved markers at the seafloor (Roseau Fault, Lesser Antilles, France). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 27(6), e2026GC012905.
• Tsai, C.-H., Kulikova, G., Krüger, F., & Walker, R. T. (2026). Source parameters of the 1906 Manas (Mw 7.7), 1944 Xinyuan (Mw 7.2) and 1812 Nilke earthquakes and seismotectonics of the Borohoro Shan, western China. Tectonics, 45, e2025TC009286.
• Gamboa-Canté, C., Rivas-Medina, A., & Benito, M. B. (2026). HybridModel: an improved tool for distributing fault-type and zone-type source contributions in seismic hazard assessment. Natural Hazards, 122(12), 500.
• van der Heiden, V., Schurr, B., Woollam, J., Dushi, E., Tilmann, F., & Rietbrock, A. (2026). Analysis of the 2019 Mw 6.4 Durrës, Albania, aftershock sequence: basement involved thrusting at the eastern Adriatic plate margin. Geophysical Journal International, 246(2), ggag155.
• DuRoss, C. B., Brothers, D. S., Thompson Jobe, J. A., Briggs, R. W., Singleton, D. M., Nicovich, S. R., Nelson, A. R., Kluesner, J., & Padgett, J. S. (2026). The Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) acoustic and sedimentary archive of Wasatch Front earthquakes. GSA Bulletin.
• Fischer, T. J.,  Hrubcová, P.,  Vlček, J.,  De Pascale, G. P.,  Thordarson, T.,  Geirsson, H., et al. (2026). Dynamic coupling between faulting, rifting and magmatism during 2021-2025 unrest on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2026GL122058.
• Nguyễn, T. T., Baroň, I., Melichar, R., Gao, J. C., Hartvich, F., Lin, C. H., … & Dong, J. J. (2026). Paleo-landslide analysis reveals underestimated seismic hazards in the outer Western Carpathians. Engineering Geology, 108565.
• Baize, S., Antoine, P., & Locht, J. L. (2026). Was the Pays de Bray fault an active structure during the Upper Pleistocene? The contribution of the “Beauvais La Justice” palaeolithic site (France). Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 358(G1), 369-389.
• Gündoğan, Ü., & Tığlı, Ü. Ç. (2026). Destruction and resilience at Panaztepe: archaeoseismological evidence for third-millennium BC earthquakes in Western Anatolia. Antiquity, 1-20.
• Kim, T., Lee, T. H., Choi, J. H., Choi, Y., Cheon, Y., Kim, N., … & Lee, H. (2026). Quantifying late Quaternary slip on the northern Yangsan Fault, Korea: implications for segment-scale variability in slip rate on a slowly deforming intraplate fault system. Tectonophysics, 231292.
• Gianni, C., Ballato, P., Schildgen, T., Gianni, G., Wittmann, H., Melnick, D., & Faccenna, C. (2026). Geomorphic imprint of an Early Pleistocene uplift phase of the Andean forearc and its underlying mechanisms. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 690, 120155.
• Liao, C., Liang, M., Wu, W., Chen, C., Zuo, H., He, F., … & Liu, S. (2026). The Abuduo Fault on the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Geometric Structure Interpretation and Slip Rate Estimation. Remote Sensing, 18(12), 1916.
• Liu, F., Pan, J., Li, H., Chevalier, M. L., Su, Q., Jiang, C., … & Liu, D. (2026). Normal faulting and extensional deformation in central Tibet: Evidence from the western boundary fault of the Yibug Caka graben. Tectonophysics, 231291.
• Wang, S., Zhang, S., & Wu, Z. (2026). Low slip rates determined from 10Be dating of offset last-glacial landforms along the Ganzi-Yushu fault, eastern Tibet. International Geology Review, 1-11.
• Yuan, Z., Hu, G., Li, T., Li, Z., Qin, J., Sui, Y., … & Yu, J. (2026). Insight into long-term seismic behavior from an 8500-year paleoseismic record on the Altyn Tagh fault, Northwest China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 690, 120197.

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