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

Today’s list of papers includes a large number of publications on the Tibetan Plateau, but earthquake aficionados will also find interesting studies on methodological aspects of earthquake geology and case studies from Europa, the Americas, and Aotearoa / New Zealand. Enjoy reading and let us know if we’ve missed something!

• Yamazaki, Y., Cheung, K. F., Lay, T., La Selle, S. M., Witter, R. C., & Jaffe, B. E. (2025). A 700-year rupture sequence of great eastern Aleutian earthquakes from tsunami modeling of stratigraphic records. Nature Communications, 16(1), 2638.
• Liu, J., Ren, Z., Nissen, E., Zhang, C., Li, Z., Zhang, Z., & Wu, D. (2025). Spatially Variable, Multi‐Mm/Yr Late Pleistocene‐Holocene Slip Rates Along the South Riyueshan Fault Highlight Limitations to Block‐Like Behavior in the NE Tibetan Plateau, China. Tectonics, 44(5), e2024TC008562.
• Hughes, K. E., Fitzsimons, S. J., & Howarth, J. D. (2024). Lacustrine mass movements in active tectonic settings: Lake tsunami sources in New Zealand’s South Island. Geomorphology, 464, 109359.
• Hu, Z., Li, A., Yuan, H., Zuo, Y., Yang, X., & Yang, H. (2025). The Tuoli fault: Late Pleistocene tectonics and slip rate of a left-lateral strike-slip fault in the Western Junggar Mountains, NW China. Tectonics, 44, e2025TC008820.
• Zhang, D., Wu, Z., Li, J., Wang, J., & Lu, Y. (2025). Revealing the detailed shallow geometry of the Litang fault on the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau using multi-frequency ground Penetrating radar (GPR) profiles and trenching. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 106658.
• Jui, T. J., Hossain, M. S., Kamal, A. S. M., Rahman, M. Z., Sahebi, M. T., & Hossain, A. (2025). Paleoliquefaction mapping for Bangladesh from the records of historical earthquakes. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84(6), 1-23.
• Puliti, I., Pizzi, A., Gori, S., Falcucci, E., Galadini, F., Moro, M., & Saroli, M. (2025). Paleoseismological evidence of multiple, large-magnitude earthquake surface ruptures on the active Mt. Morrone normal fault, central Apennines, Italy. Solid Earth, 16(4/5), 275-296.
• Elez, J., Silva, P. G., Pérez-López, R., Giner-Robles, J. L., Rodríguez-Pascua, M. A., & Sánchez-Sánchez, Y. (2025). Estimating the potential consequences of historical Spanish earthquakes today: PAGER risk scenarios for seismic emergency management in Spain. Natural Hazards, 1-33.
• Lucas, M. C., Ledeczi, A. M., Tobin, H. J., Carbotte, S. M., Watt, J. T., Han, S., … & Jiang, D. (2025). No evidence for an active margin-spanning megasplay fault at the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Seismica, 2(4).
• Rudmann, J., Wilk, J., & Kenkmann, T. (2025). Morphotectonics and tectonic evolution of the Northern Markgräflerland, southern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften.
• Chaneva, J., Kluger, M. O., Tehnuka, I., Moon, V. G., Lowe, D. J., & Orense, R. P. (2025). Using undrained cyclic triaxial tests to examine liquefaction resistance of historically liquefied pumiceous volcanic-ash soil materials and back-estimate prehistoric earthquakes. Engineering Geology, 108131.
• Chong, Z., Dewen, L., Jinzhao, L., Haoxuan, Z., Gaojian, M., & Zhenming, L. (2025). Late Quaternary Activity and Paleoseismicity of the Ritu Fault in the Western Bangong-Nujiang Suture Zone, Tibetan Plateau. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 522, No. 2, pp. 1-12). Pleiades Publishing.
• 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.
• Cucci, L., Castellano, C., & Tertulliani, A. (2025). A dataset of hydrological effects induced by historical and modern earthquakes in Southern Apennines (Italy). Scientific Data, 12(1), 1-11.
• 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.
• Rimando, R. E., & Knuepfer, P. L. (2025). Earthquake History and Rupture Extents from Morphology of Fault Scarps Along the Valley Fault System (Philippines). GeoHazards, 6(2), 23.
• Meghraoui, M., Cakir, Z., Kariche, J., Toussaint, R., Provost, F., Karabacak, V., … & Nemer, T. (2025). The 2023Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake rupture increases potential failure along the northern Dead Sea Fault. Tectonophysics, 230799.
• Halepoto, A. A., Agheem, M. H., Hakro, A. A., Ahmed, S., & Ahmedani, S. B. (2025). Lateral strike-slip deformation and possible transition of extensional faults to strike-slip faults in the foreland fold belt: a regional to outcrop tectonic synthesis of the Southern Kirthar Fold Belt, northwestern Indian Plate, Pakistan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 106678.
• Huang, W., Wang, Y., Zhang, B., Yu, D., Zidane, F. Z., & Pan, B. (2025). Seismotectonic analysis of the December 2023 MS6. 2 Jishishan earthquake: Insights from high-resolution DEM, aftershock relocation, and fault modeling. Geodesy and Geodynamics.
• Joshi, M., Thakur, V. C., Sundriyal, Y. P., Kotlia, B. S., Bhakuni, S. S., K Singh, A., … & Kothyari, G. C. (2025). Archaeo-seismological Evidences of a Shifted Capital in Chamba Region of NW Himalaya. Geoheritage, 17(2), 1-14.
• Cagnan, Z. (2025). Comparison of Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Assessment Results with Observed Permanent Ground Displacements in the Aftermath of the 6 February 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes. BSSA.
• Sun, X., Zheng, W., Zhang, D., Zhou, H., Bi, H., Feng, Z., & Liu, B. (2025). Identifying the Latest Displacement and Long-Term Strong Earthquake Activity of the Haiyuan Fault Using High-Precision UAV Data, NE Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing, 17(11), 1895.

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