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

This month we have many case studies from all around the world, including classical paleoseismology, historical data, and tectonic geomorphology. But there are also studies more leaning towards the methodological side of our discipline, and who would have thought that an entire new type of fault systems was just discovered? Enjoy reading!

• Elliott, J., Fang, J., Lazecky, M., Maghsoudi, Y., Ou, Q., Payne, J., … & Wright, T. (2025). Deformation, strains and velocities for the Alpine Himalayan Belt from trans-continental Sentinel-1 InSAR & GNSS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115320.
• Stiros, S. C. (2026). The Making of a Historical Earthquake: The Spurious A.D. 320, Alexandria (Egypt), Destructive Event. SSA.
• Zhang, Y., & Jiao, L. (2026). Neotectonics of the northern West Qinling fault, central China: Implications for strike-slip transfer in Northeast Tibet. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
• Li, Y., Zhang, H., Zhao, X., & Liu, M. (2026). Effect of dip-slip on stream offsets along strike-slip faults. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 685, 120039.
• Chang, YC., Hsiung, KH., Kanamatsu, T. et al. (2026). A widespread meter-thick turbidite in the Southern Kuril trench records the 13th-century megathrust earthquake. Geosci. Lett. 13, 29 (2026).
• Shugar, D. H. et al. (2026). A 481-meter-high landslide-tsunami in a cruise ship–frequented Alaska fjord. Science, eaec3187.
• Sreejith, K. M., & Shastri, A. (2026). InSAR evidence for interseismic creeping along the Churachandpur-Mao Fault in the Indo-Burmese Arc: Implications for strain partitioning and seismic hazard. Tectonophysics, 231236.
• Świątek, S., Lewińska, K., Pisarska-Jamroży, M. & Günter, Ch. (2026). Mineralogical imprints of earthquake activity in sedimentary structures. Scientific Reports 16, 14307.
• Yan, X. B., Li, Z. H., Sun, X. Y., & You, W. Z. (2026). Using the distribution characteristics of landslides to revise the parameters of the 1626 Lingqiu earthquake. Frontiers in Earth Science, 14, 1786082.
• Hamidatou, M., Almandous, A., Alebri, K., Alameri, B., & Megahed, A. (2026). 80 years of research on tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Makran subduction zone (1945–2025): a review-part B: tsunamis in the MSZ. Frontiers in Earth Science, 14, 1798537.
• Ryoo, C. R., Cheon, Y., Choi, J. H., Lee, T. H., Kim, T., Choi, Y., … & Kim, C. M. (2026). Active fault in the southern part of the Yangsan Fault Zone around Samsu-ri, Yangsan, Korea: Samsu Fault. Economic and Environmental Geology, 59(2), 241-249.
• Liu, M., Wang, B., Guvercin, S. E., Li, Z., Wang, T., Liu, C., … & Barbot, S. (2026). Dynamic segmentation of the Sagaing fault. Science, 392(6798), 617-623.
• 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.
• Chang, E. W., Wang, Y., Kuo, Y. T., Weldon, R. J., Chen, Y. G., & Xu, X. (2026). Geomorphic evidence of late Quaternary fault activity of the Xainza Rift and the eastern segment of the Gyaring Co Fault, central Tibet. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 107126.
• Li, H., Yuan, D., Chen, L., Chen, Y., Su, Q., Yu, J., … & Yao, Y. (2026). Geologic and geomorphic characteristics of Late Quaternary reverse-thrusting segmented propagation along the Minle–Yongchang Fault within the Hexi Corridor, NW China. Geomorphology, 110365.
• Choi, C., & Choi, J. H. (2026). Mapping co-seismic surface deformation using high-resolution KOMPSAT-3/3A image correlation for the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, Türkiye. Scientific Reports.
• Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Huang, C. C., Shi, B., Wang, N., Zhu, Y., … & Chen, F. (2026). Holocene earthquake-triggered cascading hazards and their linkages in the Lajishan Fault Zone, NE Tibetan Plateau. npj Natural Hazards.
• Sisto, M., & Fidani, C. (2026). Previously Unknown Historical Evidence from Parish Registers of Irpinia Earthquakes (Southern Italy) During the Modern Age. GeoHazards.
• Santamaría-Pérez, E., Medina-Cascales, I., Martin-Rojas, I., & Alfaro, P. (2026). Active faulting in the Betic External Zones (SE, Spain): The Alcoy Fault Zone. Geologica Acta, 24, 1-I.
• Stewart, S. A., Nicholson, U., & Davies, R. J. (2026). Newly identified type of fault system: Circular antithetic extensional faults. Geology.
• Harrichhausen, N., Marconato, L., Audin, L., Lacan, P., Baize, S., Jomard, H., … & Ortiz Martin, I. D. (2026). Distributed right-lateral strain at the northern boundary of the Quito-Latacunga microblock. Solid Earth, 17, 763–787.
• Andrews, B. J., Mildon, Z. K., Jackson, C. A. L., Rodriguez Piceda, C., Iezzi, F., Roberts, G. P., & Faure Walker, J. P. (2026). Spatial and Temporal Variations in Slip Rate Over Millions of Years on an Extensional Fault System and Implications for Seismic Hazard. Tectonics, 45(5), e2025TC009239.
• Burrato P., Ferranti L., Iezzi F., Basili R., Tarabusi G., Vallone R. (2026). Probability map of distributed faulting in Italy, version 1.0 (PDF-Italy 1.0) [Dataset]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV).
• Lombardi, A. M., Cinti, F. R., & Pantosti, D. (2026). POPE: a software package for a reliable reconstruction of paleoseismicity. Earth Science Informatics, 19(7), 94.
• Hsiung, K. H., Kanamatsu, T., Yamamoto, Y., Nakanishi, R., & Chang, Y. C. (2026). Paleoseismology from deep-sea turbidites in the lower Kuril Slope, offshore east Hokkaido. Earth, Planets and Space.
• Özaksoy, V., Elmacı, H., Avcı, H. O., & Softa, M. (2026). Unraveling Holocene surface-faulting history of the Çay segment, Sultandağı Fault (SSW Türkiye): linking paleoseismic evidence to segment-scale seismic behavior. Natural Hazards, 122(11), 461.
• Gutscher, M. A., Dominguez, S., Babonneau, N., Gaillot, A., & Barreca, G. (2026). Fine‐scale structure and kinematics of an active submarine strike‐slip fault from micro‐bathymetric mapping and analog modeling: The North Alfeo Fault offshore Catania (Eastern Sicily). Tectonics, 45(5), e2025TC009047.
• Nkodia, D. V. M. H., Park, K., Naik, S. P., Peace, A. L., & Kim, Y. S. (2026). Assessing the contemporary stress field and seismogenic structures of the Korean peninsula using focal-mechanism inversion and slip-tendency analysis. Tectonophysics, 231261.
• Ngounoue, H. K. T., Owono, F. M., Kissaaka, J. B. I., Essam, R. B., Tcheumenak, J., Kwetche, P. G. F., … & Ntamak-Nida, M. J. (2026). What is the real status of the cameroon passive margin since the miocene? inferences obtained from geomorphological and tectonic analysis of the Campo Margin (South Cameroon Margin, West African Margin). CATENA, 271, 110178.
• Gastineau, R., Domenge, J., Sabatier, P., Beauval, C., & de Sigoyer, J. (2026). Review of paleoseismological records along the North Anatolian Fault (NW Türkiye), 1991–2025 CE. Earth-Science Reviews, 105546.
• Martin, H. E., Eccles, J. D., Muirhead, J. D., & Stirling, M. W. (2026). Low Hazard–High Risk: A Case Study of the Active Mangatangi Fault. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 69(2), e70060.
• Colombo, M., Ferrario, M. F., & Livio, F. A. (2026). One-at-a-Time Sensitivity Analysis for Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard. Applied Sciences, 16(11), 5331.
• Oporto Romero, F. E., Paredes, J. M. ., Giannone, F. A., & Olivera, M. J. (2026). Quaternary seismites of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Revista De La Asociación Geológica Argentina, 83(1), 58-77.
• Perucca, L., Palacios, S. B., & Oro, A. (2026). Evaluación de los efectos ambientales primarios y secundarios del sismo del 23 de noviembre de 1977 (Mw 7.4) en San Juan, Argentina, mediante la aplicación de la Escala Medio Ambiental de Intensidad Sísmica ESI-2007. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, 83(1), 1-15.
• Toké, N., Johnson, D., Bailey, C. M., Marchetti, D. W., Rittenour, T., Biek, R. F., … & Forster, C. (2026). Variable geologic slip rate and the most recent earthquakes along the Thousand Lake fault, eastern Basin and Range, Utah, USA. Geosphere.
• Goto, K., Goff, J., Ishizawa, T., Paris, R., & Jaffe, B. (2026). Post-tsunami geological field survey. Episodes 49(2): 173-200.

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