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

This month we have a nice variety of topics and methods, including interesting tsunami studies and lake paleoseismology. Enjoy reading!

• Obrist-Farner, J., Maurer, J., Gibson, D., McEnaney, T., Eckert, A., Kenney, W. F., … & Reyes, F. (2025). Paleoseismic evidence of directivity for the 1976 Mw 7.5 Motagua earthquake, Guatemala. Geology.
• Johnson, B., Elliott, J. R., Yetirmishli, G., Javanshir, R., Kazimova, S., Kazimov, I., … & Walker, R. T. (2025). Fault creep in the fluid-rich Kura Basin, Azerbaijan, imaged with InSAR. Geophysical Journal International, ggaf320.
• Engel, M., Pupo, F. M., Ortega, Z. H., & Brill, D. (2025). Massive boulders shifted along the coast of Guantánamo, Cuba, during Hurricane Matthew (2016). ERDKUNDE.
• Bayramov, Z., Viltres, R., Doubre, C., Maggi, A., Jolivet, R., & Rivera, L. (2025). Very-long-range dynamic triggering of mud volcano unrest and silent magnitude-6 fault slip. Science 389,996-1002.
• Szczygieł, J., Audra, P., Larroque, C., Matonti, C., Hellstrom, J. and Vassallo, R. (2025). Unexpected latest Pleistocene W-dipping reverse fault-slip in the Maritimes Alps (SE France)—Insights from passage offset in Mescla Cave. J. Quaternary Sci.
• LaPlante, A. A., Regalla, C. A., Sethanant, I., Mahan, S. A., & Gray, H. J. (2025). Spatiotemporal Variations in Strain Release and Seismic Rupture in Multifault Systems: An Example from Panamint Valley, Southeastern California. Lithosphere, 2024(Special 15), lithosphere_2024_187.
• Elbanna, A., Abdelmeguid, M., Asimaki, D., Tainpakdipat, N., Lavrentadis, G., Rosakis, A., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2025). Supershear Earthquakes: Their Occurrence and Importance for Seismic Hazard, Early Warning, and Design Standards. Seismological Research Letters.
• Raimbault, B., Jolivet, R., Calais, E., Fukushima, Y., & Symithe, S. (2025). Weak and shallow secondary frictional faults revealed by large earthquakes in Haiti. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL114939.
• Hough, S. E., Dengler, L., McPherson, R., Hagos, L., & Hellweg, M. (2025). Did they feel it? legacy maroseismic data illuminates an engimatic 20th century earthquake. Earth and Space Science, 12(9), e2025EA004437.
• Li, Y., Li, Z., Zhou, B., Ma, J., & Han, M. (2025). Late Quaternary Fault Activity Along the Eastern Margin Fault of the Daxing Uplift, Southeast Beijing, China, and Implications for the Rupture Behavior of Intraplate Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters.
• Lenci, S., Keir, D., Molli, G., Pagli, C., Vannucchi, P., & Del Ventisette, C. (2025). Interaction between transverse and rift faults during the initiation of orogenic extension: The case of Sant’Anna Pelago (Northern Apennines, Italy). Tectonics, 44(9), e2025TC008859.
• Stendardi, F., Asti, R., Hu, H. M., Shen, C. C., Viola, G., & Vignaroli, G. (2025). Middle-Late Pleistocene transverse faulting in wedge-top units of the Northern Apennines (Italy): Implications for orogen-parallel extension during coeval foreland-ward migration of the compression and extension fronts. Journal of the Geological Society, jgs2025-032.
• Bykova, V. V., Aptekman, J. Y., & Tatevossian, R. E. (2025). Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis in Areas of Diffuse Seismicity. Seismic Instruments, 1-10.
• El Kadri, S., Beauval, C., Brax, M., & Klinger, Y. (2025). Implementation of an interconnected fault system in probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA): the Levant fault system. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 25(9), 3397-3419.
• Pisarska-Jamroży, M., Belzyt, S., Nartišs, M., Bitinas, A., Woronko, B., Rosentau, A., & Świątek, S. (2025). Palaeoliquefaction features in Baltic Ice Lake sediments: A case study from Western Latvia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 369, 109622.
• Mavroulis, S., Sarantopoulou, A., & Lekkas, E. (2025). Co-and Post-Seismic Hydrogeological Anomalies in Greece from Ancient Times to the Present: Spatiotemporal and Statistical Analysis Revealing Categories, Patterns, and Insights. Geosciences, 15(9), 367.
• Ma, J., Li, Z. F., Zhou, B. G., Wang, M. M., & Motagh, M. (2025). Spatial slip rate partitioning along the Xianshuihe Fault Zone, eastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Palaeogeography, 100297.
• Satake, K., & Murotani, S. (2025). Tsunami heights on the Korean east coast from submarine active faults along the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1-10.
• Hightower, E., & Gurnis, M. (2025). Influence of glacial isostatic adjustment on intraplate stress and seismicity in eastern North America in the presence of pre‐existing weak zones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26(10), e2025GC012290.
• Liu, X., Yuan, S., Zhang, L., Zang, K., Zhang, J., & Wu, C. (2025). Late Quaternary thrust faulting along the NW-trending Heya fault in southwestern Tian Shan, NW China. Quaternary Science Advances, 20, 100303.
• Guo, X., & Dai, Z. (2025). A Method for Estimating the Coefficient of Variation of Large Earthquake Recurrence Interval Based on Paleoseismic Sequences. Geosciences, 15(9), 347.
• Fernández, F. J., Pérez Valera, F., & Escuder-Viruete, J. (2025). Soft-sediment deformation structures in Holocene coastal gravel deposits reveal two 1.8–2.0 ka old Mw>7.0 earthquakes in southern-central Hispaniola. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 26793.
• Long, W., Li, Z., Wang, Y., Almeida, R., Camanni, G., Sun, C., … & Zhang, P. (2025). Role of active folding in rupture arrest of a great thrust earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(18), e2025GL117527.
• Yang, X., Shi, X., Ou, Q., Chen, H., Ge, J., Li, F., … & Huang, Y. (2025). The 1907 Karatag earthquake doublet in Central Asia: Constraints from historic seismograms and surface rupture analysis. Global and Planetary Change, 105090.
• Vidil, L., d’Acremont, E., Emmanuel, L., Caroir, F., Lafuerza, S., Leroy, S., … & Brouillet, J. F. (2025). Multi-proxy investigations into the active tectonics of the Bokkoya strike-slip fault, southern Alboran Sea. Tectonophysics, 230922.
• Rimando, R. E., Llamas, D. C. E., Marfito, B. J., & Garduque, R. J. (2025). Seasonal and Episodic Variation of Aseismic Creep Displacement Along the West Valley Fault, Philippines. GeoHazards, 6(3), 55.

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