New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Dec 2020)

This year was truly a roller coaster ride! A large part of the world is still battling Covid-19; meetings, conferences, and workshops are held online, and teaching has also changed a lot. December is usually crowded with deadlines and (virtual) AGU, but I hope you find some time to check out the latest papers on earthquakes, paleoseismology, and active tectonics. We have a great list of papers, this time with exciting news from Italy, New Zealand and the Dead Sea, a lot of historical seismicity studies, and many contributions on Asian tectonics. Stay safe & happy researching!

• Vičič, B., Aoudia, A., Borghi, A., Momeni, S., & Vuan, A. (2020). Seismicity rate changes and geodetic transients in Central Apennines. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL090668.
• Meschis, M., Scicchitano, G., Roberts, G. P., Robertson, J., Barreca, G., Monaco, C., … & Scardino, G. (2020). Regional deformation and offshore crustal local faulting as combined processes to explain uplift through time constrained by investigating differentially‐uplifted Late Quaternary palaeoshorelines: the foreland Hyblean Plateau, SE Sicily. Tectonics.
• Pousse‐Beltran, L., Socquet, A., Benedetti, L., Doin, M. P., Rizza, M., & D’Agostino, N. (2020). Localized afterslip at geometrical complexities revealed by InSAR after the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2019JB019065.
• Langridge, R. M., Villamor, P., Howarth, J. D., Ries, W. F., Clark, K. J., & Litchfield, N. J. (2020). Reconciling an Early Nineteenth‐Century Rupture of the Alpine Fault at a Section End, Toaroha River, Westland, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Nirta, G., Vittori, E., Blumetti, A. M., Di Manna, P., Benvenuti, M., Montanari, D., … & Piccardi, L. (2020). Geomorphic and paleoseismological evidence of capable faulting in the Northern Apennines (Italy): insights into active tectonics and seismic hazard of the Lunigiana basin. Geomorphology, 107486.
• Feng, X., Ma, J., Zhou, Y., England, P., Parsons, B., Rizza, M. A., & Walker, R. T. (2020). Geomorphology and Paleoseismology of the Weinan fault, Shaanxi, central China, and the source of the 1556 Huaxian earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2019JB017848.
• Lu, Y., Wetzler, N., Waldmann, N., Agnon, A., Biasi, G. P., & Marco, S. (2020). A 220,000-year-long continuous large earthquake record on a slow-slipping plate boundary. Science Advances 6, 48, eaba4170.
• Scott, C. P., DeLong, S. B., & Arrowsmith, J. R. (2020). Distribution of Aseismic Deformation Along the Central San Andreas and Calaveras Faults from Differencing Repeat Airborne Lidar. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL090628.
• Hürtgen, J., Reicherter, K., Spies, T., Geisler, C., & Schlittenhardt, J. (2020). The Paleoseismic Database of Germany and Adjacent Regions PalSeisDB v1. 0. Kaiser, D.(Ed.). Historical Earthquakes, Paleoseismology, Neotectonics, and Seismic Hazard: New Insights and Suggested Procedures, DGEB-Publikation, 18, 73-136.
• Leydecker, G., & Lehmann, K. (2020). The earthquake of September 3, 1770 near Alfhausen (Lower Saxony, Germany): a real, doubtful, or fake event?. Historical Earthquakes, Paleoseismology, Neotectonics, and Seismic Hazard: New Insights and Suggested Procedures, 35.
• Costa, P. J., Dawson, S., Ramalho, R., Engel, M., Dourado, F., Bosnic, I., & Andrade, C. (2020). A review on onshore tsunami deposits along the Atlantic coasts. Earth-Science Reviews, 103441.
• Jaimes, M. A., & García‐Soto, A.-D. (2020). Ground‐Motion Duration Prediction Model from Recorded Mexican Interplate and Intermediate‐Depth Intraslab Earthquakes. BSSA.
• Page, M. T. (2020). More Fault Connectivity Is Needed in Seismic Hazard Analysis. BSSA.
• Shah, S. T., Özacar, A. A., & Gülerce, Z. (2020). Fault-based probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of the eastern Makran subduction and the Chaman transform fault, Pakistan: Emphasis on the source characterization of megathrust. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 104604.
• Wang, S., Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Jiao, J., Ji, Z., & Han, M. (2020). Post-seismic deformation mechanism of the July 2015 MW 6.5 Pishan earthquake revealed by Sentinel-1A InSAR observation. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-12.
• Al-Tawalbeh, M., Jaradat, R., Al-Bashaireh, K., Al-Rawabdeh, A., Gharaibeh, A:, Khrisat, B., & Kázmér, M. (2020). Two Inferred Antique Earthquake Phases Recorded in the Roman Theater of Beit-Ras/Capitolias (Jordan). SRL.
• Basilici, M., Ascione, A., Megna, A., Santini, S., Tavani, S., Valente, E., & Mazzoli, S. (2020). Active deformation and relief evolution in the western Lurestan region of the Zagros mountain belt: new insights from tectonic geomorphology analysis and finite element modeling. Tectonics, e2020TC006402.
• Kassaras, I., Kapetanidis, V., Ganas, A., Tzanis, A., Kosma, C., Karakonstantis, A., Valkaniotis, S., Chailas, S., Kouskouna, V., & Papadimitriou, P. (2020). The New Seismotectonic Atlas of Greece (v1.0) and Its Implementation. Geosciences.
• Álvarez‐Martí‐Aguilar, M. (2020). The Historicity of the Earthquakes Occurring in the Iberian Peninsula before AD 881 Recorded in Spanish and Portuguese Seismic Catalogs. Seismological Research Letters.
• Albini, P. (2020). Nine Major Earthquakes in the United States of the Ionian Islands, 1815–1864. Seismological Research Letters.
• Butler, R. (2020). The 1871 Lāna ‘i Earthquake in the Hawaiian Islands. Seismological Research Letters.
• Lin, X., Hao, J., Wang, D., Chu, R., Zeng, X., Xie, J., … & Bai, Q. (2020). Coseismic Slip Distribution of the 24 January 2020 Mw 6.7 Doganyol Earthquake and in Relation to the Foreshock and Aftershock Activities. Seismological Research Letters.
• Mouslopoulou, V., Bocchini, G. M., Cesca, S., Saltogianni, V., Bedford, J. R., Petersen, G. M., … & Oncken, O. (2020). Earthquake-swarms, slow-slip and fault-interactions at the western-end of the Hellenic Subduction System precede the Mw 6.9 Zakynthos Earthquake, Greece. G³.
• Duman, T. Y., Elmacı, H., Özalp, S., Kürçer, A., Kara, M., Özdemir, E., … & Güldoğan, Ç. U. (2020). Paleoseismology of the western Sürgü–Misis fault system: East Anatolian Fault, Turkey. Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, 1-27.
• Griffin, J. D., Stirling, M. W., & Wang, T. (2020). Periodicity and Clustering in the Long‐term Earthquake Record. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL089272.
• Dutilleul, P., Johnson, C. W., & Bürgmann, R. (2020). Marked spatio-temporal point patterns, periodicity analysis and earthquakes: an analytical extension including hypocenter depth. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 1-20.
• Wang, T., Jiao, L., Tapponnier, P., Shi, X., & Wei, S. (2020). Space imaging geodesy reveals near circular, coseismic block rotation during the 2016 Mw7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL090206.
• Rimando, R.E., Rimando, J.M., Lim, R.B. (2020). Complex Shear Partitioning Involving the 6 February 2012 M_W 6.7 Negros Earthquake Ground Rupture in Central Philippines. Geosciences, 10, 460.
• Yuan, Z., Liu-Zeng, J., Li, X., Xu, J., Yao, W., Han, L., & Li, T. (2020). Detailed mapping of the surface rupture of the 12 February 2014 Yutian Ms 7.3 earthquake, Altyn Tagh fault, Xinjiang, China. Science China Earth Sciences, 1-21.
• Racano, S., Jara‐Muñoz, J., Cosentino, D., & Melnick, D. (2020). Variable Quaternary uplift along the southern margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau inferred from modeling marine terrace sequences. Tectonics, e2019TC005921.
• Rashidi, A., Dutykh, D., & Shomali, Z. H. (2020). Horizontal displacement effect in tsunami wave generation in the western Makran region. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 1-13.
• Pearce, R. K., Sánchez de la Muela, A., Moorkamp, M., Hammond, J. O. S., Mitchell, T. M., Cembrano, J., … & Marshall, N. R. (2020). Reactivation of fault systems by compartmentalized hydrothermal fluids in the Southern Andes revealed by magnetotelluric and seismic data. Tectonics, e2019TC005997.
• Koshnaw, R. I., Stockli, D. F., Horton, B. K., Teixell, A., Barber, D. E., & Kendall, J. J. (2020). Late Miocene deformation kinematics along the NW Zagros fold‐thrust belt, Kurdistan region of Iraq: Constraints from apatite (U‐Th)/He thermochronometry and balanced cross sections. Tectonics, e2019TC005865.
• Naik, S. P., Gwon, O., Porfido, S., Park, K., Jin, K., Kim, Y. S., & Kyung, J. B. (2020). Intensity Reassessment of the 2017 Pohang Earthquake Mw=5.4 (South Korea) Using ESI-07 Scale. Geosciences, 10(11), 471.
• Benjelloun, Y., de Sigoyer, J., Dessales, H., Baillet, L., Guéguen, P., & Sahin, M. (2020). Historical Earthquake Scenarios for the Middle Strand of the North Anatolian Fault Deduced from Archeo‐Damage Inventory and Building Deformation Modeling. Seismological Research Letters.
• Ulloa, S., & Lozos, J. C. (2020). Surface Displacement and Ground Motion from Dynamic Rupture Models of Thrust Faults with Variable Dip Angles and Burial Depths. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Masumi, Y., Cho, I., Kuo, C. H., Lin, C. M., Miyakoshi, K., Guo, Y., … & Kuo, K. C. (2020). Shallow Subsurface Structure in the Hualien Basin and Relevance to the Damage Pattern and Fault Rupture during the 2018 Hualien Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Park, S., Baek, I., & Hong, T. K. (2020). Six Major Historical Earthquakes in the Seoul Metropolitan Area during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Suárez, G., Ruiz‐Barón, D., Chico‐Hernández, C., & Zúñiga, F. R. (2020). Catalog of preinstrumental earthquakes in central Mexico: epicentral and magnitude estimations based on macroseismic data. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Korzhenkov, A. M., Usmanova, M. T., Anarbaev, A. A., Saidov, M., Nasriddinov, S., & Zakhidov, T. K. (2020). Seismic Deformations in the Archeological Monuments of Mugkala and Mugtepa (Fergana Depression, Uzbekistan). Seismic Instruments, 56(6), 701-720.
• Mokrushina, N. G., Vakarchuk, R. N., & Tatevossian, R. E. (2020). On Some Strong Earthquakes in Central Asia in the Second Half of the 19th Century. Seismic Instruments, 56(6), 662-678.
• Montero-Pohly, W., Obando-Acuña, L., Argüello-Sáenz, A., Martínez-Díaz, J. J., & Rojas-Quesada, W. (2020). Neotectonic and structural implications based on paleoseismology of the southern sector of the Cartago Transpression Zone, Costa Rica. Revista Geológica de América Central, 63.
• Sahoo, R., Singh, R. N., & Jain, V. (2020). Temporal profiling of uplift rate along an active fault using river long profile in the Kuchchh region, Western India. Quaternary International.
• Combey, A., Audin, L., Benavente, C., Bouysse-Cassagne, T., Marconato, L., & Rosell, L. (2020). Evidence of a large “prehistorical” earthquake during Inca times? New insights from an indigenous chronicle (Cusco, Peru). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34, 102659.
• Walker, J., Gaffney, V., Fitch, S., Muru, M., Fraser, A., Bates, M., & Bates, R. (2020). A great wave: The Storegga tsunami and the end of Doggerland? Antiquity,94(378), 1409-1425. doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.49

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