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All eyes are on the horrible consequences of the Myanmar Earthquake right now. Let’s hope that on the long term, this event helps us to be better prepared for large earthquakes elsewhere. Meanwhile, lots of interesting papers have been published, among them many that deal with seismic hazard and cascading effects and actually also one on Myanmar (Sethanant et al., 2025). Let us know in the comments of there’s something missing. 

This week’s list of papers has some interesting work on soft-sediment deformation and quite a number of studies from the Mediterranean region. But you’ll also find something interesting if you’re more into earthquakes in the Americas, South Korea and Central and Eastern Asia. Enjoy reading!

This is a guest post by Szymon Świątek

New research challenges the assumption that only strong earthquakes cause liquefaction. Scientists from Poland demonstrated that even low-magnitude shocks (~M3.5) can trigger sediment deformation in water-saturated fine-grained sediments. This finding expands our understanding of seismic activity and its effects on geological structures.

These are the latest papers, this time with a lot of studies from the Americas. Enjoy reading!

This is a guest post by Erin McEwan.

River systems are shaped by both gradual and sudden geological processes, and the influence of active tectonics on river behaviour is a fundamental concept in tectonic and fluvial geomorphology. Despite this, much is still unknown about how earthquake surface deformation can alter flood hazard. This is concerning as human populations are increasingly expanding onto floodplains in seismically active regions. A recent review by McEwan et al (2025) in Earth-Science Reviews addresses this knowledge gap by analysing data from 52 sites where fault deformation is known to have induced an immediate change in river behavior; otherwise referred to as a Coseismic River Response (CRR).

In this month’s paper list there are a lot of studies on the US, Greece, and New Zealand, plus interesting stuff from Russia and China and on tsunamis. But don’t miss the methodological papers, for example on underwater photogrammetry. Happy reading!

These are the latest papers, and this time they really have a huge spatial coverage. Enjoy reading and let us know if we’ve missed something!

These are the latest papers that deal with earthquakes, tsunami, archaeoseismology, and active tectonics. Quite a number of studies from the Americas this time. Enjoy reading and let me know in case I’ve missed something. Also: If you’d like to write a post about your research, a new paper, a good tectonics field trip or the like, please get in touch!

These are the latest papers, including classical paleoseismology and some conceptual/review works. Lots of studies on Türkiye, Greece, and China this time! Enjoy reading and let us know in case we’ve missed something interesting.

These are the latest papers that I came across last month. This time we have a number of studies on strong historical earthquakes and their geological (and archaeological) record, classical paleoseismology that sometimes worked, sometimes not, tectonic landscapes, and much more. Enjoy reading!