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This time we have two whole books in our list that will be surely of interest. One is about Himalayan Hazards, the other one is about the geomorphological impact of earthquakes. A rather large number of studies deals with faults, tsunamis, and earthquakes in Europe. Of course we also have plenty of papers covering other regions and methodological studies.
Enjoy reading!

It’s already September, time is flying – at least for me. This is the latest list of papers that deal with paleoseismology and active tectonics. If you published a study that would fit in here, please get in touch. And if you would like to write about your paleoseismology research or present ongoing project, please also don’t hesitate to drop me a mail. 

This time we have, among others, some nice papers on recent and not-so-recent seismites, very interesting methodological studies on paleoseismology and tectonic geomorphology, some cool coastal/offshore paleoseismology, and a few articles on earthquake geology from a hazard perspective. Enjoy reading!

Guest blog by Christopher B. DuRoss from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The Great Salt Lake is the largest low-relief, terminal basin in the western United States. In a collaborative effort led by earthquake geologists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geologic Hazards Science Center (Golden, Colorado) and marine geophysicists from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (Santa Cruz, California), we set out to explore whether this shallow, biogenic carbonate basin holds acoustic and sedimentary archives of past earthquake ruptures (DuRoss et al., 2026).

For some reason–and it may very well just be my personal bias–today’s list has a lot of studies on active tectonics of the Americas and Central Asia. But then the western US and the Andes plus Central Asia make up a good portion of the total seismic moment release apart from subduction quakes, so perhaps this is not unusual. At some point I’d like to make a world map showing seismic moment release vs. number and distribution of scientific studies…
Enjoy reading and please let me know if I’ve missed something.

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!

Maria Teresa Ramírez-Herrera is seeking to fill a postdoc position in her group at UNAM, Mexico. Application deadline is 1 June, 2026:

Here is the latest paper list with a nice variety of topics and also geographically quite divers I think. Enjoy reading, and let me know if I have missed a paper.

This month’s list has a couple of studies on the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes and the Mediterranean area. Also included are a few methodological studies that might be of interest to the paleoseismology community. Enjoy reading!

The Motagua Fault in Guatemala is part of the North American – Caribbean plate boundary. It ruptured in a M7.5 earthquake in 1976, killing 23,000 people and causing ca. 230 km of surface ruptures. Very little was known, however, about previous strong earthquakes on this fault. In a new study, we identify five surface-rupturing events in the last 1300 years, including the 1976 quake. We opened a paleoseismological trench and compared our results with archaeological information from nearby sites and historical earthquake data.