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Researchers employed 20 kilometers (pink) of a 51-kilometer undersea fiber-optic cable, normally used to communicate with an off-shore science node (MARS, Monterey Accelerated Research System), as a seismic array to study the fault zones under Monterey Bay.

Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network

Geology Page - November 28, 2019

Studying the snowmelt episodes of a Pyrenean river with a seismometer

Marine Denolle (right) and her team, including Jiuxun Yin (left) and Brad Lipovsky, created numerical models to predict an earthquake’s final magnitude 10 to 15 seconds faster than today’s best algorithms. Credit: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

Predicting the strength of earthquakes

$Aerial view of the hydraulic fracturing rig at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site. Credit: Matthew Hampson, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd$

Predicting seismic activity at fracking sites to prevent earthquakes

The output of the proposed methodology, which is a two-part optimization process that refines a common technique used to image salt bodies. The black area represents the salt region. Credit: Mahesh Kalita

Solving the salt problem for seismic imaging

Tibetan Plateau

Folding faults and seismic risk in the Kunlun range, Northwest Tibet

Geology Page - April 19, 2019

The seismological station Patache is located at an altitude of 830 meters less then two kilometers away from the coast. Credit: C. Sens-Schönfelder, GFZ

Sun, moon and sea as part of a ‘seismic probe’

Geology Page - April 7, 2019

The Washington coast is geologically complex.

Hundreds of bubble streams link biology, seismology off Washington’s coast

Geology Page - March 22, 2019

A snapshot of seismic data taken at a single station during the peak of an aftershock sequence

Q&A: Creating a “Virtual Seismologist”

Geology Page - January 6, 2019

Ocean

Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior

Geology Page - November 17, 2018

Rig "An oil platform"

Location of wastewater disposal drives induced seismicity at US oil sites

Geology Page - November 1, 2018

Seismogram

New approach offers high-resolution seismic monitoring of the shallow subsurface

Geology Page - October 3, 2018

Seismic analysis identifies 2017 North Korean nuclear explosion, collapse, earthquakes

Geology Page - September 27, 2018

Regional seismic data help to locate September 2017 North Korean nuclear...

Geology Page - September 27, 2018

The Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) collected reflection seismic data along more than 2000 km of trackline shown in yellow.

Seismic research cruise provides new data on US Atlantic margin gas...

Geology Page - September 22, 2018

Earth

Study uses seismic noise to track water levels in underground aquifers

Geology Page - August 23, 2018

Model of a plant with one or several boreholes.

Optimized positioning of geothermal boreholes reduces seismicity

Geology Page - April 24, 2018

seismic waves are essentially blind to a very common substance found throughout the Earth's interior: water.

Scientists find seismic imaging is blind to water

Geology Page - March 15, 2018

The movement of seismic waves through the material of the mantle allows scientists to image Earth's interior, just as a medical ultrasound allows technicians to look inside a blood vessel

Mysterious deep-Earth seismic signature explained

Geology Page - November 23, 2017

Tornado with dust and debris cloud forming at surface.

Scientists use seismic waves to measure tornado intensity

Geology Page - October 26, 2017

Drill ship Fugro Synergy

Drilling into the mysteries of seismic activity

Geology Page - October 21, 2017

Seismogram

Database eyes human role in earthquakes

Geology Page - October 21, 2017

2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake: Results from seismic reflection data

Geology Page - September 6, 2017

Researchers produce new map of seismic hazards in Brazil

Geology Page - August 22, 2017

Study details evidence for past large earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee...

Geology Page - June 27, 2017

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