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We investigated the interactions between seamounts and SSEs in Northern Chile by combining GNSS InSAR and seismic data. If you wanna dive a bit more in the effect of seamounts structure and petrology and their effect on slip mode, check this paper :). agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Iwasaki, Y., Schwartz, S. Y., Mochizuki, K., Crume, H., Bassett, D., Yamada, T., & Morad, D. (2025). Intraslab seismicity near subducted seamounts induced by the 2019 large slow slip event offshore the Northern Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand. doi.org/10.1029/2025JB…

Kano, Y., Kaneko, Y., & Shearer, P. M. (2025). Seismic source spectral properties of dynamic rupture with a self-similar, self-healing slip pulse: Origins of double-corner displacement spectra and implications for small earthquake rupture modes. doi.org/10.1029/2025JB…

Sato, D. S., Hori, T., & Fukahata, Y. (2025). Differentiating frictionally locked asperities from kinematically coupled zones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030357. doi.org/10.1029/2024JB…

Article: Interseismic secondary zone of subsidence during earthquake cycles in subduction zones nature.com/articles/s4156…

Shiraishi, K., Nakamura, Y., Arai, R. et al. Topography of the subducting basement throughout the entire Nankai Trough. Sci Rep 15, 25530 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

Yabe, S., & Ujiie, K. (2025). Tectonic tremor explained by successive ruptures of clustered quartz-filled shear veins. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL115447. doi.org/10.1029/2025GL…

Article: Ruptures on more structurally mature faults are more localized and therefore expected to host faster ruptures with less off-fault deformation nature.com/articles/s4156…

Rintaroh Suzuki et al. ,The forearc seismic belt: A fluid pathway constraining down-dip megathrust earthquake rupture.Science389,190-194(2025). doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

How do earthquakes happen >500km deep, where rock should flow, not break? Our new study doi.org/10.1029/2025AV… provides a dual mechanism explanation: metastable olivine transformation causes initial break, then the rupture melts rock and fuels a runaway to release massive energy

Shinzaburo Ozawa et al. ,Interplate slip before, during, and after the 2024 Mw 7 Hyuga-nada earthquake, southwest Japan.Science388,1401-1405(2025). doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Full paper on Geodesy Y. Nozue & Y. Fukahata (Published: 28 May 2025) Influence of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake on the strain-rate field around the Noto Peninsula doi.org/10.1186/s40623…

Full paper on Geodesy J. Mallick & M. Simons (Published: 19 May 2025) Limits on inferring an effective lithospheric rheology from geodetic observations of the earthquake cycle doi.org/10.1186/s40623…

Interested in what controls the maximum size and moment magnitude of injection-induced slow slip events? Check our new article with F. Passelègue and @BLecampion. Link with open access: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Münchmeyer, J., Molina-Ormazabal, D., Radiguet, M., et al. (2025). Seismic swarms unveil the mechanisms driving shallow slow slip dynamics in the Copiapó ridge, Northern Chile. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL113953. doi.org/10.1029/2024GL…

Wang, K., & He, J. (2025). Downdip variations in megathrust seismogenic behavior in the Japan Trench subduction zone affected by mantle wedge serpentinite. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL115446. doi.org/10.1029/2025GL…

At subduction zones, lithospheric material descends through the upper mantle to the mantle transition zone (MTZ), where it may continue to sink into the lower mantle or stagnate. Several factors may be important in influencing this flow, including chemical heterogeneity. However, tight constraints on these mantle flows and the exact factors that affect them have proved challenging. A team of researchers recently used P-to-S receiver functions to create an image of the subducting slab and the MTZ beneath the Lesser Antilles subduction zone. They discovered a singular, superdeep (>700 km) 660-km discontinuity over a 200-km-wide zone within the slab, accompanied by nearby double 660 discontinuity phases (normal and superdeep). Learn more here: geosociety.co/LAS #SubductionZone #Geoscience #Mantle #Geology

Dhar, S., Takada, Y., & Muto, J. (2025). Inferring 3-D rheology of low-viscosity zone around quaternary volcanoes of NE Japan from postseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB029939. doi.org/10.1029/2024JB…

Article: Weak asthenosphere beneath the Eurasian interior inferred from Aral Sea desiccation nature.com/articles/s4156…

Article: Seismic evidence for extensive ongoing thinning of cratonic lithosphere beneath North America @JunlinHua @txgeosciences @UTGeophysics nature.com/articles/s4156…