Geologic Hazards Science Center

Recent papers from Geologic Hazards Science Center

1. Using Tectonic Context to Help Constrain Rapid Earthquake Shaking EstimatesSeismological Research Letters · 2026
2. Tibetan Plateau-Scale Kinematics Revealed in a Single Event: The Mw 7.1 7 January 2025 Tingri EarthquakeSeismological Research Letters · 2026
3. Cessation of Nearby Low‐Frequency Earthquake Activity Following the December 2024 M w 7.0 Mendocino Earthquake: The Likely Role of Pore Pressure ReductionsGeophysical Research Letters · 2026
4. Re-Evaluation of Shaking, Dynamic Strain, and the Source of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, EarthquakeBulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 2026
5. An Examination of the Reasons for, and Variability of, the Differences Between Response Spectra and Pseudo Response SpectraEarthquake Spectra · 2026
6. Frictional weakening in the highly mobile 2025 Blatten rock and ice avalanche in SwitzerlandCommunications Earth & Environment · 2026
7. Regional Models for Postfire Debris‐Flow Likelihood and Rainfall Thresholds Across the Western United StatesEarth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2026
8. The Parguera Fault System: Possible Quaternary Reactivation of Bedrock Faults in Southwest Puerto RicoTectonics · 2026
9. Impacts of Transient Critical Zone Evolution on Landslide Susceptibility and Hazard Across the Utuado Batholith, Puerto RicoJournal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface · 2026
10. Numerical Modelling of Late Pleistocene to Holocene Earthquake‐Induced Progressive Rock Slope Damage in the Paraglacial Serpentine Valley, Prince William Sound, AlaskaEarth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2026
11. Suite of Regional Seismic Velocity Models for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains (CPVMv2.0): Incorporating Epistemic Uncertainty in Velocity ModelsEarthquake Spectra · 2026
12. Near‐Earth Solar Wind Speed of Fast Coronal Mass EjectionsJournal of Geophysical Research Space Physics · 2026
13. Role of Volcano‐Tectonic Interactions During Early‐Phase Magma‐Assisted Continental RiftingJournal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2026
14. The Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) acoustic and sedimentary archive of Wasatch Front earthquakesGeological Society of America Bulletin · 2026
15. Evaluating the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Shaking Hazard Forecasts and Their Implications on Seismic RiskEarthquake Spectra · 2026
16. A 481-meter-high landslide-tsunami in a cruise ship–frequented Alaska fjordScience · 2026
17. Asynchronous Landslide Seasonality Across the United StatesGeophysical Research Letters · 2026
18. Ground‐Motion Characterization for the 2025 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin IslandsEarthquake Spectra · 2026
19. Characterizing changes in postfire debris-flow hazard as burned areas recoverGeosphere · 2026
20. Rapid Seismic and Infrasound Assessment of Large Landslides: A Case Study From Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska)Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface · 2026