Earthquake and Seismology Research

This area focuses on the mechanisms and consequences of earthquakes, including analysis of seismic catalogs and ground motion records. The aim is to better understand fault formation and predict seismic risks.

earthquakes
seismology
fault dynamics
ground motion
earthquake catalogs
risk assessment

12,607 papers

Parent topic: Climate Change and Earth Dynamics

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Top Papers

Minimum Magnitude Of Completeness In Earthquake Catalogs: Examples From Alaska, The Western United States, And Japan

2000 · 1,202 citations

Peak Horizontal Acceleration And Velocity From Strong-Motion Records Including Records From The 1979 Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake

1981 · 711 citations

Formation And Evolution Of Strike-Slip Faults, Rifts, And Basins During The India-Asia Collision: An Experimental Approach

1988 · 698 citations

Strike-Slip Faulting And Related Basin Formation In Zones Of Tectonic Escape: Turkey As A Case Study

1985 · 650 citations

Propagation Of Slow Slip Leading Up To The 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake

2012 · 602 citations

Evidence For Great Holocene Earthquakes Along The Outer Coast Of Washington State

1987 · 551 citations

A Geological And Geophysical Context For The Wenchuan Earthquake Of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic Of China

2008 · 542 citations

Faulting Associated With Historical And Recent Earthquakes In The Eastern Mediterranean Region

1998 · 467 citations

Deep Structure Of Japan Subduction Zone As Derived From Local, Regional, And Teleseismic Events

1994 · 463 citations

Tsunami Source Of The 2011 Off The Pacific Coast Of Tohoku Earthquake

2011 · 451 citations

Time And Space Distribution Of Coseismic Slip Of The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake As Inferred From Tsunami Waveform Data

2013 · 440 citations

Mass Wasting Triggered By The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Is Greater Than Orogenic Growth

2011 · 437 citations

Internal Structure And Permeability Of Major Strike-Slip Fault Zones: The Median Tectonic Line In Mie Prefecture, Southwest Japan

2003 · 430 citations

Slow Earthquakes Coincident With Episodic Tremors And Slow Slip Events

2007 · 419 citations

Predecessors Of The Giant 1960 Chile Earthquake

2005 · 419 citations

Plateau ‘Pop-Up’ In The Great 1897 Assam Earthquake

2001 · 407 citations

Faulting Associated With Large Earthquakes And The Average Rate Of Deformation In Central And Eastern Asia

1984 · 405 citations

Lower Edge Of Locked Main Himalayan Thrust Unzipped By The 2015 Gorkha Earthquake

2015 · 400 citations

A Reappraisal Of Earthquake Focal Mechanisms And Active Shortening In The Zagros Mountains Of Iran

2004 · 394 citations

Unusually Large Earthquakes Inferred From Tsunami Deposits Along The Kuril Trench

2003 · 391 citations