Historical seismology retrieves information about the effects of earthquakes that occurred in the past, mostly regarding the damage, but also on environmental effects. In this paper, we describe the methodology of our research on earthquake-induced h...
Dammed lakes are an important secondary hazard caused by earthquakes. They can induce further damage to nearby humans. Current hydrology calculation research on dammed lakes usually lacks spatial expressive ability and cannot accurately conduct impac...
Expanding knowledge about the origin and mixing of deep fluids and the water–rock–gas interactions in aquifer systems can represent an improvement in the comprehension of crustal deformation processes. An analysis of the deep and meteoric fluid contr...
The M6.3 earthquake that occurred in southern Lazio (Central Italy) in 1654 is the strongest seismic event to have occurred in the area. However, our knowledge about this earthquake is scarce and no study has been devoted to the individuation of its...
Co- and post-seismic earthquake-induced hydrogeological anomalies (EQHAs) in Greece are mainly associated with moderate to strong earthquakes (Mw = 6.0–7.0), particularly when seismic intensities reach IX or above. The highest frequencies are o...
Earthquakes cause deformation in previously stable groundwater environments, resulting in changes to the hydrogeological characteristics. The changes to hydrological processes following large-scale earthquakes have been investigated through many phys...
Carbonate aquifers are characterised by strong heterogeneities and their modelling is often a challenging aspect in hydrological studies. Understanding carbonate aquifers can be more complicated in the case of strong seismic events which have been wi...
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake destroyed large areas of vegetation in the Baisha River and Longxi River basins, in Dujiangyan County, China. There were several debris flow events in these mountainous river basins after 2008. Currently, these damaged ve...
Historical earthquake records are crucial for analyzing high-intensity earthquakes that occur over long periods. Since good instrumental data only date back to 1980, there are gaps in our knowledge, and qualitative assessments remain essential to exp...
Earthquake-induced fracturing and microcrack development in subsurface strata are widely recognized as important processes influencing seepage and the hydrological behaviour of surface water bodies, particularly in tectonically active mountainous ter...
Hydraulic properties of fault zones are important to understanding the pore pressure development and fault stability. In this work, we examined the relationship between water level changes caused by the 2008 Wenchuan Mw 7.9 earthquake and faults usin...
Seismic hazard reduction policies usually utilize earthquake catalogues and probability evaluations of occurrence. Further geophysical and geochemical parameters could contribute to hazard reduction policies as is currently the case in some countries...
The interaction between fluids and tectonic structures such as fault systems is a much-discussed issue. Many scientific works are aimed at understanding what the role of fault systems in the displacement of deep fluids is, by investigating the intera...
21 December 2023
This paper describes all the characteristics of the Guatemalan earthquake catalog and how it has evolved. Over 64,483 earthquakes are included in this paper distributed in some areas of El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras, and Belize, but mainly in Guatema...
Understanding the risk associated with anthropogenic earthquakes is essential in the development and management of engineering processes and hydraulic infrastructure that may alter pore pressures and stresses at depth. The possibility of earthquakes...
Groundwater level responses to solid tides in confined wells provide a means for investigating aquifer parameter variations and earthquake-related effects. Using hourly water-level observations from eight confined wells of the Beijing seismic monitor...
This study compares the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE)/GRACE Follow-On (GFO) errors with the coseismic gravity variations generated by earthquakes above Mw8.0s that occurred during April 2002~June 2017 and evaluates the influence of...
The August 1953 seismic sequence comprised the most destructive events in the recent history of Greece. The mainshock on 12 August, and its foreshocks on 9 and 11 August, devastated the southern Ionian Islands. The existing literature emphasized the...
Studies on earthquakes that occurred in the early instrumental period of seismology are of importance for the seismic hazard assessment and are still under investigation since new data are being increasingly revealed. We study the case of a moderate-...
The 4 February 1867 Cephalonia (Western Greece) earthquake is the largest in the Ionian Islands and one of the largest in the Eastern Mediterranean. However, it remained one of the least studied historical events. For reconstructing this earthquake,...
This study examines the hydrogeological response to the 12 September 2016 Gyeong-Ju earthquake (ML 5.8) in the southeastern region of the Korean Peninsula. Using 2D hydro-mechanical coupled bonded particle modeling, we simulated the dynamic fault rup...
Earthquakes can influence flood hazards by altering the flux, volumes, and distributions of surface and/or subsurface waters and causing physical changes to natural and engineered environments (e.g., elevation, topographic relief, permeability) that...
The 1884 Andalusia Earthquake, with an estimated magnitude between 6.2 and 6.7, is one of the most destructive events that shook the Iberian Peninsula, causing around 1200 casualties. According to paleoseismology studies and intensity maps, the earth...
The proven relationship between soil moisture and seismic ground response highlights the need for a tool to track the Earth’s surface soil moisture before and after seismic events. This paper introduces the application of Soil Moisture Active P...
On 25 April 2015, an M7.8 large earthquake happened in Nepal, and 4312 landslides were triggered during or after the earthquake. The 2015 earthquake happened years ago, but the risk of rainfall-induced landslides is still high. Rainfall-induced shall...
In comparison with conventional hydrological parameters such as water levels and temperatures, geochemical changes induced by earthquakes have become increasingly important. It should be noted that hydrogen (δ2H) and oxygen isotopes (δ18O...
The 1688 Sannio–Matese earthquake, with a macroseismically derived magnitude of Mw = 7 and an epicentral intensity of IMCS = XI, had a deep impact on Southern Italy, causing thousands of casualties, extensive damage and significant environmenta...
Earthquakes are among the most catastrophic natural disasters, primarily due to their immediate potential to cause loss of human life. However, their impact extends beyond the initial seismic event, particularly in karst systems, where groundwater re...
High-precision and high-resolution surface deformation provide crucial constraints for studying the kinematic characteristics and dynamic mechanisms of crustal movement. Considering the limitations of existing geodetic observations, we used Sentinel-...
Earthquakes are known to affect groundwater properties, yet the mechanisms causing chemical and physical aquifer changes are still unclear. The Apennines mountain belt in Italy presents a rich literature of case studies documenting hydrogeochemical r...
This research provides an extensive evaluation of liquefaction induced by earthquakes in the Ionian Islands, specifically Lefkada, Cephalonia, Ithaki, and Zakynthos, through the compilation of a liquefaction inventory and GIS-based liquefaction susce...
17 February 2021
In 2019, the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest expedition successfully retrieved the greatest diversity of scientific data ever from the mountain. The confluence of geologic, hydrologic, chemical and microbial hazards emergent as...
Geological hazard susceptibility assessment (GSCA) is a crucial tool widely utilized by scholars worldwide for predicting the likelihood of geological disasters. The traditional information quantity model in geological disaster susceptibility evaluat...
9 March 2022
Multitemporal geohazard susceptibility analysis can not only provide reliable results but can also help identify the differences in the mechanisms of different elements under different temporal and spatial backgrounds, so as to better accurately prev...
Landslide susceptibility assessment (LSA) is an essential tool for landslide hazard warning. The selection of earthquake-related factors is pivotal for seismic LSA. In this study, Newmark displacement (Dn) is employed as the earthquake-related factor...
Earthquake-triggered landslides pose significant hazards to lives and infrastructure. While existing seismic landslide models primarily focus on seismic and terrain variables, they often overlook the dynamic nature of hydrologic conditions, such as s...
The earthquake-induced water level responses in the fault zone may be distinctly different, even when the underground wells are very close. How to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze the differences and controlling factors of the groundwater res...
Radon has long been investigated as a potential earthquake precursor, yet its interpretation remains challenged by meteorological, hydrological, and instrumental variability that can generate apparent departures unrelated to tectonic processes. This...
High-precision time-varying terrestrial absolute gravity observations provide a powerful tool for investigating mass redistribution processes within the Earth’s interior and at its surface. The southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is a te...
Landslides are typically triggered by earthquakes or rainfall occasionally a rainfall event followed by an earthquake or vice versa. Yet, most of the works presented in the past decade have been largely focused at the single event-susceptibility mode...
The Sikkim–Bhutan seismic gap has witnessed a long earthquake quiescence since the 1714 M7.5~8.5 earthquake. The state of stress accumulation beneath the Sikkim–Bhutan Himalaya and its spatial correlation with seismicity remains unclear d...
Earthquake-induced accidents involving buried oil and gas pipelines in water-network regions are governed by coupled seismic, hydrological, geotechnical, and emergency-response factors, while complete accident records are scarce. To support scenario-...
Hydrological changes combined with earthquakes easily trigger secondary disasters, including geological hazards. The secondary hazard of precipitation is the main disaster type in the Longmenshan Area (China). The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake caused more...
Seismically triggered landslides are a major hazard and have caused severe secondary losses. This problem is especially important in the seismic prone Mailuu-Suu catchment in Kyrgyzstan, as it hosts disproportionately sensitive active or legacy urani...
On 30 October 2020, an Mw = 7.0 earthquake struck the eastern Aegean Sea. It triggered earthquake environmental effects (EEEs) on Samos Island detected by field surveys, relevant questionnaires, and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) an...
Gas hydrates were found in bottom sediments on the western slope of the Kuril Basin from the side of the Terpeniya Gulf (Okhotsk Sea) at 1020 m depths during expeditions in 2012 and 2013. However, on the eastern slope of the Tatar Strait, gas hydrate...
This study examines all 48 members of the Japanese Geoparks Network to explore how human societies live with the Active Earth in one of the world’s most tectonically active regions. Rather than treating geoparks as separate sites, the study ana...
Significant hydrogeochemical changes may occur prior- and post-earthquakes. The Xiaojiang fault zone (XJF), situated in a highly deformed area of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, is one of the active seismic areas. In this study, major...
Natural hazards and their negative impacts on assets are increasing because of a variety of causes, including climate change, population expansion, and urbanization. Moreover, several areas are susceptible to multiple hazards that interact spatially...
Landslides are usually triggered by strong earthquakes, heavy rainfalls, or intensive human activities in common wisdom. However, an unexpected landslide occurred in the Yabakei area, Nakatsu, Oita, Japan, at the pre-dawn hour 3:50 a.m. on 11 April 2...
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