Richard Walker

2 August 1885 21:20 UT (2:20 of 3rd LT)
M6.9-7.6 earthquake destroyed Belodovskoe and Karabalta, west of Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), killing 54 people. Other Northern Tien Chan EQs in 1887, 1889 and 1911.
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Very happy to share this documentary that documents some of the work of our team and our collaborators in learning more about the earthquakes of Central Asia. @jrarrowsmith.bsky.social

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN

The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱

All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊

Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠

📷 Pomona

Watch the ground break and move during the magnitude 7.7 #Myanmar #earthquake. This footage shows the incredible power of the earthquake that devastated parts of Myanmar and #Thailand. My thoughts are with the people impacted by this event. 💔

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10 May 1997 7:58 UT
Mw7.3 Zirkuh earthquake along Abiz Fault, east of Qaen, South Khorasan, NE Iran, destroyed 10,000 houses, killing 1567 people in Iran and 5 in Afghanistan. The seismic sequence begun in 1968.
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1 May 1929 15:38 UT
Mw7.2 earthquake and aftershocks, in the Kopet Dag, at Iran-Turkmenistan border, destroyed villages and caused 3800 deaths, most in Iran. The Quchan 1871-95 EQs were in the same fault zone.
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chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

25 April 1966 23:23 UT (5:23 of 26th LT)
Mw5.2 earthquake destroyed Tashkent, Uzbekistan, killing 15 to 200 people and leaving 300,000 homeless - very shallow and near urban center.
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We are excited to be a part of a new multidisciplinary research initiative for sustainable natural resources. The Oxford EARTH programme aims to address the challenges in natural resources underpinning the net zero energy transition 🌎

YouTube video by Hannah Fry The Mediterranean Sea wasn't always a sea

A short introduction to the Miocene paleogeography of #Almeria and the #Alboran sea by Hannah Fry ‘Geology is cool man..’

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Our blog has been a bit quiet over these winter months, but I have added a new article describing our recent trip to Morocco, working with scientists from Mohammed V University in Rabat to understand more about earthquake sources around the Atlas mountains.

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The team is now fully assembled for the Atlas mountains fieldtrip! Looking forward to seeing some faults tomorrow

These deep water sources are likely to be increasingly important, but we know so little of their global distribution due to lack of data and study. Repurposed industrial data may hold the key!

Rising risks of sliding slopes in High Mountain Asia A new study has predicted an increase in landslide hazards in High Mountain Asia. The study authors linked higher emissions of greenhouse gases to the potential for higher risks from landslides.

A new study highlights the rising risks of sliding slopes in High Mountain Asia nsidc.org/news-analyse...

Supplementing the research paper, the researchers released a new dataset, the 'High Mountain Asia Daily 5km Landslide HazaAccrd Indicator'.

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Many thanks for the link @dpmanchee.bsky.social

Surface Rupturing Earthquakes of the Greater Caucasus Frontal Thrusts, Azerbaijan Two paleoseismic trenches near Goychay and Agsu, Azerbaijan provide evidence of at least three surface rupturing events Events occurred 334–118 BC, AD 1713–1895, and AD 1872–2003. The latter two ...

We wrote a recent paper on the potential source of this earthquake, based upon paleoseismic trenching - see agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Beautiful 3D view of the surface rupture from the last event in Southern Tibet

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16 December 1902 5:07 UT
M6.4 earthquake, near Andijan, Uzbekistan, near border with Kyrgyzstan, destroyed entire villages, killing 4722 people. Destructive aftershocks for two days.
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S2E4 The collision boundary Get it in 10 · Episode

The 'Get it in 10' podcast series is aimed at high school students, featuring scientists talking about their work.

I recorded one on continental collisions, which you can find here, thanks Harri for the invite! @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social @uk-comet.bsky.social

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My first post on here. A view of folded basin sediments viewed across the waters of the Toktogul reservoir, #Kyrgyzstan. I am going to start putting on news, field photos, updates relating to #earthquake research with a central Asia focus.