Tamarah King

🧪⚒️ Notice how newer updates about the Kamchatka quake say M8.8, though it was M8.7 earlier?
That doesn't mean something changed about the quake - it just means people were able to consider more data in the magnitude calculation.
This kind of revision happens a lot, especially for bigger quakes.

Scary example of why scientists advise people to "drop cover hold" rather than "run outside" during strong shaking.

Are you working on low-strain region (e.g. SCR) earthquakes / faults / hazard? Consider contributing to our special edition! More than happy to receive DMs with queries 🤗

(Have been away from social media for a while, hence the delay in reposting!)

The long-term tectonic motion that GPS sensors measure is usually extremely slow, but earthquakes can cause sudden shifts of the land. GPS data help reveal the peak ground displacement caused by the ongoing earthquake to more quickly and accurately estimate its magnitude.

Let's take a look at some field photos showing the normal fault ruptures (Taken by field survey team of the Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration).

from @tectonicsyang.bsky.social:

"Dr. An Li from our department reports on earthquake surface ruptures based on pre- and post-earthquake satellite images."

www.eq-igl.ac.cn/zhxw/info/20...

very late to this news, but awesome to see Sentinel 1C is launched and operating! More info on why this is a big deal in the video below from @uk-comet.bsky.social

now if only NASA would launch their NISAR mission....

A sign on a brick wall that reads: Earthquake Risk, Do not linger near the building.

Keeping it (seismically) real in New Zealand. ⚒️🧪

this is so interesting and great to see! Falling debris from old main-street buildings is certainly one of my greatest worries for any moderate-large EQ in Aus too

welcome! 🤗

Profile picture of Robbi Bishop-Taylor standing in front of a beach

Image of coastal change mapped from space

Really exciting to see such so many familiar #ScienceTwitter faces appearing here! 🎉

Reintroduction time: I'm a coastal Earth Observation scientist from Canberra, Australia - my work involves mapping coastal change from space using petabytes of open satellite data! 🛰️🌊🧑‍🔬

EARTH EARTHx Inspiring speakers share Earth-changing ideas.

Who likes earthquakes? 👋 Well, have I got a treat for you! @ucalgary.bsky.social Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment is hosting @drwendyrocks.bsky.social next Thurs Nov 21 for an EarthX talk. Register science.ucalgary.ca/earth/about/... It's free and will be broadcast to the world. 🧪⚒️

nice to (bsky)meet you Jackie! I do love talking about Meckering with people 😀 it's fascinating for so many reasons! I had a quick squiz at your scholar page and I imagine you're interested from a lunar perspective, which definitely increases the coolness factor 🌚

agree Rob! Really enjoyed that week and getting to know you better, just have to figure out how to cross that pond between us more often 😄

🤗 thanks Stéphane! And right back at you, it's been an absolute pleasure spending time and working with you over there years. It's lovely to know we're all here on Bluesky, looking forward to reinvigorated open sharing of earthquake science!

apologies Scott, I've got no idea and wouldn't know where to start to calculate that one! But I reckon there are tsunami scientists around bluesky who'd be better placed to answer

A 40 year old seismograph may have been abandoned in the field 25 years ago, so I went searching for it to add to our historical collection.

delightful 'day in the life' video Adam! Love to imagine what adventures that old instrument might have taken to go missing, I'm sure there's a children's book in that somewhere

Jay @earthjay.bsky.social is an exceptional scientist and one of the nicest people I know, who provides incredible global earthquake reports as a community service. Certainly one to follow!

These days my work includes supporting the Australian public, emergency managers, engineers, and other groups in understanding Aus earthquakes. I'm part of the team that deliver the National Seismic Hazard Assessment, my contributions focus on improved scientific knowledge of Australian faults

photo alt text has descriptions. Photos show the 2016 Petermann surface rupture in Central Australia (Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Luritja land), the 1968 Meckering surface rupture in Western Australia (Ballardong Nyoongar land), & paleoseismic trenching in the Snowy Mountains (Ngarigo land)

Tamarah sitting on some red rocks looking at the camera

Tamarah walking in the red Australian desert, along a surface rupture from the magnitude 6.1 2016 Petermann earthquake. The surface rupture is a 40cm high linear break in the ground surface where the fault pushed one side of the earth over the other side

black and white image from the 1968 magnitude 6.8 Meckering earthquake in Western Australia. The image shows deep cracks in the ground and a 1.5m high linear break in the ground surface where the fault ruptured

Tamarah wearing high vis and a hard hat stands in a deep trench and scrapes at the wall with a hand tool. This is a paleoseismic trench from the Snowy Mountains of Australia, and she is looking at evidence of earthquakes in the recent past (less than 10 thousand years ago)

Golly gosh, at 900+ followers I'll introduce myself!

I'm Dr Tamarah King, an Australian earthquake geologist at Geoscience Australia (prev. UniMelb & Oxford Uni). My research spans active faults, earthquakes, paleoseismology & tectonic geomorphology in Australia & similar tectonic locations

I'd like to get serious about Bluesky but I'm finding it hard to transition back to chronological timelines after the ease of a tailored 'for you' page. Any suggestions?

(can also only access Bluesky at home, seems to be blocked on my work network👎😤)

so many new followers and people on Bluesky! For any geosci / earthquake people, I recommend using @geohenning.bsky.social's post on geosci specialist lists to find out who's following you & who to follow:

bsky.app/profile/geoh...

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Hello!
@aotearoa-unzpd.bsky.social and @paleoquake.bsky.social said that this is the place to be, so here we are. Looking forward to discussing earthquakes & active tectonics!

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A pleasure to be interviewed for @seismosocam.bsky.social's 'At Work' column! Honoured to be included amongst the other brilliant scientists featured, repping my undying love for Australia's weird and wonderful earthquakes ❤️

Earthquakes around Australia, state by state! Let’s kick it off with New South Wales and the A.C.T.

This is the first in a planned series of short videos touching on a few notable earthquake-related facts about each state, starting with New South Wales and the A.C.T. youtu.be/pM2he30lx14?...

Such a great video series by @seislologist.bsky.social! Have a watch to learn something new about Aus EQs, including cute clips from my PhD on the remote Petermann earthquake

p.s. as a Katherinite and Territorian, I'm particularly proud of the NT's legacy of interesting earthquakes

the position is likely to include both national and international work, to support training international partners mostly across the Pacific. see the link above for more details on the position and how to apply (3/3)

the position is suited to a seismologist with observatory and real-time analyst experience, who enjoys teaching and communication to both technical and non-technical audiences (2/3)