Early morning earthquake in northern Louisiana (magnitude 4.9). This is the largest event in the region since 1950.
If you felt shaking from this event, USGS uses these data to map ground-shaking impacts. Follow the link on the “Felt Report” tile.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Recent results to simulate the 2024 New Jersey earthquake. We find that 3D simulations better reproduce observed ground motions, compared to 1D simulations or regional ground-motion models. We need more evaluation studies to test the accuracy and value of simulations for future hazard assessments.
"Private money cannot replace public funding of science"
Thank you @naomioreskes.bsky.social
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🧪 🌊 ⚒️ #scipol
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
The California Geological Survey Seismic Hazards Program is hiring for 2 key positions:
🔸Liquefaction Unit Supervisior
🔸Tsunami Unit Supervisor / Seismic Hazards Program Project Manager
The Tsunami Unit Supervisor / Seismic Hazards Program Project Manager will be responsible for project development, project and contract management, and scientific expertise for the Seismic Hazard Program and supervision of the Tsunami Unit.
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
The peer review system is breaking down. Here’s how we can fix it 👇
theconversation.com/the-peer-rev...
A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 for the Directorate for Geosciences. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.
Directorate for Geosciences
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A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
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This. But make it seismology and earthquake hazards.
People will come to regret BlueSky’s “let’s all follow rare bug professors!” fad.
It’s all fine until we start posting the botflies.
The National Labs are part of the foundation of U.S. science and innovation. They should be strengthened, not gutted.
Clearly, I didn’t either!
Hmmm. I turned “US Geological Survey scientists” into “US Geological Scientists” earlier. I’m blaming it on my pre-coffee (or second cup of coffee) state.
US Geological Scientists have installed new seismometers at the South Pole. These super-deep instruments are the quietest (and deepest) on Earth and piggyback on other scientific projects in Antarctica.
Take a listen here: www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
I like to call them “earthquake infestations”, most seismologists call them swarms. Regardless of the name, the hotbed of seismic activity in San Ramon, CA has an article in the NY Times and features USGS seismologist Annemarie Baltay:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
I'm once again recruiting interns to join our science communication team next summer. There aren't many opportunities like this out there, and we work really hard to make it a great experience.
Share this with anyone you know that might be interested! www.earthscope.org/education/st...
Please consider adding alt text to posts with images as folx who rely on screen readers for vision loss deserve equitable access to information, and you can update your settings on BlueSky so that you cannot post images without alt text, so you are prompted to add it if you might otherwise forget! 🙏🏾
Good to know they don’t just have it in for seismometers.
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Our friends at USGS landslide group have some preliminary results about landslides and rock/ice avalanche that occurred from the M7.0 Hubbard Glacier earthquake on Dec. 6. I remember some people asking about landslides caused by this earthquake. Here you go: www.usgs.gov/programs/lan.... 🪨⚒️🧪
I updated my spaghetti magnitude video. 🍝
What magnitude is your appetite? 😆
I love xkcd
Congrats! This is amazing. Great work.
Quoted supporting our counterparts and friends at the Alaska Earthquake Center. The cost of the U.S. tsunami warning and mitigation effort is really a pittance. None of it has ever been adequately funded in any administration, and now things are worse. ⚒️ www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun...
🚨JOB ALERT : ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGIST 🚨
Come and work with us in the Seismic Hazards Program at the California Geological Survey!
💰 $6,488 - $12,215 / month
📆 Application due: 11/17/2025
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Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
One of the pictures of posterboards saying "How is the USGS meaningful to you?" - absolutely covered in post its expressing support and praising their science
USGS missing from GSA 💔⚒️
From reddit: www.reddit.com/r/geology/co...
For seismic hazard modeling, we refer to these uncertainties as “between-model uncertainty.” We also incorporate additional uncertainty estimates when we want to capture the full uncertainty because of the recognition that alternative models are (typically) developed to model mean/median metrics.
We are choosing to let go of the scientific knowledge that benefits our country and our communities.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
