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Figure 1. A year of seismicity in the epicentral area of the 2016 M=6.0 Amatrice earthquake (star) in Italy color coded by time of occurrence. (a) Real-time catalog, available at http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/ and (b) machine-learning catalog1 are shown for event magnitudes above their respective magnitude of completeness1,2 Mc=2.2 and Mc=0.5 (from Beroza et al., 2021).
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The future of earthquake forecasting

Machine-learning illuminates earthquake activity with unprecedented detail, leading to improved earthquake forecasts.

Tsunami damage May 2011 - North Honshu Island
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10 years on: the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

In remembrance, Prof David Tappin discusses the importance of tsunami anniversaries

2007 Folkestone earthquake
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Developing new seismic hazard maps for the UK

Understanding and quantifying the hazard earthquakes pose to the built environment in the UK.

The town of Anchorage. Source; stock photo.
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Scientists track faults ready to trigger earthquakes
Earthquake damage on the Greek island of Kos in 2017. Rubble lies in a street that has fallen from a semi-ruined building.
Research
Earthquakes and seismology research

We are measuring, recording and analysing ground motions from earthquakes and other seismic events across the UK and overseas.

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New NERC funding for Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics
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Tsunami sediments study and satellite mapping | Japan fieldwork 2011

BGS scientists visited north-east Japan to study the area devastated by the tsunami caused by the Great Tohoku earthquake of 11 March 2011.

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