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![Murrayfield Stadium located in Edinburgh, Scotland - © Thomas Feige / iStock.com](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Murrayfield_Stadium.jpg)
Quake it off: Taylor Swift concerts shake Edinburgh
Seismometers around Edinburgh were triggered by the rapturous Murrayfield crowds over the weekend.
![Margarita Segou. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/margarita-segou-gji.webp)
BGS seismologist named editor-in-chief of Geophysical Journal International
Margarita Segou has been appointed as the editor-in-chief of one of the world’s leading, peer-reviewed research journals in solid-Earth geophysics.
![A map of the southern Turkey/northern Syria area showing fault lines in blue and the epicentres of the two major earthquakes of 6 February 2023 as red circles and many aftershocks as yellow circles.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/STurkeyMap-1-960x641.jpg)
The Kahraman Maraş earthquake sequence, Turkey/Syria, 2023
Two large earthquakes occurred within hours of each other on 6 February 2023.
![Recent scientific advances in the understanding of induced seismicity from hydraulic fracturing of shales](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shale_report_web.jpg)
Scientific report published
BGS was requested by the UK Government to address six questions related to recent scientific research on the hazard and risk from induced seismicity during hydraulic fracturing of shale rocks.
![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).](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/seismicityInTheEpicentraArea.jpg)
The future of earthquake forecasting
Machine-learning illuminates earthquake activity with unprecedented detail, leading to improved earthquake forecasts.
![Sample map view of earthquakes recorded during hydraulic fracturing at the Preston New Road unconventional shale gas site. BGS © UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquakes-recorded-at-preston-new-road-sample-960x645.jpg)
Scientists test a new model to understand and forecast seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing operations
Encouraging new research could bring scientists a step closer to being able to forecast earthquakes induced by human activity.
![2007 Folkestone earthquake](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/seismic_hazard_thumbnail.jpg)
Developing new seismic hazard maps for the UK
Understanding and quantifying the hazard earthquakes pose to the built environment in the UK.
Seismic data featured in Natural History Museum project to highlight impact of COVID-19
BGS seismic data is featured in a Natural History Museum Public engagement initiative, showing changes in the movement of people, air and noise pollution, and wildlife sightings in the UK during lockdown.