A reminder of the upcoming Environmental Hazards in Asia workshop - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 12-15th August. There will be discussion all the way from the underpinning science through to strategies for risk reduction. NERC COMET Earthquakes in Central Asia

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1 May 1929 15:38 UT
Mw7.2 #earthquake and aftershocks, in the Kopet Dag, 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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Bathymetry of the Persian Gulf.

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29 April 1991 9:13 UT
Mw7.0 #earthquake followed by a M6.1 9h later hit Racha (Northern Georgia) causing landslides and killing 114-270 people. Largest EQ ever registered in the Caucasus, felt also in Turkey.
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Today, a major rock avalanche occurred on the Kabul-Jalalabad Highway in Darūntah Eastern Afghanistan, causing at least 4 deaths and several injuries. The region has been experiencing heavy rain and flooding in these days. Due to its steep mountains, East-Northeastern ...

26 April 1721 7:00 UT
Mw7.7-7.8 #earthquake , at North Tabriz Fault, destroyed Tabriz (NW Iran), killing maybe 80,000 people. Other segment of the fault ruptured in 1042, 1780 and 1786.
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Delighted to receive a package of letters from the children at Western Primary School about their recent lessons on earthquakes and volcanoes! Looking forward to reading and sending a reply Oxford Earth Sciences NERC COMET

1st Environmental Hazards in Asia Conference, 12-15 August, 2024, plus field trip. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia environmentalhazardsasia.wordpress.com

1st Environmental Hazards in Asia Conference, 12-15 August, 2024, plus field trip. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia environmentalhazardsasia.wordpress.com

Quite possibly the #urbangeology find of the decade, a hominid mandible in what is very likely to be 600 ka Denizli Basin travertine. Article from John Hawks and find and photos by kidipadeli75 Reddit johnhawks.net/weblog/how-man…

New blog post! Julie Losen describes her new paper on the history of huge landsliding events in the Naryn river catchment, Kyrgyzstan Earthquakes in Central Asia NATO SPS Programme
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An opportune time to share this graphic, illustrating how earthquakes back east have a much wider reach than earthquakes of the same magnitude in California.

Earthquake-triggered landslides along the eastern coast of Taiwan.

In new research in the Greater Caucasus mountain range, researchers identified several past seismic events and learned more about the region’s potential for future large earthquakes.

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Paleoseismologists dug trenches along the Greater Caucasus mountains to learn more about past—and potential future—quakes.

Research by University of Oxford Ian Pierce @richardthomasw The Leverhulme Trust Earthquakes in Central Asia NERC COMET CEOS. Words by becca owen

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All earthquakes of Italy greater than M2.5, 1923 to 2023.

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A great piece of work by Ian Pierce that helps both to understand the source of these historic earthquake events in Azerbaijan, and also contributes to our understanding of earthquake hazards in the region The Leverhulme Trust Earthquakes in Central Asia NERC COMET CEOS

🔍 Publication of my first paper.

🌍 Geomorphology Journal - 'Repeated failures of the giant Beshkiol Landslide and their impact on the long-term Naryn Basin floodings'

CEREGE Aix-Marseille Université

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Tomorrow I'll be giving an Resilience Development Initiative and Institut Teknologi Bandung seminar on the role of earth observation and geospatial data for understanding geohazards and their impacts. Feel free to join online.

Mud volcano eruption in #Azerbaijan yesterday (9th March) reportedly near Məlikçobanlı.

This is almost certainly the Melikchobanly/Məlikçobanlı mud volcano, which has had major eruptions in 1926, 1967 and 1977.

Location: maps.app.goo.gl/m1iasL3Q259ZgW…

Video courtesy Uzeyir Mikayil