Conor Rutland

Nice persistent scattering pixels though...

Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)

Earthquake Prediction Flowchart

xkcd.com/3165/

Has anyone tried to digitise this map and use it for a source model inversion?

M8.8 earthquake strikes offshore Kamchatka A dangerous subduction megathrust ruptures once again

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A M8.8 earthquake just ruptured the subduction zone offshore Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. This is one of the world’s truly huge earthquakes, and a triggered tsunami is currently traveling across the Pacific ocean.

This same fault ruptured on July 20th in a M7.4, and last August in a M7.1.

Join us at @ueaenv.bsky.social for #PGRiP25 to see the breadth of research currently being undertaken by #geophysics postgrads! 🪨🛰️🌋🌍

Please register here by 4th August: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...

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Swapped #earthquakes for #permafrost for my @ueaenv.bsky.social colloquium talk yesterday 🛰️🥶 (...it's thawing 🤒)

PGRiP The BGA Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting (PGRiP) is an annual gathering of geophysics PhD students. PGRiP is organised by students, for students. It offers PhD students an opportunity to n…

#PGRiP25 abstract deadline extended to 7th July! Find the form here: geophysics.org.uk/pgrip/ 🪨🌋🛰️🌍
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Mount Etna erupts The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured a dramatic image of Mount Etna erupting on 2 June 2025 when a massive plume of ash, gas and rock suddenly burst from Europe's largest active volcano.

📷 Mount #Etna’s latest eruption on 2 June was caught by
#Copernicus Sentinel-2. This image shows lava distribution from the eruption using an infrared overlay to highlight lava flowing. 🧪🌋

Abstract submission for #PGRiP25 is open!
(Please ignore the bluesky spam label... appeal in progress 😮‍💨)

@britgeophysics.bsky.social Postgraduate Research in Progress meeting is back for 2025!
#PGRiP25 will be hosted by @ueaenv.bsky.social on the 28th & 29th August at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
geophysics.org.uk/pgrip/

If you are able, give blood ☀️

(Endorsement from a guy who loves a mint Club... orange also acceptable)

Ignore the concrete driveway and focus on the brown hill in the background behind the arch and peeking over the sliding gate.

Bell-shaped graph comparing earthquake magnitude and frequency (left) to total energy release in TNT equivalents (right). Includes notable earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, impacts, and explosions. Shows that smaller earthquakes happen frequently, while large ones are rare but extremely energetic.

What do a magnitude 5 earthquake, a nuclear bomb test, and the Mount St. Helens eruption have in common? They all released about the same amount of energy.

We're excited to share that we've updated the classic "How Often Do Earthquakes Occur?" figure with new data and examples!

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Thanks for having me @egu.eu and thanks to all that came to my talk on interseismic strain from #insar - had a blast! #EGU25

EGU'ers head to session G3.5 tomorrow morning to see my talk on the temporal evolution of strain rate from InSAR 🛰️

09:48 in K2 - see you there! #EGU25

It’s nice to be at #EGU25 with people that take science seriously, but it’s also weird to be here when science is under assault in the US. I’m currently in a talk by a NASA climate scientist who wasn’t allowed to attend the meeting and the talk had to be given by a Norwegian colleague. 😩

CL4.18 - 14:15 on Thursday at #EGU25 to see @staitis.bsky.social do his thang @egu.eu

#JpGU からの折り紙レッスン　#EGU25

Grüß Gott EGU 🇦🇹

Shakemap by USGS for the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar on Mar 28, 2025. Shaking expected up to violet. There will be heavy damage.

The USGS already released a shakemap for the M7.7 #earthquake in Myanmar a few minutes ago. This will be devastating. ⚒️🧪

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Now the programme's out... Looking forward to presenting at #EGU25 in Vienna!

Beautiful (chilly) day in Bristol for the @uk-comet.bsky.social student meeting ☀️