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Gareth Funning @gfun.earth · 25/06/2026

Composite plot of the two coseismic interferograms (Sentinel-1, from Copernicus) with the USGS epicenters of the two earthquakes and faults from GEM. The shoreline San Sebastián fault lines up with the fringes in the west and is probably the fault responsible.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

GFZ solutions are nearly identical for the two quakes. So I guess an issue with the first USGS mechanism.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

GFZ have them with almost identical focal mechanisms. I guess the second earthquake has messed up USGS mechanism for the first?

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Eos @eos.org · 22/05/2026

Does the Tibetan Plateau move like aged cheddar or like brie? It’s a bit of both, a new study says. 🧪 Comments from @ericjfielding.bsky.social and @timwrightleeds.bsky.social universityofleeds.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/wea...

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Weak Faults Play a Strong Role in the Tibetan Plateau’s Deformation - Eos

Ten years’ worth of data reveal that two theories about how the Tibetan Plateau deforms are both probably right.

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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Good to see this large scale Alpine Himalayan Belt velocity map and strain rate paper now reviewed and published. @timwrightleeds.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social Is there any intent to make the velocity / strain rate data accessible via a map ? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Deformation, strains and velocities for the Alpine Himalayan Belt from trans-continental Sentinel-1 InSAR & GNSS

Surface velocities and strain rates from satellite geodesy have become essential tools for understanding the distribution of tectonic deformation, fau…

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Thrilled that this paper is finally out. It's been a long time in the making! Thanks to all the team members who have helped make it possible.

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🚨 New map redraws our understanding of how continents deform 🚨 We are excited to share ground-breaking work led by COMET Co-Director @timwrightleeds.bsky.social, published in @science.org. Read more: comet.nerc.ac.uk/new-map-redraws-our-understanding-of-how-continents-deform/ #Tectonics #Research

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Watch this space. Paper now finally accepted after a long journey and data will all be available (much improved on version above as you will see in Jon’s talk below)

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Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Pre- and post-eruption visible imagery of #HayliGubbi from #Sentinel-2, showing tephra deposits and 2 new craters. The latter could be eruption vents and/or formed by post-eruptive subsidence. Looks like the pre-existing crater was enlarged by the eruption. @esa.int

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The Hayli Gubbi tephra has been sampled. These are photos from my sampling expedition on 24 Nov with the University of Semera from around 10 km north of Hayli Gubbi @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social

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Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Some nice commentary on the #HayliGubbi #eruption here from @julietbiggs.bsky.social and others. As discussed, it's unlikely that this is actually the first eruption of the volcano in 12,000 years. The Afar region is very active but also remote and understudied. bsky.app/profile/scia...

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Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Thanks Tim. @planet.com imagery from Nov 24 show some subsidence in the southern half of the Erta Ale caldera after the #HayliGubbi eruption (plus widespread ash deposits).

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julietbiggs.bsky.social @julietbiggs.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Activity at Hayli Gubbi began in July when there was an eruption at Erte Ale. Magma propagated 30 km south passing under Hayli Gubbi. Since then, there has been a small plume, quasi-continuous SO2 emissions and uplift. Details in @uk-comet.bsky.social event response report: tinyurl.com/y3nfdfj8

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Co-eruptive Sentinel-1 data should be acquired tomorrow evening so we'll likely have good InSAR on Wednesday

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We think there was a small eruption there in July/August (at least a small plume) and some ongoing activity there since (including continued uplift). I suspect all linked to recent activity along dyke from Erta Ale (See COMET reports on July/August activity at comet.nerc.ac.uk/event-respon...).

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Event Response Reports - COMET

4th September 2025: COMET Event Response Report 1.9 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia Purpose/Caveats: This event response report was produced to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts. It...

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Early days for this one, but doesn’t look like somewhere we’d associate with magma movement.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Yes - think so. The real power in the 2005 event (actually a sequence that continued to 2010) was magma moving into a volcanic dyke. The earthquakes were largely side effects.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Yes - that event was extraordinary. Hopefully this is not!

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Yes. Looks like a moderate event on the fault that bounds the Afar depression. Will check in with our colleagues at Addis Ababa University.

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Day 3 of @esa.int #LPS25 in Vienna is in full flow! At 11.30am we have two talks by @timwrightleeds.bsky.social and Camila Novoa Lizama from @envleeds.bsky.social. At 4.15pm Erin Mills @bgs.ac.uk is presenting and, after that session, there will be lots of COMET posters to see. More info below:

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The sun rises early over Leeds on the longest day of the year as we set off from the train station towards Vienna for ESA’s Living Planet Symposium #lps25 🌞🌞 The coming week, I (Stijn Vleugels, Uni of Leeds) will be taking over the COMET socials to give you a firsthand experience of the conference!

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Really impressive, rapid analysis of the Myanmar surface rupture video.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

compound with the gates? If so then fault is more or less north-south?

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I think this is it. The dark areas in the recent Sentinel-2 imagery are the solar panels.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Maybe quite a lot of foreshortening based on aerial photo?

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Seems to be in a step-over zone from the imagery. If photo is to SSW, then that would make the rupture more or less north-south though? None of the satellite/openstreet map etc have the solar farm mapped to get a robust orientation as far as I can tell.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Data posted with ~100m pixels but actual resolution a little trickier to quantify as the input data for the 3D inversion is largely Sentinel-1 pixel tracking, but also includes some burst overlap interferometry. @mrnergizci.bsky.social might comment on detailed pixel tracking parameters

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The geotifs are available via the comet news article linked above.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Comments in this video have it at 20°52'55.4"N 96°02'07.0"E www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub... . Image shows location on COMET N-S displacements from Sentinel-1. About 3 m of overall displacement, but higher-res offset data would be good to get details.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Incredible. Been waiting a long time to see a surface rupture video. The rupture is pretty simple (single strand) so I'd guess it was the primary fault comet.nerc.ac.uk/myanmar-eart... . But there looks like a small stepover near Thazi? Anyone managed to get a fix on the exact location yet?

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Dr. Paula Marques Figueiredo @paleoquake.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Apparently surface rupture during the Myanmar 2025. I'm very surprised by the weak shaking along the rupture. I'm not sure if this is the main rupture (I would say no - nonetheless, VERY COOL). Author unknown, location Thazi (to be confirmed)

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

On 28 March 25, a M7.7 earthquake & powerful aftershocks struck Myanmar, leading to widespread destruction & the devastating loss of thousands of lives. COMET scientists measured resulting surface deformation using @esa.int Sentinel-1 satellite data: comet.nerc.ac.uk/myanmar-eart...

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Myanmar Earthquakes, March 2028 - UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics

On 28th March 2025, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, affecting large areas of the country and causing widespread destruction. A powerful 6.4-magnitude aftershock followed 12 minutes later, a...

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Sorry - our systems were not optimised for earthquakes of this scale. We have made some along-track mosaics available at gws-access.jasmin.ac.uk/public/nceo_... (e.g. gws-access.jasmin.ac.uk/public/nceo_...)

Azimuth offset data for the Myanmar earthquake, showing the relative offset across the fault

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Happy National Women in Science & Engineering Day! Here are some of COMET's successes for #WISEDay25 #MoveTheDial #genderequality #womeninstem #womeninscience #womeninengineering #space #volcano #earthquake

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Samantha Haynes @haynes-sammy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Well, this place seems nice, looks a bit like the old place, and I now need to go and find all the good people again - waves hello in social media 👋

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thanks to the Bristol students for organising

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Excited to be at the @uk-comet.bsky.social annual student meeting in Bristol. Always a highlight of the year.

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Want to study #volcanoes, #earthquakes and/or tectonics for your #PhD? There are fully-funded opportunities across COMET, including at @envleeds.bsky.social @uniofexeter.bsky.social @uniofoxford.bsky.social More info: comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-studentships #studentship #satellites #earthsciences

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Last night satellite #Sentinel1C launched into space! It will join its sibling to restore the Sentinel-1 constellation, gathering more frequent, global, accurate data to monitor changes on the Earth's surface. It will aid COMET research into #volcanoes🌋and #earthquakes🌎 and support event response.

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Tim Wright @timwrightleeds.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Very proud to be married to the awesome now Dr @commahound.bsky.social who has today successfully defended her thesis, completed part time in just 5 years, covid and all, while mostly working full time, bringing up two (now) teenage boys, and coping with me. She’s incredible! 🎉🍾🎉👩‍🎓

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Velda Elliott @veldaelliott.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Congratulations @commahound.bsky.social ! Excellent thesis, great viva. 🍾 Really enjoyed reading and talking about your research.

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Marco Bagnardi @marcobagnardi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Liftoff!!! #Sentinel-1C

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