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Publications

Publications

38 peer-reviewed papers, plus 3 manuscripts currently in review. Where our peer-review correspondence is public, it is linked alongside the paper.

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In review

  1. Interaction between seismic and aseismic slips along the Mendocino oceanic transform fault offshore northern California

    ^Liu, M., #Liu, H., and Tan, Y.J.*

    Earth and Planetary Science Lettersunder review

    • Marine & submarine
    • Stress & triggering

  2. Automatic cataloging of earthquakes in the Northeast Pacific ocean based on hydroacoustic T-phases recorded by cabled seafloor observatories

    #Liu, H. and Tan, Y.J.*

    Journal of Geophysical Researchunder revision

    • Marine & submarine
    • Machine learning

  3. Citizen seismology enables low-cost early detection of catastrophic mass movements

    $Zhang, Z., Liu, L., and Tan, Y.J.*

    PNASunder review

    • Surface processes

2026

  1. Large earthquakes along the Mendocino oceanic transform fault hardly have any foreshocks

    #Liu, H., ^Liu, M.*, and Tan, Y.J.*

    Geophysical Research Letters, 53(9), e2026GL121743(2026)

    • Marine & submarine
    • Stress & triggering

  2. Migrating tremors indicate the activation of distributed melt bodies days before the 2015 Axial Seamount eruption

    ^Zhu, J., Tan, Y.J.*, #Zhong, Y., Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., and Wilcock, W.S.D.

    Geology, 54(6), 567–571(2026)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine
    • Low-frequency earthquakes

    Coverage: 地刊速览

  3. Long-period microseismicity reveals cryptic earthquake-triggered fluid activity can facilitate caldera eruptions

    #Song, Z., Bell, A.F.*, LaFemina, P.C., Butcher, S., Ruiz, M., Hernández, S., Gregg, P.M., and Tan, Y.J.*

    Nature Communications, 17, 2040(2026)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Low-frequency earthquakes

    Coverage: XInSAR

2025

  1. Source mechanism of impulsive seafloor events that track submarine lava flows

    #Wang, P., Tan, Y.J.*, Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Wilcock, W.S.D., Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., Zhan, Y., and Li, W.

    Science Advances, 11, eadk3942(2025)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

    Coverage: CUHK · Croucher · 文匯報

  2. Temporal variation of crustal permeability in relation to the volcano deformation cycle at Axial Seamount, northeast Pacific

    Xu, G., Tan, Y.J., and Chadwick, W.W.

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030112(2025)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

  3. Evaluating the performance of machine-learning-based phase pickers when applied to ocean bottom seismic data: Blanco oceanic transform fault as a case study

    ^Liu, M. and Tan, Y.J.*

    Geophysical Journal International, 242(3), ggaf256(2025)

    • Machine learning
    • Marine & submarine

  4. Characteristics of deep long-period earthquakes at Alaska Volcanoes from 2005 to 2017

    #Song, Z. and Tan, Y.J.*

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030444(2025)

    • Low-frequency earthquakes
    • Volcanic systems

  5. Analysing dynamics of the 2000 Yigong landslide in the Tibetan plateau using seismic observations

    #Ho, C.Y., $Zhang, Z.*, and Tan, Y.J.*

    Landslides, 22, 2701–2713(2025)

    • Surface processes

  6. Fluids and fault structures underlying the complex foreshock sequence of the 2021 Mw 6.1 Yangbi earthquake

    ^Liu, M., Tan, Y.J.*, Guo, H.*, Li, H., Lu, R., and Jiang, J.

    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 651, 119173(2025)

    • Stress & triggering
    • Machine learning

    Coverage: 嘻哈地质人

2024

  1. Shear-wave velocity structure of the Blanco oceanic transform fault zone

    ^Adimah, N.I., Tan, Y.J.*, and Russell, J.B.

    Geophysical Journal International, 239(2), 1287–1312(2024)

    • Marine & submarine

  2. Volcanic precursor revealed by machine learning offers new eruption forecasting capability

    Wang, K., Waldhauser, F., Tolstoy, M., Schaff, D., Sawi, T., Wilcock, W.S.D., and Tan, Y.J.

    Geophysical Research Letters, 51(19), e2024GL108631(2024)

    • Machine learning
    • Volcanic systems

  3. Deciphering the interplay between reservoir loading and dynamic stresses at the Pertusillo Reservoir

    #Barkat, A., Tan, Y.J., and Madson, A.

    Seismological Research Letters, 96(1), 461–472(2024)

    • Stress & triggering

  4. Real-time detection of volcanic unrest and eruption at Axial Seamount using machine learning

    Wang, K., Waldhauser, F., Schaff, D., Tolstoy, M., Wilcock, W.S.D., and Tan, Y.J.

    Seismological Research Letters, 95(5), 2651–2662(2024)

    • Machine learning
    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

  5. Deep-learning-based phase picking for volcano-tectonic and long-period earthquakes

    #Zhong, Y. and Tan, Y.J.*

    Geophysical Research Letters, 51(12), e2024GL108438(2024)

    • Machine learning
    • Volcanic systems
    • Low-frequency earthquakes

  6. Relative seismic velocity variations at Axial Seamount observed with ambient seismic noise capture transition point in volcanic inflation

    Lee, M.K.*, Tan, Y.J.*, Russell, J.B., Tolstoy, M., and Waldhauser, F.

    Geophysical Research Letters, 51(10), e2024GL108883(2024)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

  7. Landslide hazard cascades can trigger earthquakes

    ^Zhang, Z.*, ^Liu, M., Tan, Y.J.*, Walter, F., He, S., Chmiel, M., and Su, J.

    Nature Communications, 15(1), 2878(2024)

    • Surface processes
    • Stress & triggering

    Coverage: CUHK · 東網 · 明報 · 灼見名家

  8. Permeability and seismicity rate changes at an inflating submarine volcano caused by dynamic stresses

    #Barkat, A., Tan, Y.J.*, Xu, G., Waldhauser, F., Tolstoy, M., and Wilcock, W.S.D.

    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 632, 118625(2024)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Stress & triggering
    • Marine & submarine

  9. Intersection between tectonic faults and magmatic systems promotes swarms with large-magnitude earthquakes around the Tengchong volcanic field, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

    ^Liu, M., Tan, Y.J.*, Lei, X., Li, H., Zhang, Y., and Wang, W.

    Geology, 52(4), 302–307(2024)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Stress & triggering
    • Machine learning

  10. Seismic monitoring and geomorphic impacts of the catastrophic 2018 Baige landslide hazard cascades in the Tibetan plateau

    ^Zhang, Z., Tan, Y.J.*, Walter, F., He, S., Chmiel, M., and Su, J.

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(2), e2023JF007363(2024)

    • Surface processes

2023

  1. An efficient transfer-learning-based OBS seismic phase picker (OBSPD) trained on Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake dataset

    Cheng, Z., Tan, Y.J., Zhang, F., Zhou, P., Lin, J., Tian, J., Zhang, X., and Zha, C.

    Seismological Research Letters, 95(2A), 834–847(2023)

    • Machine learning
    • Marine & submarine

  2. Deep long-period earthquakes at Akutan Volcano from 2005–2017 better track magma influxes than volcano-tectonic earthquakes

    #Song, Z., Tan, Y.J.*, and Roman, D.C.

    Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101987(2023)

    • Low-frequency earthquakes
    • Volcanic systems

2022

  1. A comprehensive suite of earthquake catalogues for the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence

    Chiaraluce, L., Michele, M., Waldhauser, F., Tan, Y.J., Hermann, M., Spallarossa, D., Beroza, G.C., Cattaneo, M. et al.

    Scientific Data, 9, 710(2022)

    • Machine learning

  2. The cascading foreshock sequence of the Ms 6.4 Yangbi earthquake in Yunnan, China

    ^Zhu, G., Yang, H., Tan, Y.J., Jin, M., Li, X., and Yang, W.

    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 591, 117594(2022)

    • Stress & triggering
    • Machine learning

  3. 2019 Mw 5.9 Mirpur, Pakistan earthquake: Insights from integrating geodetic, seismic, and field observations

    #Barkat, A., Javed, F., Tan, Y.J.*, Ali, A., Javed, M.T., Ahmad, N., Awais, M., Shah, M.A., and Iqbal, T.

    Seismological Research Letters, 93(4), 2015–2026(2022)

    • Stress & triggering

2021

  1. Machine-learning-facilitated earthquake and anthropogenic source detections near the Weiyuan Shale Gas Blocks, Sichuan, China

    Zhou, P., Ellsworth, W.L., Yang, H., Tan, Y.J., Beroza, G.C., and Chu, R.

    Earth and Planetary Physics, 5(6), 501–519(2021)

    • Machine learning

  2. Machine-learning-based high-resolution earthquake catalog reveals how complex fault structures were activated during the 2016–2017 central Italy sequence

    Tan, Y.J.*, Waldhauser, F., Ellsworth, W.L., Zhang, M., Zhu, W., Michele, M., Chiaraluce, L., Beroza, G.C., and Segou, M.

    The Seismic Record, 1(1), 11–19(2021)

    • Machine learning
    • Stress & triggering

    Coverage: One of the SSA’s most-downloaded papers of 2021

2020

  1. Connecting a broad spectrum of transient slip on the San Andreas fault

    Tan, Y.J.* and Marsan, D.

    Science Advances, 6, eabb2489(2020)

    • Low-frequency earthquakes
    • Stress & triggering

    Coverage: CUHK

  2. Precision seismic monitoring and analysis at Axial Seamount using a real-time double-difference system

    Waldhauser, F., Wilcock, W.S.D., Tolstoy, M., Baillard, C., Tan, Y.J., and Schaff, D.P.

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018796(2020)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

  3. Maximum earthquake size and seismicity rate from an ETAS model with slip budget

    Marsan, D. and Tan, Y.J.

    Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 110(2), 874–885(2020)

    • Stress & triggering

2019

  1. The mechanism of tidal triggering of earthquakes at mid-ocean ridges

    Scholz, C.H.*, Tan, Y.J.*, and Albino, F.

    Nature Communications, 10(1), 2526(2019)

    • Stress & triggering
    • Marine & submarine

    Coverage: Columbia University · University of Bristol · ScienceDaily · Earth.com · IFLScience

  2. Using machine learning to discern eruption in noisy environments: A case study using CO₂-driven cold-water geyser in Chimayó, New Mexico

    Yuan, B., Tan, Y.J., Mudunuru, M.K., Marcillo, O.E., Delorey, A.A., Roberts, P.M., Webster, J.D., Gammans, C.N.L., Karra, S., Guthrie, G.D., and Johnson, P.A.

    Seismological Research Letters, 90(2A), 591–603(2019)

    • Machine learning
    • Volcanic systems

  3. Axial Seamount: Periodic tidal loading reveals stress dependence of the earthquake size distribution (b value)

    Tan, Y.J.*, Waldhauser, F., Tolstoy, M., and Wilcock, W.S.D.

    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 512, 39–45(2019)

    • Stress & triggering
    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

2018

  1. A tale of two eruptions: How data from Axial Seamount led to a discovery on the East Pacific Rise

    Tolstoy, M., Wilcock, W.S.D., Tan, Y.J., and Waldhauser, F.

    Oceanography, 31(1), 124–126(2018)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

  2. The recent volcanic history of Axial Seamount: Geophysical insights into past eruption dynamics with an eye toward enhanced observations of future eruptions

    Wilcock, W.S.D., Dziak, R.P., Tolstoy, M., Chadwick, W.W., Nooner, S.L., Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Caplan-Auerbach, J., Waldhauser, F., Arnulf, A., Baillard, C., Lau, T., Haxel, J.H., Tan, Y.J., Garcia, C., Levy, S., and Mann, M.E.

    Oceanography, 31(1), 114–123(2018)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

  3. Tidal triggering of microearthquakes over an eruption cycle at 9°50′N East Pacific Rise

    Tan, Y.J.*, Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., and Bohnenstiehl, D.R.

    Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 1825–1831(2018)

    • Stress & triggering
    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

  4. What googling trends tell us about public interest in earthquakes

    Tan, Y.J.* and Maharjan, R.

    Seismological Research Letters, 89(2A), 653–657(2018)

    • Stress & triggering

2016

  1. Seismic constraints on caldera dynamics from the 2015 Axial Seamount eruption

    Wilcock, W.S.D., Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., Garcia, C., Tan, Y.J., Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Caplan-Auerbach, J., Dziak, R.P., Arnulf, A.F., and Mann, M.E.

    Science, 354(6318), 1395–1399(2016)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

    Coverage: National Geographic · NSF · Science · University of Washington

  2. Dynamics of a seafloor spreading episode at the East Pacific Rise

    Tan, Y.J.*, Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., and Wilcock, W.S.D.

    Nature, 540, 261–265(2016)

    • Volcanic systems
    • Marine & submarine

    Coverage: Phys.org · ScienceDaily