I didn't plan for this to be my first post here, but I'm excited to share our recent research on the 2020 Sparta, North Carolina earthquake. The unexpected earthquake turned out to be more complex than what we initially thought. www.nature.com/articles/s43...#earthquake#seismology 🧵

Combining machine learning and template matching, we improved the earthquake catalog by 5x. With the larger number of earthquakes, we were able to identify multiple fault segments. The M5.1 earthquake likely ruptured a reverse fault and a blind strike-slip fault, and initiated at their intersection