Publications

Annotations: #graduate student, ^postdoc, $research assistant professor, *other advisee, equal contribution

40. $Zhang, Z., Liu, L., and Tan, Y.J., Citizen seismology enables low-cost monitoring of catastrophic mass movements, submitted.

39. #Liu, H., ^Liu, M., and Tan, Y.J., Large earthquakes along the Mendocino oceanic transform fault hardly have any foreshocks, submitted.

38. ^Zhu, J., Tan, Y.J., #Zhong, Y., Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., and Wilcock, W.S.D., Migrating tremors indicate the activation of satellite melt bodies days before the 2015 Axial Seamount eruption, submitted.

37. #Liu, H. and Tan, Y.J., Automatic cataloging of earthquakes in the Northeast Pacific ocean based on hydroacoustic T-phases recorded by cabled seafloor observatories, JGR under revision.

2026

36. #Song, Z., Bell, A.F., LaFemina, P.C., Butcher, S., Ruiz, M., Hernández, S., Gregg, P.M., and Tan, Y.J. (2026), Long-period microseismicity reveals cryptic earthquake-triggered fluid activity can facilitate caldera eruptions, Nature Communications, accepted.

2025

35. #Wang, P., Tan, Y.J., Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Wilcock, W.S.D., Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., Zhan, Y., and Li, W. (2025), Source mechanism of impulsive seafloor events that track submarine lava flows, Science Advances, 11, eadk3942. [PDF] [Review] Highlighted by: CUHK, Croucher, 文匯報

34. Xu, G., Tan, Y.J., and Chadwick, W.W. (2025), Temporal variation of crustal permeability in relation to the volcano deformation cycle at Axial Seamount, northeast Pacific, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030112. [PDF]

33. ^Liu, M. and Tan, Y.J. (2025), Evaluating the performance of machine-learning-based phase pickers when applied to ocean bottom seismic data: Blanco oceanic transform fault as a case study, Geophysical Journal International, 242(3), ggaf256. [PDF] [Review]

32. #Song, Z. and Tan, Y.J. (2025), Characteristics of deep long-period earthquakes at Alaska Volcanoes from 2005 to 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030444. [PDF] [Review]

31. #Ho, C.Y., ^Zhang, Z., and Tan, Y.J. (2025), Analysing dynamics of the 2000 Yigong landslide in the Tibetan plateau using seismic observations, Landslides, 22, 2701-2713. [PDF] [Review]

30. ^Liu, M., Tan, Y.J., Guo, H., Li, H., Lu, R., and Jiang, J. (2025), Fluids and fault structures underlying the complex foreshock sequence of the 2021 Mw 6.1 Yangbi earthquake, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 651, 119173. [PDF] [Review] Highlighted by: 嘻哈地质人

2024

29. ^Adimah, N.I., Tan, Y.J., and Russell, J.B. (2024), Shear-wave velocity structure of the Blanco oceanic transform fault zone, Geophysical Journal International, 239(2), 1287-1312. [PDF]

28. Wang, K., Waldhauser, F., Tolstoy, M., Schaff, D., Sawi, T., Wilcock, W.S.D., and Tan, Y.J. (2024), Volcanic precursor revealed by machine learning offers new eruption forecasting capability, Geophysical Research Letters, 51(19), e2024GL108631. [PDF]

27. #Barkat, A., Tan, Y.J., and Madson, A. (2024), Deciphering the interplay between reservoir loading and dynamic stresses at the Pertusillo Reservoir, Seismological Research Letters, 96(1), 461-472. [PDF]

26. Wang, K., Waldhauser, F., Schaff, D., Tolstoy, M., Wilcock, W.S.D., and Tan, Y.J. (2024), Real-time detection of volcanic unrest and eruption at Axial Seamount using machine learning, Seismological Research Letters, 95(5), 2651-2662. [PDF]

25. #Zhong, Y. and Tan, Y.J. (2024), Deep-learning-based phase picking for volcano-tectonic and long-period earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters, 51(12), e2024GL108438. [PDF][Review]

24. *Lee, M.K., Tan, Y.J., Russell, J.B., Tolstoy, M., and Waldhauser, F. (2024), Relative seismic velocity variations at Axial Seamount observed with ambient seismic noise capture transition point in volcanic inflation, Geophysical Research Letters, 51(10), e2024GL108883. [PDF][Review]

23. ^Zhang, Z., ^Liu, M., Tan, Y.J., Walter, F., He, S., Chmiel, M., and Su, J. (2024), Landslide hazard cascades can trigger earthquakes, Nature Communications, 15(1), 2878. [PDF][Review] Highlighted by: CUHK, 東網, 明報, 灼見名家

22. #Barkat, A., Tan, Y.J., Xu, G., Waldhauser, F., Tolstoy, M., and Wilcock, W.S.D. (2024), Permeability and seismicity rate changes at an inflating submarine volcano caused by dynamic stresses, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 632, 118625. [PDF][Review]

21. ^Liu, M., Tan, Y.J., Lei, X., Li, H., Zhang, Y., and Wang, W. (2024), Intersection between tectonic faults and magmatic systems promotes swarms with large-magnitude earthquakes around the Tengchong volcanic field, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, Geology, 52(4), 302-307. [PDF][Review]

20. ^Zhang, Z., Tan, Y.J., Walter, F., He, S., Chmiel, M., and Su, J. (2024), Seismic monitoring and geomorphic impacts of the catastrophic 2018 Baige landslide hazard cascades in the Tibetan plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(2), e2023JF007363. [PDF][Review]

2023

19. *Cheng, Z., Tan, Y.J., Zhang, F., Zhou, P., Lin, J., Tian, J., Zhang, X., and Zha, C. (2023), An efficient transfer-learning-based OBS seismic phase picker (OBSPD) trained on Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake dataset, Seismological Research Letters, 95(2A), 834–847. [PDF]

18. #Song, Z., Tan, Y.J., and Roman, D.C. (2023), Deep long-period earthquakes at Akutan Volcano from 2005-2017 better track magma influxes than volcano-tectonic earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101987. [PDF]

2022

17. Chiaraluce, L., Michele, M., Waldhauser, F., Tan, Y.J., Hermann, M., Spallarossa, D., Beroza, G.C., Cattaneo, M. et al. (2022), A comprehensive suite of earthquake catalogues for the 2016-2017 Central Italy seismic sequence, Scientific Data, 9, 710. [PDF]

16. ^Zhu, G., Yang, H., Tan, Y.J., Jin, M., Li, X., and Yang, W. (2022), The cascading foreshock sequence of the Ms 6.4 Yangbi earthquake in Yunnan, China, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 591, 117594. [PDF]

15. #Barkat, A., Javed, F., Tan, Y.J., Ali, A., Javed, M.T., Ahmad, N., Awais, M., Shah, M.A., and Iqbal, T. (2022), 2019 Mw 5.9 Mirpur, Pakistan earthquake: Insights from integrating geodetic, seismic, and field observations, Seismological Research Letters, 93(4), 2015-2026. [PDF]

2021

14. Zhou, P., Ellsworth, W.L., Yang, H., Tan, Y.J., Beroza, G.C., and Chu, R. (2021), Machine-learning-facilitated earthquake and anthropogenic source detections near the Weiyuan Shale Gas Blocks, Sichuan, China, Earth and Planetary Physics, 5(6), 501-519. [PDF]

13. Tan, Y.J., Waldhauser, F., Ellsworth, W.L., Zhang, M., Zhu, W., Michele, M., Chiaraluce, L., Beroza, G.C., and Segou, M. (2021), Machine-learning-based high-resolution earthquake catalog reveals how complex fault structures were activated during the 2016-2017 central Italy sequence, The Seismic Record, 1(1), 11-19. [PDF] Highlighted by: SSA Most Downloaded Paper in 2021, Seismological Society of America

2020

12. Tan, Y.J. and Marsan, D. (2020), Connecting a broad spectrum of transient slip on the San Andreas fault, Science Advances, 6, eabb2489. [PDF] Highlighted by: CUHK, 大公報

11. Waldhauser, F., Wilcock, W.S.D., Tolstoy, M., Baillard, C., Tan, Y.J., and Schaff, D.P. (2020), Precision seismic monitoring and analysis at Axial Seamount using a real-time double-difference system, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018796. [PDF]

10. Marsan, D. and Tan, Y.J. (2020), Maximum earthquake size and seismicity rate from an ETAS model with slip budget, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 110(2), 874-885. [PDF]

2019

9. Scholz, C.H., Tan, Y.J., and Albino, F. (2019), The mechanism of tidal triggering of earthquakes at mid-ocean ridges, Nature Communications, 10(1), 2526. [PDF] [Talk] Highlighted by: Columbia University, Bristol University, ScienceDaily, Earth.com, IFLScience

8. 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. (2019), Using machine learning to discern eruption in noisy environments: A case study using CO2-driven cold-water geyser in Chimayó, New Mexico, Seismological Research Letters, 90(2A), 591-603. [PDF]

7. Tan, Y.J., Waldhauser, F., Tolstoy, M., and Wilcock, W.S.D. (2019), Axial Seamount: Periodic tidal loading reveals stress dependence of the earthquake size distribution (b value), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 512, 39-45. [PDF][Corrigendum][Talk]

2018

6. Tolstoy, M., Wilcock, W.S.D., Tan, Y.J., and Waldhauser, F. (2018), A tale of two eruptions: How data from Axial Seamount led to a discovery on the East Pacific Rise, Oceanography, 31(1), 124-126. [PDF]

5. 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., Mann, M.E. (2018), The recent volcanic history of Axial Seamount: Geophysical insights into past eruption dynamics with an eye toward enhanced observations of future eruptions, Oceanography, 31(1), 114-123. [PDF]

4. Tan, Y.J., Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., and Bohnenstiehl, D.R. (2018), Tidal triggering of microearthquakes over an eruption cycle at 9°50’N East Pacific Rise, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 1825–1831. [PDF]

3. Tan, Y.J. and Maharjan, R. (2018), What googling trends tell us about public interest in earthquakes, Seismological Research Letters, 89(2A), 653–657. [PDF]

2016

2. Wilcock, W.S.D., Tolstoy, M., Walhauser, F., Garcia, C., Tan, Y.J., Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Caplan-Auerbach, J., Dziak, R.P., Arnulf, A.F., and Mann, M.E. (2016), Seismic constraints on caldera dynamics from the 2015 Axial Seamount eruption, Science, 354(6318), 1395-1399. [PDF] Highlighted by: National Geographic, NSF, Science, University of Washington

1. Tan, Y.J., Tolstoy, M., Waldhauser, F., and Wilcock, W.S.D. (2016), Dynamics of a seafloor spreading episode at the East Pacific Rise, Nature, 540, 261-265. [PDF] Highlighted by: Columbia University, Phys.org, ScienceDaily, EurekAlert!, Wikipedia