Toward improved urban earthquake monitoring through deep-learning-based noise suppression

L Yang, X Liu, W Zhu, L Zhao, GC Beroza - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Earthquake monitoring in urban settings is essential but challenging, due to the strong
anthropogenic noise inherent to urban seismic recordings. Here, we develop a deep …

Identifying different classes of seismic noise signals using unsupervised learning

CW Johnson, Y Ben‐Zion, H Meng… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Proper classification of nontectonic seismic signals is critical for detecting microearthquakes
and develo** an improved understanding of ongoing weak ground motions. We use …

Humming trains in seismology: An opportune source for probing the shallow crust

L Pinzon‐Rincon, F Lavoué… - Seismological …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Seismologists are eagerly seeking new and preferably low‐cost ways to map and track
changes in the complex structure of the top few kilometers of the crust. By understanding it …

Deep clustering to identify sources of urban seismic noise in Long Beach, California

D Snover, CW Johnson… - … Society of America, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ambient seismic noise consists of emergent and impulsive signals generated by natural and
anthropogenic sources. Develo** techniques to identify specific cultural noise signals will …

NoisePy: A new high‐performance python tool for ambient‐noise seismology

C Jiang, MA Denolle - Seismological Research Letters, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The fast‐growing interests in high spatial resolution of seismic imaging and high temporal
resolution of seismic monitoring pose great challenges for fast, efficient, and stable data …

Analysis of seismic signals generated by vehicle traffic with application to derivation of subsurface Q‐values

H Meng, Y Ben‐Zion… - Seismological …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Correct identification and modeling of anthropogenic sources of ground motion are of
considerable importance for many studies, including detection of small earthquakes and …

Random noise attenuation using an unsupervised deep neural network method based on local orthogonalization and ensemble learning

K Wang, T Hu, B Zhao, S Wang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Random noise suppression can greatly improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of seismic
signals. To suppress random seismic noise, we propose an unsupervised deep neural …

Seeking repeating anthropogenic seismic sources: Implications for seismic velocity monitoring at fault zones

Y Sheng, A Mordret, F Brenguier… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic velocities in rocks are highly sensitive to changes in permanent deformation and
fluid content. The temporal variation of seismic velocity during the preparation phase of …

Lateral variations across the southern San Andreas Fault zone revealed from analysis of traffic signals at a dense seismic array

H Zhang, H Meng, Y Ben‐Zion - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We image the shallow seismic structure across the Southern San Andreas Fault (SSAF)
using signals from freight trains and trucks recorded by a dense nodal array, with a linear …

Earthquake detection using a nodal array on the San Jacinto fault in California: Evidence for high foreshock rates preceding many events

PM Shearer, H Meng, W Fan - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We use a dense seismic array of 1,108 vertical‐component geophones within a 600‐m
footprint to detect thousands of small earthquakes near an active strand of the San Jacinto …