{"id":238533,"date":"2026-06-07T06:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/machine-learning-uncovers-1750-quakes-tracing-250-kilometer-edge-of-alaska-microplate"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:06:34","slug":"machine-learning-uncovers-1750-quakes-tracing-250-kilometer-edge-of-alaska-microplate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/machine-learning-uncovers-1750-quakes-tracing-250-kilometer-edge-of-alaska-microplate","title":{"rendered":"Machine learning uncovers 1,750 quakes tracing 250-kilometer edge of Alaska microplate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/machine-learning-uncovers-1750-quakes-tracing-250-kilometer-edge-of-alaska-microplate.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of small earthquakes, detected for the first time by a machine-learning process, reveal the distinct, razor-sharp edge of the Yakutat microplate as it subducts beneath the North American plate.<\/p>\n<p>The Yakutat oceanic plateau is caught in the middle of a tectonic traffic jam with the Pacific plate as it subducts beneath the North American plate. The position and structure of the plates in this congested zone play a significant role in the earthquake and volcanic landscape of south-central Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>The research published by Meghan Miller of Australian National University and her colleagues in <i>The Seismic Record<\/i> now shows the edge and extent of the Yakutat plate in astonishing detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of small earthquakes, detected for the first time by a machine-learning process, reveal the distinct, razor-sharp edge of the Yakutat microplate as it subducts beneath the North American plate. The Yakutat oceanic plateau is caught in the middle of a tectonic traffic jam with the Pacific plate as it subducts beneath the North American [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}