World Stress Map

The Official World Stress Map (WSM) Twitter Page. The WSM is the global compilation of information on the present-day stress field of the Earth's crust.

[Antonio Olaiz @olaiz_antonio]

Olaiz, A., Álvarez Gómez, J. A., de Vicente, G., Muñoz-Martín, A., Cantavella, J. V., Custódio, S., Vales, D., and Heidbach, O.: Onshore and offshore seismotectonics of Iberia: an updated review, Solid Earth, 16, 947–1024, https://t.co/W6yS3JKYca, 2025.

[Antonio Olaiz @olaiz_antonio]

This project includes the collaboration of @Repsol , @geologicasUCM , @IGeociencias, @unicomplutense , @IGN_Sismologia @IGNSpain , @FaculdadeD16872, @ipma_pt, @GFZ_Potsdam, @wsmproject

https://t.co/cX7mHxqrrh

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can't escape the forces they create. @DeeNinis @MonashUni @UQ_News https://t.co/6Oesh7TgIl

[Mojtaba Rajabi @RajabiMojtaba]

Why does tectonically ‘stable’ Australia get earthquakes? Our new The Conversation piece explains why👇

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

Passionate about geomechanics?
There’s still time to submit your abstract in our #EGU2025 session: “The Present-Day Stress State – Starting Point for Research and Subsurface Engineering”.
Share your work on this global stage!
Deadline: 15 January: https://t.co/MDz1LXdQq2

[Mojtaba Rajabi @RajabiMojtaba]

3/3
And the third one led by my colleague @simonholford and reviews some key geomechanical issues and knowledge gaps that need to be understood to enable successful reservoir and seal management for CCS projects.
https://t.co/X2buaGVjRh

[Mojtaba Rajabi @RajabiMojtaba]

2/3
The second paper led by my PhD student Rasoul Ranjbarkarami which investigate the impact of volcanic intrusions on the variation of vertical stress in the McArthur and Beetaloo basins, Australia.
https://t.co/6EONenkVZ9

[Mojtaba Rajabi @RajabiMojtaba]

1/3
Pleased to share three papers just published in the @au_energy_prod journal along with the Australian Energy Producers Conference & Exhibition.
The first one aims to calibrate a 3D geomechanical model in the absence of stress magnitude data.
https://t.co/XjNA9FAl2u

[Mark Tingay @CriticalStress_]

@SeismoSue Very sad news!

GMT has been used by the World Stress Map @wsmproject for their many many maps for decades.

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

📢Paper Alert! "Impact of faults on the remote stress state" The paper investigates which component of the stress tensor is affected at which distance from the fault using a series of generic 3-D models.
https://t.co/FXUkWhiC1m
@karstReiter

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

#EGU24 Are you doing some stress or strain related research? We welcome all kinds of research from observations to experimental studies, and laboratory results to numerical modelling.
https://t.co/O87xDwePa9

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

📢Paper Alert!
Contribution of mine borehole data toward high-resolution stress mapping: An example from Bowen Basin, Australia
This paper represents the most comprehensive quality-ranked basin-wide stress map according to our database!
@RajabiMojtaba

https://t.co/LYvcRelUbn

[Mojtaba Rajabi @RajabiMojtaba]

Working on any aspects of geomechanics?
Still time to submit an abstract in our #EGU23 session: Geomechanics – Understanding, Modelling and Remaining Uncertainties.
Deadline: 10 January: https://t.co/dy4MMVDmVz

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

#EGU23 abstract submission in open. If you are working in any aspects of Geomechanics, please consider submitting an abstract in our session: Geomechanics – Understanding, Modelling and Remaining Uncertainties.
https://t.co/A10GxzRMwI

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

#EGU23 abstract submission in open. If you are working in any aspects of Geomechanics, please consider submitting an abstract in our session: Geomechanics – Understanding, Modelling and Remaining Uncertainties.
https://t.co/A10GxzRMwI

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

The fissure of the eruption in #Meradalir #Fagradalsfjall is perfectly oriented with the mean SHmax orientation of the area (as expected). Data from @WSMproject and mean orientation estimated by Stress2Grid https://t.co/BRnFwPMQrs. Orientation of fissure from @volcanodiscover

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

@Jhon_A_UP Hi Jhon, yes, the CASMO is working and I just checked it and didn’t find any issue with it. Make sure you have selected your area (by entering lat/long or using the map feature). Thanks

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

🥁📢1/2 Great News! We launched the new WSM website (https://t.co/Bvt5pQc4vX) with a new design and structure. It provides a software section with tools and scripts for download that we developed in the past years to analyse, model and visualize stress data. @GFZ_Potsdam

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

📢Paper Alert: In-situ stress database of the greater Ruhr region (Germany) derived from hydrofracturing tests and borehole logs. The preprint is now open for discussion in @ESSD_journal.
Access link: https://t.co/7SjoEeKuwP

[World Stress Map @wsmproject]

@andangk @GFZ_Potsdam Sorry for the inconvenience. Yes, it is a server issue and we are working to fix it soon. Thanks.

[Mojtaba Rajabi @RajabiMojtaba]

It is today👇#EGU22 #geomechanics