Publications

Selected papers and preprints.

Research spanning earthquake sequence modeling, supershear rupture, induced seismicity, tsunami generation, and scientific machine learning for geohazards.

2026

Injection Induced Seismicity in Complex Fault Zone Architecture
Md Shumon Mia, M. Abdelmeguid, A. Elbanna
Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL119960
https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119960
Do Earthquake-Induced Rotational Ground Motions Matter? A Case Study from the Mw 7.8 Pazarcik Earthquake
S. E. Godinez, M. Abdelmeguid, J. I. Restrepo, A. Rosakis
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 116(2)
https://doi.org/10.1785/0120250096

2025

Ground Motion Characteristics of Subshear and Supershear Ruptures in the Presence of Sediment Layers
M. Abdelmeguid, A. Elbanna, A. Rosakis
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 240, Issue 2, February 2025, Pages 967-987
https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae422
Modeling Dynamic Rupture Propagation of Faults Using Fourier Neural Operators
N. Tainpakdipat, M. Abdelmeguid, C. Zhao, A. Elbanna
submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Ground motion characteristics of idealized supershear ruptures: Do they matter for engineering applications?
M. Abdelmeguid, G. Lavrentadis, A. Rosakis, D. Asimaki
submitted to Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Supershear Earthquakes: Their Occurrence and Importance for Seismic Hazard, Early Warning, and Design Standards
A. Elbanna, M. Abdelmeguid, D. Asimaki, N. Tainpakdipat, G. Lavrentadis, A. Rosakis, Y. Ben-Zion
Seismological Research Letters
https://doi.org/10.1785/0220250118

2024

On the interplay between distributed bulk plasticity and local fault slip in evolving fault zone complexity
M. Abdelmeguid, M. S. Mia, A. Elbanna
Geophysical Research Letters, 51(14), e2023GL108060
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL108060
Rupture Jumping and Seismic Complexity in Models of Earthquake Cycles for Fault Stepovers with Off-Fault Plasticity
M. S. Mia, M. Abdelmeguid, R. A. Harris, A. E. Elbanna
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 114(3), 1466-1480
https://doi.org/10.1785/0120230249

2023

Dynamics of episodic supershear in the 2023 M7.8 Kahramanmaras/Pazarcik earthquake, revealed by near-field records and computational modeling
M. Abdelmeguid, C. Zhao, E. Yalcinkaya, G. Gazetas, A. Elbanna, A. Rosakis
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 456
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01131-7
Incorporating Full Elastodynamic Effects and Dipping Fault Geometries in Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS)
B. A. Erickson, J. Jiang, V. Lambert, M. Abdelmeguid et al.
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
https://doi.org/10.1785/0120220066
Modeling Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS) in Elasto-Plastic Fault Zones With a Hybrid Finite Element Spectral Boundary Integral Scheme
M. Abdelmeguid, A. Elbanna
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024548
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024548

2022

Spatio-Temporal Clustering of Seismicity Enabled by Off-Fault Plasticity
M. S. Mia, M. Abdelmeguid, A. Elbanna
Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097601
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097601

2021

Sequences of seismic and aseismic slip on bimaterial faults show dominant rupture asymmetry and potential for elevated seismic hazard
M. Abdelmeguid, A. Elbanna
Journal of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Anatomy of Strike Slip Fault Tsunami-genesis
A. Elbanna, M. Abdelmeguid, X. Ma, F. Amlani, H. S. Bhat, C. Synolakis, A. J. Rosakis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2021, 118 (19) e2025632118
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025632118

2019

A Novel Hybrid Finite Element-Spectral Boundary Integral Scheme for Modeling Earthquake Cycles: Application to Rate and State Faults with Low-Velocity Zones
M. Abdelmeguid, X. Ma, A. Elbanna
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 12854-12881
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018036