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At Work: Gilead Wurman

3 November 2021–Seismic hazard analyses may use ergodic ground motion models—a sort of “average” based on global data about ground motion—or non-ergodic models, which incorporate more local and...

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C.B Crouse Awarded 2022 Bolt Medal

15 November 2021–The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), the Consortium of Organizations for Strong Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS), and SSA are pleased to announce that C.B. Crouse,...

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David J. Wald Selected as 2022 Joyner Lecturer

15 November 2021–The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Seismological Society of America (SSA) are pleased to announce that David J. Wald, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological...

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Historical Detective Work Locates Epicenter for 125-Year-Old Large Indian...

19 November 2021–With data unearthed from seismic stations, observatories and libraries across the world, researchers have pinpointed the location of a massive earthquake that took place in India 125...

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Mars Seismic Deployment Lays Groundwork for Future Planetary Missions

30 November 2021–About 1000 days after the Mars InSight mission deployed SEIS, the first seismometer on the red planet, researchers are analyzing new seismic data and reporting on instrument responses,...

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3D Fault Information Improves Earthquake Alert Accuracy

3 December 2021–Three-dimensional fault models are generally more accurate than two-dimensional line models at sending ground shaking alerts to the correct areas as part of an earthquake early warning...

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At Work: James Kaklamanos

15 December 2021–The plan was to become a lawyer, says James Kaklamanos, recalling his early years as an undergraduate. But an interest in math and science, and encouraging science mentors at Tufts...

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Dark Fiber Network Finds Missed Aftershocks in Chinese Earthquake

15 December 2021–Just days after a 2020 magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Tangshan, China, researchers turned nearly 8 kilometers of unused telecom fiber optic cable into a seismic array that detected dozens...

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At Work: Alicia Hotovec-Ellis

18 January 2022–For as long as Alicia Hotovec-Ellis can remember, she’s had “three core pieces of identity,” she said. “I like to draw, my favorite color is fire, and I want to be a scientist when I...

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1964 Alaskan Earthquake May Have Transferred Stress to Trigger 2018 Alaskan...

28 January 2022–Stress transferred through the crust and upper mantle after the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake may have been enough to trigger the 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake, according to a new study...

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