Advancing earthquake science worldwide
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13 July 2026—Tsunamis in the deep ocean travel as fast as a high-speed train or even an airplane in some cases. “It’s quick, but not so quick,” says Yuchen Wang. “We have enough time between the tsunami generation and the tsunami arrival at the coast, and this time is very … Continue Reading »
15 June 2026—One hundred and fifty years of recorded earthquakes may sound like a lot of data, but it’s a drop in the bucket of the Earth’s 4.54 billion years, says Irene Liou. Liou, a postdoctoral researcher at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, focuses on physics-based probabilistic seismic hazard … Continue Reading »
13 April 2026—Zhigang Peng studies the physics of faulting, earthquake triggering, fault zone structures, earthquakes swarms, slow earthquakes, but lately he’s added a few other topics that veer away from the usual. Vibrations in a sewer pipe. Exploding rock outcrops. “In particular, what I have been working on the past … Continue Reading »
16 March 2026—“I actually started in space and worked my way back to Earth,” says Kat Dapré. During her Ph.D. with advisor Jessica Irving at the University of Bristol, Dapré began a six-month project on the seismology of Enceladus, the Saturn moon that has attracted lots of attention for its … Continue Reading »
17 February 2026—Throughout his school years, Max Schneider was interested in math and science. But he also liked writing for local and campus newspapers. Then again, he enjoyed leading community service projects, cleaning up the beaches and volunteering in soup kitchens. And there was also his love of the performing … Continue Reading »
15 January 2026— As an undergraduate, Umar Afegbua Kadiri already saw the Earth sciences as a “platform” for tackling complex, interdisciplinary questions about our planet. But his interest in seismology came after he completed his master’s degree, when Nigeria began experiencing a series of intraplate earthquakes. “At that time, seismology … Continue Reading »