Advancing earthquake science worldwide
5 August 2025—For a wide variety of earthquake scenarios in Alaska, an earthquake early warning (EEW) system could provide at least 10 seconds of warning time for hazardous shaking, according to a new report. Increasing the density and improving the spacing of seismic stations around the state could add 5 … Continue Reading »
30 July 2025—As a service to global researchers working on the 29 July 2025 magnitude 8.8 earthquake east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, the Seismological Society of America has created a short list of our journal papers related to the region. These papers will be freely available until 22 August 2025. BSSA … Continue Reading »
19 June 2025— The peer-reviewed journals of the Seismological Society of America remain at the forefront of seismological research thanks to our authors, members, editorial boards, reviewers and readers. SSA is pleased to announce this year’s impact factors according to the Clarivate Analytics 2025 Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The 2025 … Continue Reading »
5 May 2025—One of the reasons that Samantha Hansen serves as a reviewer for The Seismic Record is “to get a first look at projects being completed by our peers and colleagues,” she said. “This is not only very interesting, but it can also give you a better understanding of … Continue Reading »
24 April 2025—Could the seismic signal of an underground nuclear test explosion be “hidden” by the signal generated by a natural earthquake? It’s possible, according to a new review article published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America that contradicts the conventional wisdom about explosion “masking.” The new … Continue Reading »
1 April 2025—More than half of the earthquakes sampled at the subduction interface at the southern Hikurangi margin in Aotearoa-New Zealand cluster in time with earthquakes on three upper plate faults, according to a new analysis. The study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America will help … Continue Reading »