Advancing earthquake science worldwide
9 January 2025—Earthquakes may be the noisy, attention-getters of seismological research, but geophysicist Daniel Gittins is focused on something a bit quieter. “Creep is the slow, gradual movement along faults that happens without causing an earthquake. Unlike sudden earthquakes, which release a lot of energy, aseismic creep occurs smoothly and … Continue Reading »
05 August 2024 –A $10,000 gift from Paul Andrew Spudich’s sister, Suzanne, to the Paul Andrew Spudich Fund has expanded its travel grant offerings for early-career and student members. Providing the biggest boost to the fund since its 2023 launch, the new gift will help SSA reach its goal of … Continue Reading »
29 July 2024–In the spring of 2024, Arsène Sadiki traveled from Goma Volcano Observatory (GVO) to share his research on the seismic precursors to the May 2021 eruption of Nyiragongo volcano. This volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo once played a significant role in Sadiki’s career choice, he recalled. … Continue Reading »
SSA’s newest grant program sends early-career member to Osaka, Japan Chunyang Ji, a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University whose research focuses on the modeling and assessment of high-frequency ground motions, is the first SSA member to participate in a seismological meeting with the aid of a Paul Andrew … Continue Reading »
13 February 2024–Oceans cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface—a fact that draws HyeJeong Kim’s scientific gaze under the sea, even as the seismologist now works on dry land as a postdoc at the University of Utah. “If you don’t have seismic stations under that massive water, it’s limiting our … Continue Reading »
22 May 2023–Simona Gabrielli studies seismic attenuation, or what happens when a seismic wave interacts with its surrounding medium. She compares it to how a stone dropped into a pond sends ripples through the water, and the ripples change direction depending on what they meet as they move across the … Continue Reading »