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 »
19 June 2025—The Seismological Society of America (SSA)’s journal The Seismic Record is now included in Clarivate’s Web of Science™ (WoS) in its Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). The journal was included in WoS after meeting a set of 28 criteria that measure editorial rigor and publication best practices, and … Continue Reading »
8 May 2025—A new analysis of a fatal landslide that occurred on 13 February 2024 at the Çöpler Gold Mine in Türkiye reveals that the site of the landslide had been slowly moving for at least four years prior to the failure. “Additionally, our analyses detected deformation anomalies in other … 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 »