Advancing earthquake science worldwide
18 November 2025—SRL Editor-in-Chief Allison Bent has appointed Hongfeng Yang as the first deputy editor-in-chief of its journal Seismological Research Letters (SRL). Yang, a professor in the department of Earth and environmental sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, joined the editorial board of SRL as an associate editor … Continue Reading »
23 October 2025—The 2016 magnitude 5.8 Pawnee earthquake in Oklahoma, caused by wastewater injection, is the first induced seismic event documented to cause liquefaction. Sand boils and surface cracks were observed at sites affected by the event’s strong ground shaking. Geotechnical earthquake engineers have models to predict where and how … Continue Reading »
5 September 2025—Resilience is a term often discussed in the face of a natural disaster such as a major earthquake, but the attributes of resilience and how they interact are rarely analyzed, researchers say in a new study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. To learn … Continue Reading »
19 August 2025—What lies beneath Fickle Hill in northern California? Maybe the answer to an earthquake mystery that has puzzled seismologists for decades. The origin of the 1954 magnitude 6.5 earthquake that rattled residents around Humboldt Bay has been unclear, but a new study now suggests a surprising source: the … Continue Reading »
15 August 2025—The Seismological Society of America announces its search for the next Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA), its flagship, peer-reviewed international journal. Nominations for the position, including self-nominations, will be accepted through October 2025. The EIC leadership transition is scheduled to take … Continue Reading »
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 »