Advancing earthquake science worldwide
9 July 2025—The Global Seismographic Network has stations in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Waverly, Tennessee. Its instruments gather ground motion data in the deserts of western China, at the South Pole and in Germany’s Black Forest. And at every moment, these data are broadcast to researchers, monitoring agencies and the public … Continue Reading »
9 July 2025—Fabian Walter, a senior scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, is a member of the program committee for the upcoming SSA Environmental Seismology meeting. The October conference “has a balance of a strong group of high-level researchers and the right size where you … Continue Reading »
8 July 2025—The International Conference on Intraplate and Himalayan Seismology (AES 2026) in Gandhinagar, India is a three-day technical conference organized by the Indian Society of Earthquake Science (ISES) and the Institute of Seismological Research, and sponsored in part by SSA. Now Accepting Abstracts and Travel Grant Applications The 22-25 January 2026 meeting will … Continue Reading »
25 June 2025—The Society continues to maintain a close connection with U.S. policymakers on Capitol Hill, stressing the important role of seismological research in addressing national challenges and encouraging federal support of science-driven policies. The Society’s latest advocacy efforts for our science include these calls for the reauthorization and full … Continue Reading »
16 June 2025— Earlier this year, PhD student Yitang Cai presented their research at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna, Austria (EGU25). Their SSA Global Travel Grant “meant a lot,” they said because it enabled them to participate in the conference and forge new connections with … Continue Reading »
16 June 2025— Roland Bürgmann, professor at the University of California, Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science and the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and head of the Active Tectonics group at UC Berkeley, will deliver the opening keynote at SSA’s Environmental Seismology meeting. SSA spoke with him to hear more … Continue Reading »