Advancing earthquake science worldwide
3 April 2026—Following the February application cycle, SSA awarded 11 grants to members at all career stages across our global community. The grants, funded by generous donations to the Society, will enable these scientists to share research, make professional connections and create events that help advance seismology. Community Grants SSA … Continue Reading »
1 April 2026—Slow roiling convection currents deep within the Earth’s mantle, which are associated with the movements of tectonic plates, also deform the material of the mantle itself. Now, a new study in The Seismic Record confirms that much of this deformation in the lowest level of the mantle occurs … Continue Reading »
30 March 2026— Norman Abrahamson of the University of California, Berkeley, Claire Doody of Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Daisuke Ishimura of Chiba University, Andrea Llenos of the U.S. Geological Survey, Hongrui Qiu of China University of Geosciences, Vladimir Shumila of ESG Solutions, and Elizabeth Silber of Sandia National Laboratory are … Continue Reading »
16 March 2026—“I actually started in space and worked my way back to Earth,” says Kat Dapré. During her Ph.D. with advisor Jessica Irving at the University of Bristol, Dapré began a six-month project on the seismology of Enceladus, the Saturn moon that has attracted lots of attention for its … Continue Reading »
11 March 2026—The Seismological Society of America announces its search for the next editor-in-chief (EIC) of The Seismic Record (TSR), its open-access, online-only journal publishing short-form papers covering the entire spectrum of seismological science. Nominations for the position, including self-nominations, will be accepted through 30 June 2026. SSA has initiated … Continue Reading »
3 March 2026—The Seismological Society of America (SSA) announced today the appointment of Stefano Parolai as the next editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA). Parolai is the current director of the department of mathematics, computer science and geosciences of the University of Trieste and full … Continue Reading »