Advancing earthquake science worldwide
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 »
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 »
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 »