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7 October 2026—Seismic data captured by ocean bottom instruments have revealed “fossilized” traces of mantle flow beneath the Pacific Ocean’s oldest preserved piece of crust. The patterns of ancient flow traced in the uppermost mantle are complicated, tracking changes in tectonic plate motion over time as well as mantle deforming … Continue Reading »
18 August 2026—The Seismological Society of America announces its search for the next editor-in-chief (EIC) of Seismological Research Letters (SRL). Nominations for the position, including self-nominations, will be accepted through January 2027. SSA has initiated the search to replace the journal’s current EIC Allison Bent, who began her term in … Continue Reading »
17 August 2026—Speakers at the 2026 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) conference, including an SSA editor and Board member, shared new research on why induced seismicity remains relevant for hydrocarbon and geothermal energy exploration. Their presentations throughout the conference, held 2-7 August in Fukuoka, Japan, explained advancements in understanding the … Continue Reading »
1 July 2026—From a massive but messy collection of reports from people who felt the 1957 magnitude-5.3 Daly City, California earthquake, researchers used the large language model Gemini 2.5 Pro™ to extract data that allowed them to create a shaking intensity map for an earthquake that rocked the San Francisco … Continue Reading »
10 June 2026—Researchers repurposed an AI model designed for visual identification tasks to detect Bryde’s whale calls contained with seismic data collected in the South China Sea. A whale call can be visualized as a spectrogram, a “snapshot of sound” that shows how the frequencies of the sound signal change … Continue Reading »
1 June 2026—The 30 June nomination deadline is fast approaching for both the 2027 William B. Joyner Memorial Lecturer and the 2027 Bruce Bolt Medalist. If you’re still looking for inspiration or guidance about nominating a peer or colleague, we invite you to check out some of the research that … Continue Reading »