Advancing earthquake science worldwide
16 April 2024–Tina Dura has always been interested in the natural world—from volcanoes to weather to “learning more about why the landscape looked the way it did,” she recalled. But the fieldwork she does as a paleoseismologist would not have appealed to her as a child. “It’s funny to me … Continue Reading »
12 March 2024–Earthquakes were part of Luis Donoso Carmona’s environment “for as long as I can remember,” growing up in northern Chile in the small city of Vallenar in the Atacama Desert, he said. His great-grandmother told stories of the destroyed ports and railway lines and overturned locomotives she had … Continue Reading »
13 February 2024–Oceans cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface—a fact that draws HyeJeong Kim’s scientific gaze under the sea, even as the seismologist now works on dry land as a postdoc at the University of Utah. “If you don’t have seismic stations under that massive water, it’s limiting our … Continue Reading »
23 January 2024–SSA is pleased to announce the recipients of several of the Society’s awards for 2024. The Harry Fielding Reid Medal, the Charles F. Richter Early Career Award, the Frank Press Public Service Award and the SSA Distinguished Service Award are among the highest honors conferred by the Society. … Continue Reading »
8 January 2024–The characterization of uncertainty has been a theme of Adrian Rodriguez-Marek’s career as an earthquake engineer. “That was something that I was interested in from the very first time that I got into hazard analysis,” he explained. “When it comes to ground motion prediction, as a layperson you … Continue Reading »
20 November 2023–Last year with your help, the SSA Annual Meeting Travel Fund supported 23 students and early-career members attending our 2023 meeting in Puerto Rico. SSA needs your generosity again to fully fund its 2024 Annual Meeting Travel Grant Program to bring even more of your future colleagues to … Continue Reading »