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28 October 2022–Fan-Chi Lin likes to travel. Some of his favorite destinations are the U.S. national parks, “and I’ve always been curious about how seismology can help us to learn more about the geological features we observe there,” he said. Now, one of his largest research projects involves one of … Continue Reading »
30 September 2022–“Geodesy is quite an old research field that started pretty much when humans wanted to measure the Earth, but it is also very new, especially since the rise of space-borne radar techniques,” said Xiaohua (Eric) Xu. “Space geodesy has helped scientists to measure not just the shape, but … Continue Reading »
27 September 2022–Trapped inside the shoreline of a bay, the resonant interactions of a tsunami with regular waves can prolong the tsunami disturbance. For the 2021 magnitude 7 Acapulco, Mexico earthquake and tsunami, edge waves in the bay and the short continental shelf also had a surprisingly significant effect on … Continue Reading »
31 August 2022–Andrea Bryant came to her work with NASA’s Dragonfly mission through what she calls “a beautiful accident.” Quarantining by herself in a tiny studio apartment in 2020, the University of Chicago graduate student was looking for a NASA internship that might fit with her exoplanet studies. A posting … Continue Reading »
Help Steer SSA’s Future: Vote Today! How can SSA best serve your professional needs and continue making advances in the field of seismology? Keep that question in mind as you read the candidate statements below for our 2023 Board of Directors Election. Then be sure to cast your vote! As the … Continue Reading »
30 August 2022–The recurrence interval for earthquakes along some California faults may be on average 16% longer than previously estimated, according to a new study in the journal Seismological Research Letters. The revised estimates take into account a variable called event likelihood, which quantifies how likely it is that a … Continue Reading »