Advancing earthquake science worldwide
15 April 2026—The underground laboratory in Nevada where the U.S. conducts nuclear subcritical experiments is riddled with faults. Researchers have not confirmed whether any of these faults are active and could rupture during an earthquake, according to a presentation by members of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board delivered at … Continue Reading »
13 April 2026—Zhigang Peng studies the physics of faulting, earthquake triggering, fault zone structures, earthquakes swarms, slow earthquakes, but lately he’s added a few other topics that veer away from the usual. Vibrations in a sewer pipe. Exploding rock outcrops. “In particular, what I have been working on the past … Continue Reading »
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 »