The field of seismology has seen in recent times significant advances driven by more sophisticated sensing methods and big data. Equally important has been the continuous development of statistical ...

Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth, while seismic exploration utilises controlled sources to image the subsurface. Collectively, ...

A network of simple seismic stations, hosted in volunteers’ homes, helped to rapidly evaluate and characterize the Mw7.2 Nippes earthquake in Haiti in 2021, as well as its subsequent aftershocks. The ...

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Aotearoa New Zealand experiences frequent earthquakes, including destructive ones such as those that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, and near Kaikōura in 2018. In the South Island, the largest ...

The Seismological Society of America (SSA) will present its highest honor, the 2017 Harry Fielding Reid Medal, to U.S. Geological Survey emeritus geologist George Plafker, for his transformative work ...

To predict when earthquakes are likely to occur, seismologists often use statistics to monitor how clusters of seismic activity evolve over time. However, this approach often fails to anticipate the ...

In this activity from IRIS, students explore a mechanical model of a fault to learn how energy is stored elastically in rocks and released suddenly as an earthquake. This website uses cookies to ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On July 25, 1946 the United States detonated ...

In this video, Dr. Patricia Persaud from Louisiana State University presents: Urban Seismology in Megacities: the Los Angeles BASIN Experiment. The greater Los Angeles area is a megacity by the United ...

Aotearoa New Zealand experiences frequent earthquakes, including destructive ones such as those that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, and near Kaikōura in 2018. In the South Island, the largest ...