Advancing earthquake science worldwide
20 November 2019–The terms may seem interchangeable to a layperson, but “hazard” and “risk” mean very different things in earthquake science. A seismic hazard is a natural phenomenon such as the level of ground shaking caused by an earthquake. Seismic risk, on the other hand, refers to the probability that … Continue Reading »
16 September 2019–Earthquake faults have short memories—or at least, that’s what the traditional earthquake cycle model suggests. Based on the elastic rebound theory proposed by Harry Fielding Reid after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the traditional model assumes that each earthquake in an area occurs independently of one another, and … Continue Reading »
23 May 2019–SSA is pleased to announce the recipients of several of the Society’s awards for 2019. The Harry Fielding Reid Medal, the Charles F. Richter Early Career Award and the Frank Press Public Service Award are among the highest honors conferred by the Society. The Reid Medal recipient is Karen Fischer of … Continue Reading »
Despite growing up in Homer, Alaska, perched above the ruptured fault of the 1964 M9.2 earthquake, Kasey Aderhold didn’t initially consider a career in the geosciences. “I focused on the many other coastal fascinations that Homer provided, such as whales and estuarine ecology,” she says. But after moving to Indiana … Continue Reading »
Writing a research paper can be hard. Publishing your paper can be even harder. The “Getting Published – Writing a Good Scientific Paper” workshop, held Tuesday, 23 April at the 2019 SSA Annual Meeting, will give participants the tools they need to organize, write and publish their papers with confidence. … Continue Reading »
Attendees at the 2019 SSA Annual Meeting have an opportunity to learn a better way to access, analyze and interpret geodetic data at the “Measuring Fault Parameters and Slip from Geodetic Imaging Data using GeoGateway Online Tools” workshop, held Tuesday, 23 April from 1–5 p.m. GeoGateway – a system of … Continue Reading »