Which SSA Journal Is Right for You?
BSSA Editor-in-Chief Thomas Pratt and SRL Editor-in-Chief Zhigang Peng also have put together a comprehensive list to answer a first important question: Which journal is right for your paper? … Continue Reading »
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SRL: Forgotten Archives Reveal Impact of 1918 Puerto Rico Earthquake and Tsunami
5 July 2017–Repair petitions filed in the wake of the 1918 Puerto Rico earthquake and tsunami, stored and forgotten in the San Juan archives for nearly 100 years, are giving scientists a house-by-house look at the damage wrought by the magnitude 7.3 event. … Continue Reading »
Call for Papers: SRL Focus Section on Non-explosive Active Source Monitoring and Imaging
30 May 2017 – Seismological Research Letters (SRL) announces a Focus Section on “Non-explosive active source monitoring and imaging.” This SRL section will focus on new developments of non-explosive active sources, data processing, subsurface imaging and monitoring with non-explosive active sources, and their contribution to the advancement in earthquake, tectonic/volcanic, and environmental sciences as well as their social impacts.
SRL: Wastewater Injection Rates May Have Been Key to Oklahoma’s Largest Earthquake
3 May 2017–Changes to the rate of wastewater injection in disposal wells may have contributed to conditions that led to last year’s Pawnee earthquake in Oklahoma, according to a new report published May 3 as part of a focus section in Seismological Research Letters.
Call For Papers: SRL Focus Section on Geophysical Networks and Related Developments in Latin America
1 May 2017– SRL has issued a call for papers for a Focus Section on Geophysical Networks and Related Developments in Latin America. In recent years, there have been many efforts throughout the region to improve and expand national seismic/geodetic networks; along with this, as part of larger projects, instruments to observe a variety of seismic/aseismic phenomena have been deployed.
SRL: 2017 Model Predicts Significant Chance of Earthquake Damage in the Central and Eastern U.S.
1 March 2017–A one-year seismic hazard model for 2017, from the U.S. Geological Survey, forecasts lower damaging ground shaking levels in the central and eastern U.S. compared to the previous forecast. Despite the recent drop in earthquake rates, Oklahoma and southern Kansas still face a significant risk of induced earthquake damage in 2017, according to the USGS report published March 1 in the journal Seismological Research Letters