Advancing earthquake science worldwide
29 July 2024–In the spring of 2024, Arsène Sadiki traveled from Goma Volcano Observatory (GVO) to share his research on the seismic precursors to the May 2021 eruption of Nyiragongo volcano. This volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo once played a significant role in Sadiki’s career choice, he recalled. … Continue Reading »
11 July 2024 – Ilma del Carmen Juarez-Garfias, a doctoral student at Victoria University of Wellington, said it was a privilege to attend the 7 th edition of the school on Passive Imaging & Monitoring in Wave Physics: From Seismology to Ultrasound in Corsica, France. SSA’s new Paul Andrew Spudich Travel … Continue Reading »
11 July 2024–“We are on fire!” That’s part of the positive feedback that Suzan van der Lee of Northwestern University and Emily Brodsky of the University of California, Santa Cruz received after their May training workshop on volcano and rift seismicity in East Africa, supported in part by a 2024 … Continue Reading »
18 June 2024–Tamarah King, is there a question you hear often about Australian seismicity? “If I had a dollar for every time somebody told me ‘Australia doesn’t have earthquakes!’” King said. “Not just from the general populace, I regularly meet earthquake scientists who are genuinely surprised to hear about Australia’s … Continue Reading »
Honoring Student Excellence in Anchorage In an ongoing effort to support and promote the outstanding work of SSA student members, the Society is pleased to present 19 students with a 2024 Student Presentation Award. The SSA awards program seeks to highlight excellent student presentations (poster or oral) at the SSA … Continue Reading »
SSA’s newest grant program sends early-career member to Osaka, Japan Chunyang Ji, a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University whose research focuses on the modeling and assessment of high-frequency ground motions, is the first SSA member to participate in a seismological meeting with the aid of a Paul Andrew … Continue Reading »