Seismological Society of America
The Seismological Society of America (SSA), founded in 1906, is an international scientific society devoted to the advancement of earthquake science.
- 🌟 PRESS RELEASE🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟An Intraplate Seismic Swarm in the Karoo Basin, South Africa, Highlights the Presence of Critically Stressed Faults in an Area of Proposed Shale Gas Exploration #SRL ⚒️ Press release: buff.ly/A8yEzGd Paper:https://buff.ly/IrDVMPI
- A Direct Convergence Method for Computing Synthetic Seismograms for a Layered Half‐Space with Sources and Receivers at Close Depths Available #BSSA ⚒️ A new algorithm enables efficient seismogram synthesis for challenging scenarios. buff.ly/WsDmuZq
- 📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢#SRL is soliciting papers for a Focus Section on Measuring and Monitoring Seismic Instrumentation ⚖️ Deadline for Submission: 2 March 2026 ⚒️ www.seismosoc.org/publications...
- 🔥PRESS RELASE🔥In October of 1843, an earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke supposedly produced a powerful tsunami and as many as 600 deaths. But new research suggests that the truth is far less dramatic. ⚒️ PR: buff.ly/GSrcLCy Paper: buff.ly/8rdui7X
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 If a major quake struck on the southern Whidbey Island fault in the Puget Lowland of Washington State, what might happen? A new #BSSA paper considers various scenarios. ⚒️ buff.ly/DrbnLp0
- 📣LATEST ISSUE OF #BSSA📣 Check out latest issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, which includes a Special Section Earthquake Hazards 25 Years After Chi‐Chi: Learning from the Past to Prepare for the Future. ⚒️ buff.ly/M41zzxJ
- In a new #SRL paper, scientists use dynamic rupture models to explore the 2001 Kunlun earthquake — a supershear continental rupture with a surface rupture of about 400 kilometers. ⚒️ buff.ly/qnetfuV
- 📣SSA in the news📣 Discover Magazine dives into #SRL research about the importance of verifying the reported effects of historical earthquakes. The paper focuses on an allegedly deadly 1843 earthquake in the Aegean Sea.⚒️ Article: buff.ly/lESLMrt Paper: buff.ly/c6gXRO1
- Interplay Between Slow‐Slip Events and Seismicity in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone Revealed by a New High‐Resolution Catalog #SRL⚒️ A new catalog of seismicity helps scientists explore 14 years of slow slip events in Aotearoa, New Zealand. buff.ly/HFyKL4I
- Session topics have been announced, and please visit our page this spring to learn more about the sessions and keynote speakers! #optical #seismology #DAS buff.ly/gnl2z9O ⚒️
- Do you work with synthetic seismograms? Check out this new #SRL paper introducing PyGRT, an open-source Python package designed to calculate synthetic seismograms for a point source in a layered half‐space model. ⚒️ buff.ly/R0iKJYX
- Seismologists can use the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) technique to study site effects, and it's possible that method can even be applied to ocean-bottom sites, according to a new #BSSA paper. ⚒️ buff.ly/1M9lhpz
- In a new #BSSA paper, a team uses a horizontal‐to‐vertical spectral ratio (HVSR)-based technique to explore site response associated with the 2024 Hualien, Taiwan earthquake sequence. ⚒️ buff.ly/hzHcnFv
- ONE WEEK left to register for Building Your Professional Brand in #Seismology, a new interactive workshop led by Maria Derkacheva, CEO of Scientist to Scientist #Career #Coaching. Get all the details here, and don't forget that registration is free for SSA members: buff.ly/vFzHFI4 ⚒️
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Effects of Topography on Ground‐Motion Recordings at Short Wavelengths: The Case of a Cliff in Cephalonia, Western Greece #BSSA⚒️ How do landforms like cliffs affect ground motion? buff.ly/JDcBCZ0
- Seismological parameters for West Texas presented in #BSSA capture magnitude and distance scaling, and site amplification and site attenuation. ⚒️ buff.ly/Hpih4mf
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #SRL paper, a team of scientists analyzed more than 1,000 small to moderate magnitude earthquakes in eastern Oklahoma spanning June 2019 to June 2022, and considered the relationship to hydraulic fracturing and wastewater disposal. ⚒️ buff.ly/oy6Mh1B
- 📣Introduction to the Special Section on Earthquake Hazards 25 Years After Chi‐Chi: Learning from the Past to Prepare for the Future📣 #BSSA⚒️ In this Special Section, 12 papers build upon lessons learned from the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake. Introduction: buff.ly/YrWyY4h Special section: buff.ly/M41zzxJ
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Is there a better way to deal with clipping when converting analog time-history data to digital format? A new #SRL paper proposes a method tackling just this problem. ⚒️ buff.ly/QVdcPwm
- 🎖️ Congratulations to Eduardo Miranda, the 2026 recipient of the Bruce Bolt Medal! Miranda is recognized for his accomplishments at the intersection of #earthquake science and #engineering. Read more here: buff.ly/Du6KL4N ⚒️
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Monitoring‐Induced Seismicity in Urban Environment Using Low‐Cost Stations: Lessons Learned from the Strasbourg Dense Semipermanent Seismic Network, France #SRL ⚒️ Can Raspberry Shakes help scientists monitor induced seismicity? buff.ly/x7XhjqW
- Welcome to SSA #Grants Month! Here's your chance to apply by 28 February: ⭐ Community Grant buff.ly/XSckGE0 ⭐ Global Travel Grant buff.ly/H5BRlQE ⭐ Paul Andrew Spudich Travel Grant buff.ly/DFLXvvf ⚒️
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In a new #SRL paper, a USGS team presents updates to the background seismicity model for use in the latest Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model. ⚒️ buff.ly/IO0CVOM
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 A new #TSR paper presents a way to extract flight kinematics of airplanes from seismic and acoustic data. The approach is applied to 9/11 video footage from New York City. The eventual goal: near real-time aircraft detection and trajectory estimation for air safety. ⚒️ buff.ly/wThaH5F
- In a new #BSSA paper, a team of scientists integrates satellite data, field observations and UAV imagery to track surface rupture of the 2022 Guanshan–Chihshang earthquake sequence, which included a M6.4 foreshock and a M6.8 mainshock. ⚒️ buff.ly/Pt25VXK
- Moment Tensor Inversion of Microseismic Events Using Strain Waveforms Recorded by Multi‐Well‐Distributed Acoustic Sensing Available #BSSA Using downhole DAS data from three different wells, scientists explored microseismicity at a Nevada EGS site. buff.ly/qALouSa
- Estimating magnitude and predicting ground motion as soon as possible once an earthquake is detected is essential for earthquake and tsunami early warning systems. A new #BSSA presents a new magnitude scaling law derived from GNSS data. ⚒️ buff.ly/2IBINRE
- In a new #SRL paper, a team of scientists considers variations in depth to bedrock across the East Bench fault system, which is part of the Wasatch Fault in Salt Lake City, Utah. ⚒️ buff.ly/aYop1nH
- 📣 Build Your Personal Brand in Seismology 📣 Online Feb. 10 and 12 Register for this workshop led by Maria Derkacheva, CEO of Scientist to Scientist Career Coaching. Strengthen your professional identity and expand your career opportunities! buff.ly/kJRxmhe ⚒️
- Variable Mechanisms of Supershear Rupture During the 2001 Mw 7.8 Kunlun Earthquake #SRL ⚒️ In 2001, the M7.8 Kunlun earthquake produced a surface rupture about 400 km long, but at the time, near-field seismic stations were sparse. What did the rupture process look like? buff.ly/qnetfuV
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In a new #SRL paper, a team of scientists present an analysis of an exceptionally well-recorded stable continental earthquake sequence — the magnitude 4.2 Buan, Korea event and its aftershocks. ⚒️ buff.ly/0okDOm3
- 🔥PRESS RELASE🔥 A new #SRL paper explores whether an October 1843 earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke was a deadly catastrophe with as many as 600 casualties, or not. ⚒️ PR: buff.ly/GSrcLCy Paper: buff.ly/8rdui7X
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #BSSA paper, a team from the USGS simulates hypothetical earthquakes on Washington State’s southern Whidbey Island fault. ⚒️ buff.ly/DrbnLp0
- HVSR‐Based Peak Frequency Identification of S‐Net Ocean‐Bottom Stations for Site Characterization and Ground‐Motion Prediction Models #BSSA⚒️ Can HVSR help scientists assess site effects at ocean-bottom sites? buff.ly/1M9lhpz
- HVSR‐Based Assessment of Soil Nonlinear Behavior During Strong Ground Motions: Insights from the 3 April 2024 Hualien Earthquake Sequence and Regional Comparisons #BSSA⚒️ Earthquakes can help scientists study nonlinear site effects in Hualien, Taiwan. buff.ly/hzHcnFv
- Using data from Utah FORGE, scientists present a new denoising method adapted from speech signal processing. Find out more, in #SRL ⚒️ buff.ly/8UgxedT
- A new #SRL paper introduces PyGRT, an open-source Python package designed to calculate synthetic seismograms for a point source in a layered half‐space model. ⚒️ buff.ly/R0iKJYX
- 📣Introduction to the Special Section on Earthquake Hazards 25 Years After Chi‐Chi: Learning from the Past to Prepare for the Future📣 #BSSA⚒️ In this Special Section, 12 papers build upon lessons learned from the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake. Introduction: buff.ly/YrWyY4h Special section: buff.ly/M41zzxJ
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Reconstruction of Clipped Time‐History Records, with Application to Ground Motions from the 1992 ML 5.8 Roermond, Netherlands, Earthquake #SRL ⚒️ Is there a better way to clip time-history records? buff.ly/QVdcPwm
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟How do you measure stress in a high-pressure, high-temperature rock deformation experiment? A new #TSR paper presents a novel way to do so. ⚒️ buff.ly/lBEiJhL
- In a new #BSSA paper, scientists revisit the idea of site-city interaction — where a city strongly interacts with seismic waves. ⚒️ buff.ly/89qPYjc
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Did hydraulic fracturing “prime” faults in eastern Oklahoma for induced seismicity? Find out, in a new #SRL paper. ⚒️ buff.ly/oy6Mh1B
- In a new #BSSA paper, a team of scientists used ground motions from West Texas to evaluate source, path and site effects in the region. ⚒️ buff.ly/Hpih4mf
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟Characterizing Complex Air Traffic Kinematics Through Seismic and Acoustic Observations #TSR ⚒️ buff.ly/rFVp8Io
- Surface Ruptures of the 2022 Guanshan–Chihshang Earthquake Sequence, Eastern Taiwan: Implications for Fault Behavior and Recurrence Available #BSSA⚒️ Satellites, photos and field observations help scientists map surface ruptures in Taiwan. buff.ly/Pt25VXK
- When you sample a continuous signal, you are discretizing it. This may cause the spectrum to become periodic, unlike the original signal. This happens with time signals and functions of spatial coordinates. A new #SRL paper examines a new method of discretization. ⚒️ buff.ly/xCwCPAI
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟Interested in how the USGS updated the background seismicity model for the latest Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model? Check out this new #SRL paper for more. ⚒️ buff.ly/IO0CVOM
- Erratum to Characterizing Lithospheric Transverse Isotropy Using Moment Tensors—On the Origin of the Non‐Double‐Couple Components of Global CMT Solutions #BSSA Original paper: buff.ly/i73Oz9i Erratum: buff.ly/iU2k5ik
- Bedrock Offset Across the Wasatch Fault in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Teleseismic Converted Phases and Its Geologic Implications #SRL ⚒️ How old is the East Bench fault system, part of Utah's Wasatch Fault? buff.ly/aYop1nH
- 🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟Paleoseismic trenches reveal five surface-rupturing events over 600 years in eastern Taiwan. #BSSA ⚒️ buff.ly/vrm8hr4
