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Art, science, and seismic memory

and March 30, 2026
Art, science, and seismic memory
Main wall of the Seismic Inheritance exhibition.

The contribution from Sergio León-Ríos, Associate Researcher at the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC) at the University of Chile, where he does seismology research. Introduction Earthquakes and tsunamis are not only purely scientific geophysical phenomena. They are also deeply embedded in social memory, cultural narratives, and everyday life – especially in countries like Chile, where ...[Read More]

What Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) can find in the Atlantic Ocean

and June 18, 2025
What Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) can find in the Atlantic Ocean
Fig. 1: Map of the Madeira archipelago, showing locations of the cable and permanent seismic stations. Red line: approximate location of the GeoLab fibre. Blue triangles: permanent broadband seismic stations. White triangles: permanent short-period seismic stations. Yellow star: local earthquake recorded during the data acquisition period. Topography and bathymetry source: GEBCO Compilation Group (2023).

The contribution from David Schlaphorst, the member of ECS SM division team. David is a PostDoc in Dom Luiz Institute (IDL), University of Lisbon, where he does seismology research. Introduction Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) has been used exponentially over the last decade.If you are eager to learn the basics but in song form try this link. In this blog post, we want to dive into one example ...[Read More]

Seismology Division Events for GA EGU25

April 17, 2025
Seismology Division Events for GA EGU25

Hello fellow Seismologists! The exciting time of the EGU General Assembly is upon us, and we are looking forward to reconnecting with all of you at EGU25. Through this blog, we would like to bring your attention to the events that are organised by the Seismology Division and ECS Representatives of the Seismology Division during EGU25. Grab your calendar, and make sure to come and meet us on many o ...[Read More]

Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

March 19, 2025
Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

For this Earthquake Watch we are very pleased to have a contribution about the 2025 Santorini – Amorgos seismic sequence, by Dr. Andreas Karakonstantis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Patras and National and the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He obtained his Ph.D. in seismology in 2017. Does life move in circles? That is an excellent question to ask, especially in our case rega ...[Read More]