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Seismology
Seismology: the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake environmental effects such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic, atmospheric, and artificial processes such as explosions. Seismic waves are elastic waves that propagate in solid or fluid materials. They can be divided into body waves that travel through the interior of the materials; surface waves that travel along surfaces or interfaces between materials; and normal modes, a form of standing wave.
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AUG 04, 2025Space & Astronomy
How can moonquakes influence the locations of future human settlements on the Moon’s surface? This is what a recen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Since early February, the Greek island of Santorini has been affected by constant earthquakes...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
An image by the Danish army shows the site after the landslide and subsequent mega-tsunami.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
What can earthquake rupture zones teach us about earthquakes and how to predict them? This is what a five-year, $2.3 mil ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
On Monday, December 18,2023 a volcano erupted about four kilometers (2.5 miles) away from a town called Grindavik in sou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
Scientists have found that deep under the earth's crust, there is an ocean of water. Three dimensional seismic imagi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences questions a longstanding hypothesis rega ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 28, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how seafloor mountains and volcanoes—also known as seamount ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
We often associate earthquakes with merely occurring on dry land, but underwater earthquakes have the potential to cause ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 30, 2023Space & Astronomy
It turns out that the interior of Mars exhibits seismic waves just like the Earth, according to a new study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 03, 2023Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes are one of the most well-known natural disasters on Earth, and range in size from small tremors that might k ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
Planet Earth is a marvelous geological machine responsible for life to exist here. It is a machine that churns and spews ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
New research from Nature Astronomy shows that magma is still shaping the surface of Mars to this day. Researchers at ETH ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 07, 2022Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Communications is shedding new light on the theory of stellar evolution. Astronomers at ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUN 23, 2022Earth & The Environment
The planet Earth is a world flourishing with all kinds of life that is the result of billions of years of geologic proce ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 27, 2022Earth & The Environment
The Earth is a wonderful place full of both beauty and mystery. While it’s easy to both study and explore the Eart ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 24, 2022Earth & The Environment
Antarctica has always been a wonderous place with its scenic views and extremophile inhabitants. It has become a scienti ...Written By: Mandy WoodsMAY 20, 2022Chemistry & Physics
InSight has been on the red planet for over three years, collecting data on its seismic events. However, a layer of dust ...Written By: Hannah DanielMAY 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests that there is a greater risk from earthquakes and tsunamis tha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new prototype called RSQSim (Rate-State earthquake simulator) offers new insight into predicting massive earthquakes i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Will a singing test be the way the doctors of the future monitor thyroid health? According to a collaboration of researc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Two new studies published in the Journal of Geophysical Research recently provide the newest update on the state of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 21, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness ...Written By: Daniel Duan
AUG 04, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How can moonquakes influence the locations of future human settlements on the Moon’s surface? This is what a recen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Since early February, the Greek island of Santorini has been affected by constant earthquakes...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
An image by the Danish army shows the site after the landslide and subsequent mega-tsunami.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What can earthquake rupture zones teach us about earthquakes and how to predict them? This is what a five-year, $2.3 mil
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
On Monday, December 18,2023 a volcano erupted about four kilometers (2.5 miles) away from a town called Grindavik in sou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have found that deep under the earth's crust, there is an ocean of water. Three dimensional seismic imagi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences questions a longstanding hypothesis rega
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how seafloor mountains and volcanoes—also known as seamount
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
We often associate earthquakes with merely occurring on dry land, but underwater earthquakes have the potential to cause
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 30, 2023
Space & Astronomy
It turns out that the interior of Mars exhibits seismic waves just like the Earth, according to a new study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 03, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes are one of the most well-known natural disasters on Earth, and range in size from small tremors that might k
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Planet Earth is a marvelous geological machine responsible for life to exist here. It is a machine that churns and spews
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
New research from Nature Astronomy shows that magma is still shaping the surface of Mars to this day. Researchers at ETH
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 07, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Communications is shedding new light on the theory of stellar evolution. Astronomers at
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUN 23, 2022
Earth & The Environment
The planet Earth is a world flourishing with all kinds of life that is the result of billions of years of geologic proce
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2022
Earth & The Environment
The Earth is a wonderful place full of both beauty and mystery. While it’s easy to both study and explore the Eart
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 24, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Antarctica has always been a wonderous place with its scenic views and extremophile inhabitants. It has become a scienti
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
MAY 20, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
InSight has been on the red planet for over three years, collecting data on its seismic events. However, a layer of dust
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
MAY 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests that there is a greater risk from earthquakes and tsunamis tha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new prototype called RSQSim (Rate-State earthquake simulator) offers new insight into predicting massive earthquakes i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Will a singing test be the way the doctors of the future monitor thyroid health? According to a collaboration of researc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Two new studies published in the Journal of Geophysical Research recently provide the newest update on the state of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan