Thank you to our various #BSLSeminar speakers for the special seminar on Microtomography of rocks last week! Please note that tomorrow's BSL Seminar is cancelled. Join us on April 28th for a presentation by Wu-Cheng Chi from Academia Sinica. Learn more:
Dir. Richard Allen spoke at today’s #SSA2026 session on NEHRP and its future in supporting earthquake research and safety programs. “We should work toward having a seismometer in every building so we really understand how earthquakes affect buildings and how to make them safer.”
The BSL is at #SSA2026 in Pasadena this week! Follow along today through Friday for a peek at some of the research we are sharing at this year's Annual Meeting.
🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 PRESS RELEASE 🌟 A new global map that samples nearly 75% of the lowest mantle layer just above the core-mantle boundary confirms that deep mantle deformation is linked to ancient subducted slabs.⚒️
Paper: buff.ly/hpxyjyM
Press release: buff.ly/djGYVez
Thank you to our #BSLSeminar speaker, Tom Brocher, for the informative talk on “Forty Years of Controlled Source Crustal Imaging! Next week will feature various speakers on Microtomography rocks. Learn more: buff.ly/CRbS2vn
Thank you to our #BSLSeminar speaker, Nate Lindsey, for the valuable talk on fiber sensing! Join us next week as Tom Brocher from @usgs presents on “Forty Years of Controlled Source Crustal Imaging”. Learn more: buff.ly/CRbS2vn
The BSL Seminar took a break alongside the University this week. Join us on 03/31 for a talk by Nate Lindsey from Fiber Sense on Fiber Sensing. Learn more: buff.ly/MNNUtxT
Thank you to our #BSLSeminar speaker, Eric Dunham, for the informative talk on "Fault Activation & Permeability Enhancement During EGS Stimulation!" Our upcoming seminar will feature Nate Lindsey from Fibersense. Learn more: buff.ly/MNNUtxT
Thank you to our #BSLSeminar speaker, Robin Matoza, for the engaging talk on "Seismo-Acoustic Investigations of Sustained High-Rate Volcanic Seismicity!" We look forward to welcoming Eric Dunham from Stanford University next week. Learn more: buff.ly/MNNUtxT
Thank you to our #BSLSeminar speaker, Emilie Hooft, for the compelling talk on "Crustal Architecture and Volcanic Unrest in an Extensional Arc: The Santorini Magma System!" Our next seminar will feature Robin Matoza from UC Santa Barbara. Learn more: buff.ly/MNNUtxT
It's very important to be prepared. Understand how to get @USGS_ShakeAlert earthquake early warning on your phone. Download the @MyShakeApp Know how to communicate during an emergency. Make a plan with your loved ones and community. Make and maintain a kit.
This swarm does not mean that we are about to experience a larger earthquake. Unfortunately, we just don't know! We do know that the Bay Area is due for a larger earthquake based on past frequency. So...
You are not imagining things! There is a recent uptick in small earthquakes in the San Ramon Area. This is not the first time this area has experienced a swarm, but it has been a while.
We are live at the San Ramon Community Center, where Dr. Angie Lux is sharing information about the recent swarm alongside local leaders sharing preparedness info. buff.ly/hX6XPqd
For more than 40 years, he served as a trusted public voice during major earthquakes — earning the nickname “Mr. Earthquake.”
Waverly Person passed away in 2022 at age 95. His legacy lives on in earthquake science, public communication, and the generations he inspired.
Person understood people and their need for information after earthquakes. He said, “When there’s an earthquake, people are frightened. If you relate the information to them so that they understand, they calm down.”
Person helped establish the USGS National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) in Golden, Colorado, and in 1977 became its first African American Chief.
Born in 1926 in Virginia, Person served in both WWII and the Korean War, rising to First Sergeant before earning his degree in mathematics and pursuing geophysics.
This Black History Month, we honor Mr. Earthquake: Waverly J. Person,a geophysicist, seismologist, earthquake science communicator, and longtime leader at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Thank you to our #BSLSeminar speaker, Jim Gaherty, for the wonderful talk on “An Ocean-Bottom View of Mantle Convection Beneath the Pacific Basin!" Next week, we’re excited to hear from Emilie Hooft from the University of Oregon. Learn more: buff.ly/MNNUtxT
Thank you to our #BSLSeminar speaker, Yuxin Wu, for the excellent talk on Fiber Optic Sensing
for Reliable Energy Systems! Next week, we’re excited to hear from Jim Gaherty from Northern Arizona University. Learn more: buff.ly/v6lKphy
