President: Philippe Jousset
(sm@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Alice-Agnes Gabriel
(gabriel@geophysik.uni-muenchen.de)
Seismology as a discipline contributes to a large variety of both basic and applied scientific fields, and addresses urgent questions in the context of both natural resources and natural hazards. The Seismology (SM) Division at EGU aims to strengthen its interdisciplinarity and impact by driving the development from static to dynamic geophysical models, by conducting research that spans from acquisition parameters to petrophysical properties, and by supporting the transition from geo-modelling to geo-technical application. Thereby, the SM Division will be increasingly able to make relevant forecasts and provide valuable information to tackle future challenges in securing natural resources and quantifying natural hazards.
The EGU offers an open and widely recognized forum for discussing a wide range of scientific questions and conducting corresponding research. The impact of geosciences to society has probably never been as high as today. Therefore, we pursue broad and open-minded approaches to tackle important research topics, while simultaneously engaging in interdisciplinary collaborations for the benefit of humanity and our planet.
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Recent awardees
- 2022
- Beno Gutenberg Medal
The 2022 Beno Gutenberg Medal is awarded to
Yehuda Ben-Zion for outstanding contributions to earthquake seismology, particularly the understanding of the dynamics of earthquake rupture and earthquake fault systems.
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- 2022
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2022 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Caroline M. Eakin for exceptional observational seismologist skills, developing unique seismological insights into the mantle expression of plate tectonics and plate boundary processes.
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- 2022
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Jannes Münchmeyer Which picker fits my data? A quantitative evaluation of deep learning based seismic pickers
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- 2022
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Simone Francesco Fornasari A machine-learning approach for the reconstruction of ground shaking fields in real-time
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Latest posts from the SM blog
In Lehmann’s Terms – the Story of the Singular Seismic-Wave Spotter
It’s International Women’s Day 2023, so the EGU Seismology Division would like to celebrate the life and work of singular seismic-wave spotter – Inge Lehmann (1888-1993), a Danish seismologist who discovered that the inner core was solid! Inge Lehmann grew up in a family of high aspirations, with several family members being politicians, scientists, and engineers. Educated in a progressive school, and taught by Hanna Adler (aunt of quantum physicist Niels Bohr), Lehmann found that she had a keen interest …
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In Lehmann’s Terms – the Story of a Singular Seismic-Wave Spotter
It’s International Women’s Day 2023, so the EGU Seismology Division would like to celebrate the life and work of singular seismic-wave spotter – Inge Lehmann (1888-1993), a Danish seismologist who discovered that the inner core was solid! Inge Lehmann grew up in a well-to-do familiy, with several family members being politicians, scientists, and engineers. Educated in a progressive school, and taught by Hanna Adler (aunt of quantum physicist Niels Bohr), Lehmann found that she had a keen interest in science …
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SENSOR: Fishing geophones from a helicopter in Greenland
“SENSOR” – stands for Seismological Experiments, Network Systems, Observations and Recovery In this blog series, we share news about recent or upcoming seismic experiments around the globe! And this time we’re checking in with Ana Nap, a PhD student from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, about her work on Greenland’s fastest glacier… Installing instruments on Greenland’s fastest glacier is a great challenge, and recovering them after weeks or months an art. From our fieldwork campaigns in summer 2022 we came …
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Earthquake Watch: The Guanshan, Chih-shang sequence in Taiwan, 17-18 Sept, 2022
Contribution about the September 2022 M 6.6 and M 6.8 earthquakes in South-East Taiwan Dr.Yifan Yin , recent graduate at the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at the Earth Sciences department of ETH Zürich. On 17 September 2022, a magnitude 6.6 quake shook the southern-east Taiwan. The merely 8.6 km deep quake was widely felt across the island. Sixteen hours later, a magnitude 6.8 shallow quake followed, nucleating further north and causing serious damage in the region. The real-time centroid-moment-tensor solution …
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