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Earthquake Seismology Department

The Earthquake Seismology Department prepares students to understand both natural and induced seismicity and to assess associated geohazards. The curriculum covers earthquake physics, seismic-wave propagation theory, and geomechanical triggering mechanisms, reinforced by hands-on projects analyzing seismic network data and evaluating hazard risk. By graduation, students can help design induced-seismicity monitoring systems and operate early-warning frameworks for subsurface energy operations.

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Field-based Curriculum · 16

This department's curriculum is built directly on the GeoVerse Lab research fields its professors hold — click a field to see how it is taught.

Microseismic Monitoring & Seismic Networks
Microseismic Monitoring & Seismic Networks
Teaches the geometry, instrumentation and automated processing of microseismic n…
John Milne
Induced Seismicity & Traffic-Light Protocols
Induced Seismicity & Traffic-Light Protocols
Teaches the mechanisms by which human subsurface operations trigger earthquakes …
Jack H. Healy
Ambient Noise Tomography & Seismic Interferometry
Ambient Noise Tomography & Seismic Interferometry
Teaches ambient-noise tomography — building velocity structure from station cros…
Keiiti Aki
Site Effects, Amplification & Vs30 Characterization
Site Effects, Amplification & Vs30 Characterization
Teaches how soft ground amplifies shaking — site fundamental period and Vs30 ana…
Katsutada Sezawa
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
Teaches the logic of probabilistic seismic hazard analysis — integrating over so…
C. Allin Cornell
Strong Motion Seismology & Ground Motion Prediction
Strong Motion Seismology & Ground Motion Prediction
Teaches the regression structure of ground-motion prediction equations — forecas…
Bruce Bolt
Focal Mechanism & Moment Tensor Inversion
Focal Mechanism & Moment Tensor Inversion
Teaches the machinery of recovering fault geometry and moment tensors from seism…
Adam Dziewonski
Tectonic Stress Field Inversion
Tectonic Stress Field Inversion
Teaches reconstructing regional stress from populations of slip data and interpr…
Jacques Angelier
Earthquake Location Theory & Relocation
Earthquake Location Theory & Relocation
Teaches, through practice, locating earthquakes from arrival times and how doubl…
Harold Jeffreys
Earthquake Statistics
Earthquake Statistics
Teaches statistical seismology — the empirical laws and ETAS framework treating …
Fusakichi Omori
Earthquake Early Warning
Earthquake Early Warning
Teaches the detect-estimate-disseminate chain of earthquake early warning — pred…
Akitsune Imamura
Global & Deep Earth Seismology
Global & Deep Earth Seismology
Teaches the observational strategy of global seismology — constraining mantle an…
Inge Lehmann
Earthquake Rupture Dynamics & Source Physics
Earthquake Rupture Dynamics & Source Physics
Teaches modelling how ruptures nucleate, propagate and arrest — using friction l…
Leon Knopoff
Seismotectonics & Plate Boundary Seismology
Seismotectonics & Plate Boundary Seismology
Teaches the interpretive frame of seismotectonics — reading the spatial and mech…
J. Tuzo Wilson
Volcano Seismology
Volcano Seismology
Teaches classifying and tracking the distinct seismic signal families volcanoes …
Thomas Jaggar
Tsunami Seismology & Warning
Tsunami Seismology & Warning
Teaches the rapid-inversion machinery of tsunami seismology — identifying slow r…
Frank Press