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European Seismological Commission

ESC Young Seismologist Training Courses

The ESC Young Seismologist Training Courses have been organized under the following topics

 

1996: Data processing of seismic networks and the SIL-network

1998: Site effects 

2000: Earthquake locations and their uncertainties

2002: Analysis of digital broadband data

2004: Moment tensor inversion - a practical for beginners

2006 [Young Seismologist and Engineer Training course]: Seismic hazard and risk assessment

2008: Active tectonics and seismicity

2010: Urban seismology

2012: Modern methods of processing and interpretation of seismic data

2014 [Young Seismologist and Engineer Training course]: Ambient noise measurements 

2016 [in cooperation with the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics]: Seismology beyond the textbook

2018: Array seismology

2021: Seismology for science and society

2022: [Young Seismologist and Engineer Training course]: Intermediate depth seismicity and strong ground motions with large displacement demands - challenges and insights in seismology and earthquake engineering

2024: Earthquake-related data, analysis, and publicly accessible codes and tools 

 

 

News

Two ESC/SSA Travel Grants available to attend the 2025 SSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland

Apply for the ESC/SSA travel grant by the deadline of 30 November 2024! Seismologists from any member state of the ESC are eligble to apply. We encourage in particular students and early-career researchers to consider applying. More information can be found here.


Announcement: ESC General Assembly 2026

The next ESC General Assembly will be held in Istanbul (Turkey), tentatively in the second week of September 2026. This will be the 40th General Assembly. We look forward to seeing you in Istanbul!


From the Working Groups:

Visit the website of the FAULT2SHA Working Group and find out about its forthcoming activities

Visit the website of the WG Preservation, valorisation and analysis of seismological legacy data

Visit the website of the WG Harmonizing Internet Macroseismology in Europe 

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Find out about the Young Seismologist Training Course here.

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Sadly we announce the loss of esteemed and beloved colleagues and friends:

 
Older obituaries can be found here.