Approved Working Groups

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Approved Working Groups

Approved in Perugia, July 2007 - IUGG:

1-07 The history of the ESC. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.%20">Dieter Mayer-Rosa (Switzerland)

2-07 Seismic phenomena associated with volcanic activity. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (UK), http://earth.leeds.ac.uk/esc_wg/index.htm

3-07 Parametric earthquake catalogue and Archive of historical earthquake data for the European-Mediterranean area. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Italy)

4-07 Macroseismic field work practices – joint with EAEE. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Slovenia)

5-07 History and data of instrumental seismology. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Italy)

Approved in Hersonissos, September 2008 - XXXI GA ESC:

1-08 Strong motion recordings, analysis and estimation for engineering purposes – joint with EAEE. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (France), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (UK)

2-08 Internet macroseismology . Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Greece), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (UK), http://seismologist.co.uk/ESC_internet_macroseismology.html

3-08 Earthquake risk reduction in built cultural heritage in the Mediterranean basin – joint with EAEE . Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Algeria)

Approved in Montpellier, September 2010 - XXXII GA ESC:

1-10 Theory of seismic wave propagation. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Germany)

2-10 Earthquake physics: Field observations, experimental and numerical modelling and comprehensive analysis . Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Russia)

3-10 Algorithms and models of earthquake prediction. Responsible: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Germany)

News

ESC/SSA Travel Grant to attend the 2024 SSA Annual Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska

Apply for the ESC/SSA travel grant by the deadline of 30 November 2023! 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.

From the ESC Working Groups:

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

Contribute to the Portal of the ESC WG on Communication here

Get to know the website of the FAULT2SHA Working Group and find out forthcoming activities! The WG promotes a new initiative, open to all researchers interested in contributing to discussions on topics that could improve the assessment of seismic hazard.

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Find out about the Young Seismologist Training Course here.

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What were the past General Assemblies of the ESC like? Find out! Interesting documentation has been made easily accessible.

This list summarizes the files.

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

Older obituaries can be found here.