Earthquake Spectra recently launched a new special collection of 13 articles based on the work of the Fault Displacement Hazard Initiative (FDHI), led by Yousef Bozorgnia (M.EERI 1986), professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and founding Director of the N...

EERI is working to grow and strengthen a coalition that supports Reauthorization of the U.S. National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).Through EERI's Public Policy and Advocacy Committee, EERI leadership has been working closely with American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Internatio...

Travel study participants at the Catedral Metropolitana de México (Abe Lynn) From September 14 to 20, 2025, in partnership with the Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Sísmica (SMIS), EERI led its third Learning From Earthquakes Travel Study (LFE-TS) program, this time in Mexico. During the w...

This September, EERI members Amanda Hertzfeld (M.EERI 2023) and Zorana Mijic (2019) of the Public Policy & Advocacy (PPA) Committee took the pulse of Capitol Hill as they joined fellow geoscience advocates for the annual Geoscience Congressional Visits Day (GeoCVD), hosted by the Ameri...

In Spring 2025, EERI’s Public Policy and Advocacy (PPA) Committee launched a public survey to better understand how EERI members and the broader earthquake community have been impacted by federal funding uncertainty and recent executive orders. To date, 56 people have completed the survey. The pur...

Contributed by Ian Aiken, Amarnath Kasalanati, Dimitrios Konstantinidis, Nicos Makris, and Eduardo Miranda. Professor James Marshall Kelly (M.EERI 1982), world-renowned pioneer, expert, and leader in the field of seismic isolation and energy dissipation, died on 23 September 2025 at the age of...

EERI is pleased to announce the candidates for President-Elect and Director for the 2026 Board of Directors Election. You can view the candidate bios below. All eligible EERI voting members will receive an email with a link to access their secure online ballot to cast their vote starting October 1,...

EERI’s Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) program is monitoring the impacts of the M8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at 23:24:50 (UTC) yesterday, and the subsequent tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake caused some structural damage to buildings and lifelines in th...

The  Call for Papers for the 13th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13NCEE) is now open! 13NCEE will take place in Portland, Oregon in July 2026, bringing together the full spectrum of the earthquake community to discuss and debate new research, advancements in ...

2025 has been an exciting year for Earthquake Spectra. On behalf of EERI and the Spectra Editorial Board, I have several important updates to share. New publication home Starting in 2026, Earthquake Spectra will be published and hosted by Wiley. This shift will allow us to use enhanced electronic ...

EERI is currently accepting applications for the position of Chair/Co-Chairs of the Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) Committee. The LFE Committee Chair or Co-Chairs provide oversight and leadership for EERI’s flagship program. This open application process is designed to provide transparency on the...

As EERI Past President Janiele Maffei and I shared in our joint communique last year, EERI made the difficult decision to skip the Annual Meeting in 2025 in order to focus on rethinking the historical format of the annual meeting while also allowing EERI staff to get a head start on planning for the...