seismology

November 25, 2023

1,100 years ago, double earthquake hit Seattle region, researchers prove

Solving a seismic mystery, researchers prove the Northwest was once hit with a double whammy.

December 1, 2005

Anthony Qamar, 1943-2005

When he wasn’t in the classroom teaching applied seismology or on location at the crater of Mount St. Helens tracking seismic activity, Anthony Qamar could often be found on the IMA climbing wall. Even at the age of 62, Qamar, a research professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, made some of the fittest grad students a little jealous.

June 1, 2001

What lies beneath

It terrified many, but the Nisqually earthquake boosted an effort to map the geology of Seattle, helping prepare the region for the "Big One."

'Earthquake Guy'

Bill Steele's official title is coordinator of the UW’s Seismology Laboratory, but you’d know him as the “Earthquake Guy.”

September 1, 1995

St. Helens still a threat

After blowing its top off 15 years ago, Mount St. Helens still remains the number one threat along the line of Cascade Mountain volcanoes.