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type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-active-seismic category-earthquake category-earthquake-watch category-seismology category-volcano tag-amargos tag-earthquakes tag-santorini tag-seismology tag-swarm tag-volcano"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="loop-title"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2025/03/19/earthquake-watch-santorini-amorgos-earthquake-swarms/" title="Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms" target="">Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-author"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/author/guest/" title="Posts by EGU Guest blogger" class="author url fn" rel="author">EGU Guest blogger</a></span> <span class="meta-date">March 19, 2025</span> </div>  </header>  <div class="post-thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter"> <a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2025/03/19/earthquake-watch-santorini-amorgos-earthquake-swarms/"> <img src="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2025/03/Featured-1-700x400.png" data-rel="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2025/03/Featured-1-1400x800.png" width="700" height="400" alt="Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms" class="wp-post-image" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>For this Earthquake Watch we are very pleased to have a contribution about the 2025 Santorini – Amorgos seismic sequence, by Dr. Andreas Karakonstantis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Patras and National and the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He obtained his Ph.D. in seismology in 2017. Does life move in circles? That is an excellent question to ask, especially in our case rega ...<a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2025/03/19/earthquake-watch-santorini-amorgos-earthquake-swarms/" class="read-more more-link" title="Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms">[Read More]</a></p> </div> </article> <article class="post-loop post-11769 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-seismology-job-portal"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="loop-title"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/12/23/seismology-job-portal-23-12-2024/" title="Seismology Job Portal" target="">Seismology Job Portal</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-author"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/author/eguseismologyecsteam/" title="Posts by EGU Seismology ECS Team" class="author url fn" rel="author">EGU Seismology ECS Team</a></span> <span class="meta-date">December 23, 2024</span> </div>  </header>  <div class="post-thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter"> <a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/12/23/seismology-job-portal-23-12-2024/"> <img src="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2019/04/job-portal-700x400.png" data-rel="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2019/04/job-portal-1400x800.png" width="700" height="400" alt="Seismology Job Portal" class="wp-post-image" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal.  </p> </div> </article> <article class="post-loop post-11745 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-state-of-ecs tag-ecs tag-people tag-team"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="loop-title"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/12/06/state-of-the-ecs-post-egu-24-dec/" title="“State of the ECS”: EGU 24/25 and, our new members!" target="">“State of the ECS”: EGU 24/25 and, our new members!</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-author"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/author/eguseismologyecsteam/" title="Posts by EGU Seismology ECS Team" class="author url fn" rel="author">EGU Seismology ECS Team</a></span> <span class="meta-date">December 6, 2024</span> </div>  </header>  <div class="post-thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter"> <a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/12/06/state-of-the-ecs-post-egu-24-dec/"> <img src="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2021/07/New_State_v2-700x400.png" data-rel="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2021/07/New_State_v2-1400x800.png" width="700" height="400" alt="“State of the ECS”: EGU 24/25 and, our new members!" class="wp-post-image" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>For this “State of the ECS”, our Seismo-team will introduce themselves and tell about their ECS experience. Happy reading! Greetings! I’m Adam and by a twist in the timestream in Vienna I ended up as an editor of blog of the Seismology ECS division. If your (or your colleague’s) research touches on any aspect of Seismology or related fields, please reach out! My background is diverse, ...<a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/12/06/state-of-the-ecs-post-egu-24-dec/" class="read-more more-link" title="“State of the ECS”: EGU 24/25 and, our new members!">[Read More]</a></p> </div> </article> <article class="post-loop post-11731 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-seismology-job-portal"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="loop-title"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/11/01/seismology-job-portal-01-11-2024/" title="Seismology Job Portal" target="">Seismology Job Portal</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-author"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/author/eguseismologyecsteam/" title="Posts by EGU Seismology ECS Team" class="author url fn" rel="author">EGU Seismology ECS Team</a></span> <span class="meta-date">November 1, 2024</span> </div>  </header>  <div class="post-thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter"> <a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/11/01/seismology-job-portal-01-11-2024/"> <img src="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2019/04/job-portal-700x400.png" data-rel="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/files/2019/04/job-portal-1400x800.png" width="700" height="400" alt="Seismology Job Portal" class="wp-post-image" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal. Latest open positions: 1. Machine Learning Seismology Postdoc Institute: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), USA Salary: $113,760 annually Starting: – ...<a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/2024/11/01/seismology-job-portal-01-11-2024/" class="read-more more-link" title="Seismology Job Portal">[Read More]</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <ul class='page-numbers'> <li><span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">1</span></li> <li><a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/page/2/">2</a></li> <li><a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/page/3/">3</a></li> <li><span class="page-numbers dots">…</span></li> <li><a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/page/76/">76</a></li> <li><a class="next page-numbers" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/sm/page/2/">»</a></li> </ul> </div> <aside id="sidebar"> <div id="text-2" class="widget widget_text"><h3 class="widgettitle">About</h3> <div class="textwidget">Welcome to the <a href="/divisions/sm/about/">blog</a> of the <a href=" http://www.egu.eu/sm/">Seismology (SM) Division</a> of the <a href="http://www.egu.eu">European Geosciences Union</a> (EGU). 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