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A Seismic Celebration

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Source: Rafu Shimpo

Published November 14, 2026

Last month, the Caltech Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena celebrated the 90th birthday of Hiroo Kanamori (center), professor emeritus, and former director of the lab. He was the most prolific and highly cited seismologist for a 30-year time span (1991-2021). Kanamori’s work has helped shape modern seismology, from developing the moment magnitude scale with Tom Hanks […]

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