effects of earthquakes and tsunamis at a Kyoto Laureate Symposium on March 13
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A professor emeritus at the California Institute of
Technology, Kanamori’s life work concerns the rupture process that produces
earthquakes and tsunamis. Through this research, his goal is to discover new ways
to protect and preserve human life. Kanamori pioneered the academic field of
great earthquake seismology, and seismological institutions worldwide have
adopted an earthquake magnitude scale that he developed.
His work in “real time” seismology has revolutionized the
modern systems of earthquake and tsunami warning.
The topic of Kanamori’s address will be “The Diversity of
Earthquakes and Its Implications for Hazard Mitigation.” The event is free and
open to the public.
