cosmologist

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To determine where earthquakes begin, seismologists examine the travel times of different seismic waves recorded by instruments at the surface.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

A shallow magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, US seismologists said, with no damages or injuries immediately reported by authorities.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Jones and other seismologists had to pore over paper records and measure them by hand, and had to initially guess at the magnitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Geologists and seismologists had an idea that something was brewing in Mount St. Helens about two months before the eruption.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

Not until late 1968, with the publication of an article by three American seismologists in the Journal of Geophysical Research, did the segments receive the name by which they have since been known: plates.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson