Earth Observation for the Assessment of Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disaster Management

Earthquakes pose a significant hazard, and due to the growth of vulnerable, exposed populations, global levels of seismic risk are increasing. In the past three decades, a dramatic improvement in the volume, quality and consistency of satellite observations of solid earth processes has occurred. In a recent paper (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10712-020-09608-2) I review the current Earth Observing…

Contrasting seismic risk for Santiago, Chile

More than half of all the people in the world now live in dense urban centres. The rapid expansion of cities, particularly in low-income nations, has enabled the economic and social development of millions of people. However, many of these cities are located near active tectonic faults that have not produced an earthquake in recent…