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Aso Lab
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A lab that unravels earthquake phenomena through the physics and statistics of earthquakes.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying earthquakes scientifically through both physics and statistics
The Aso Lab (Earthquake Lab) works to clarify the physics of earthquakes as a natural phenomenon and to grasp their statistical characteristics.
The lab is strong in data analysis, processing seismic waveforms and earthquake source information on computers.
It pursues research through various approaches, both experimental and theoretical, such as observation with seismometers and earthquake simulation.
The lab aims at two kinds of social contribution: a scientific one, elucidating natural phenomena, and an engineering one, predicting the future.
Key terms
- Statistical seismology
- A field that focuses on the statistical characteristics of earthquakes and seeks to understand seismic activity phenomenologically.
- Earthquake physics
- A field that investigates the physical phenomena occurring at earthquake sources. Also called earthquake source physics.
- Complex-systems physical phenomenon
- A phenomenon in which various kinds of physics are intricately intertwined, so that even predicting the near future is not easy.
ResearchResearch themes
An earthquake looks like a simple phenomenon in which strain built up by plate motion and other causes is released in a short time, but at actual earthquake sources, various kinds of physics are intertwined, making it a complex-systems physical phenomenon. This lab works broadly on both statistical seismology and earthquake physics, aiming to establish earthquake statistical physics.
*Illustrative imageEarthquake generation mechanisms
The lab investigates how individual earthquakes occurred and places importance on accumulating observational facts. How large a newly initiated earthquake can grow is also a key problem for understanding great earthquakes, and the lab thinks it may be approached by understanding large and small earthquakes comprehensively.
*Illustrative imageEstablishing earthquake generation system science
Various physical and chemical processes operate at an earthquake source, and it is practically impossible to grasp all the microscopic processes, including heterogeneity. The lab therefore treats earthquake phenomena as a macroscopic earthquake generation system and places importance on comparing it with macroscopic observables.
*Illustrative imageEstablishing earthquake statistical physics
The lab works broadly on both statistical seismology and earthquake physics. It believes that establishing earthquake statistical physics will be a paradigm shift in seismology, just as statistical mechanics linked Newtonian mechanics and thermodynamics.
MembersFaculty
The Aso Lab's members consist of faculty and graduate and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- LecturerNaofumi Aso
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “PSM V29 D322 Gray and milne seismograph with recorder” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Earthquake generation mechanisms: “Gomura Fault Ikunouchi Site A” さか
おり / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Establishing earthquake generation system science: “Seismometer (vertical), made for the World Wide Standard Seismological Network by Spregnether Instrument Company, St. Louis, MO, - National Museum of American History - DSC00023” Daderot / CC0 (cropped)
- Establishing earthquake statistical physics: “Italy earthquake hazard usgs(1)” USGS / Public domain (cropped)
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