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Seismology Lab
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The lab explores the physics of earthquakes and the Earth's interior through observation and theory.
AboutAbout the lab
Why do earthquakes happen? Looking for answers inside the Earth
The Seismology Lab studies earthquakes themselves as rupture phenomena occurring inside the Earth, together with the structure and physical properties of the Earth's interior, where geophysical phenomena take place, and aims to predict earthquake occurrence by bringing these studies together.
The lab studies seismic waves, earthquake generation mechanisms, seismic activity, and the structure of the crust and deep Earth through observation, analysis, experiments, theory, and numerical simulation.
Research in this subfield is carried out mainly in the Department of Geophysics and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, and graduate students choose either the department or the institute as their main base for research.
The Earthquake Generation Mechanism research field, the Fault Physics research division, and the Earth Measurement research division of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute participate as fields within this lab.
Key terms
- Seismic waves
- Waves of shaking generated by earthquakes that travel through the Earth. They provide clues for investigating the Earth's interior
- Earthquake generation mechanism
- The mechanism by which a fault slips and causes an earthquake
- Tectonophysics
- A field that uses physics to study crustal movements of the Earth, such as plate motion
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to understand the physics of earthquakes and of the Earth's interior, and to bring them together to predict earthquake occurrence.
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MembersFaculty
The Seismology Lab consists of faculty, doctoral and master's students, and undergraduates.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshihiro Kaneko
- ProfessorKeiko Kuge
- ProfessorShinichi Miyazaki
- ProfessorTakahiko Ohkura
- ProfessorYoshihiro Ito
- ProfessorShiro Ohmi
- ProfessorTakuya Nishimura
- ProfessorYukitoshi Fukahata
- ProfessorMasatoshi Miyazawa
- Associate ProfessorENESCU Bogdan Dumitru
- Associate ProfessorMakiko Ohtani
- Associate ProfessorMasayuki Kano
- Associate ProfessorTomoaki Nishikawa
- Associate ProfessorHiroyuki Noda
- Associate ProfessorMasumi Yamada
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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: “Historischer Seismograph” Ilyacadiz / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Earthquake Physics and the Earth's Interior: “Overview Seismic Waves” LukeTriton, Steven Earle, Mario Bačić, Lovorka Librić, Danijela Jurić Kaćunić, Meho Saša Kovačević / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Crustal Physics (Earth Rheology, Shimizu) Lab): “FaultGouge” Qfl247 (talk) (Transferred by Citypeek/Original uploaded by Qfl247) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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