Call for papers on the Venezuela and Colombia Earthquakes

SSA’s journal Seismological Research Letters has issued a call for papers for a focus section on the destructive 2026 Venezuela and Colombia Earthquakes. Deadline for submissions is 21 December, 2026. Guest editors: Franck Audemard, Benazir Orihuela, Omar J. Pérez, Jorge G. F. Crempien, Carlos E. Reinoza Gómez, and Manuel Alberto Florez. 

On 24 June, two shallow earthquakes with magnitudes of M_W7.2 and M_W7.5, respectively, ruptured the coast of northern Venezuela in close succession, leaving thousands of people dead. On 10 August, an M_W7.5 event in ~100 km depth shook western Colombia, leading to hundreds of fatalities and the destruction of thousands of buildings.

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