PATA Days 2026 – Registration open

The registration for the next PATA Days is now open! PATA Days are the main activity of TERPRO’s project CHAMP. The 2026 international workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics, and Archeoseismology will be held in Guatemala to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Guatemala M7.5 Earthquake.
Limited INQUA funding is available to support the participation of ECRs and DCRs (application deadline 15 September).
Find all information on program, deadlines, costs and much more at the conference website: https://www.pata2026.org/
More background on the PATA Days workshop series as well as download links for all previous abstract volumes and field guides can be found at http://pata-days.org/.

Further reading on the 1976 Earthquake:

• Bucknam R. C., Plafker  G., & Sharp, R. V. (1978). Fault movement (afterslip) following the Guatemala earthquake of February 4, 1976. Geology, 6, 170-173. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1978)6%3C170:FMAFTG%3E2.0.CO;2.
• Ellis, A., et al. (2019). GPS constraints on deformation in northern Central America from 1999 to 2017, Part 2: Block rotations and fault slip rates, fault locking and distributed deformation. Geophysical Journal International, 218(2), 729-754. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz173.
• Espinosa, A. F. (1976). The Guatemalan earthquake of February 4, 1976: A preliminary report. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1002, 103 pp. US Government Printing Office. https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1002.
• Plafker, G. (1976). Tectonic aspects of the Guatemala earthquake of 4 February 1976. Science, 193(4259), 1201-1208. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.193.4259.1201.

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