Who are we?
Dr. Judith Hubbard (BS Caltech 2005, PhD Harvard University 2011) - publications
Dr. Kyle Bradley (BS Caltech 2005, PhD MIT 2012) - publications
Contact:
earthquakeinsights@gmail.com
We are two earthquake scientists with more than 30 years combined studying earthquakes around the world. After years in academia doing research and writing papers (more than 50 combined, including in journals like Nature, Nature Geoscience, Science Advances, and Geology), we decided that the best way to have an impact was to take our knowledge into the public sphere.
To do that, we left our academic positions. Although we still retain connections to the academic world, we are not paid employees - we write this Substack because we think it is important.
We wanted to demystify earthquakes, explain - and critically analyze - the latest research, and help people understand the latest events in the tectonic world.
The best way to understand earthquakes is through looking at data, so that’s what we do: we make maps and 3D models showing how earthquakes relate to other datasets, like topography, geology, GPS, plate models, older earthquakes, volcanoes, gravity and magnetic data, and more.
We met as undergraduates at Caltech in 2001, and have been together ever since - through PhDs at Harvard and MIT, ten years working at the Earth Observatory of Singapore as faculty, and now as visiting scientists at Cornell University. Over the years, we have collaborated on science, public communication, and the rearing of our three children (ages 5-13).
We are regularly asked to provide insight on recent earthquakes by major media organizations, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, and National Geographic.
You can also follow Judith (@JudithGeology) on X (formerly Twitter), Bluesky (@judithgeology.bsky.social), Mastodon (@judithgeology@mastodon.social), and LinkedIn. We sometimes put out smaller chunks of information - the occasional map, or comment - on those sites (especially X) that don’t make it into a larger post.
We occasionally do consulting work related to earthquake hazards. If you represent a group that is interested in paid consulting, contact us at earthquakeinsights@gmail.com. Work like this includes training on how to rapidly assess earthquakes or how to communicate about hazards, and more in-depth hazard assessments for regions of interest.
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Who subscribes to Earthquake Insights? We have readers from more than 100 countries around the world. Subscribers include earthquake scientists, journalists, people recently impacted by earthquakes, and interested laypeople. We write our posts to reach all of these audiences - presenting new and exciting results in everyday language.
Subscribe to get regular updates when new posts come out - typically every few days, depending on what earthquakes have been happening. Most posts included new, never-before-seen maps or graphics illustrating earthquake and tectonic processes!
We make all of our new posts (<1 month old) free, because we believe that anyone around the world should have access to the latest information when they are impacted by an earthquake. Some of our posts contain critical, in-depth analyses of recent earthquake research. These posts are permanently free, in order to allow open discussion within the scientific community.
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