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Member Since 1981
John Emilio Vidale
Professor, University of Southern California
USC seismologist, have worked at UW, UCLA, USGS, and UCSC
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Professional Experience
University of Southern California
Professor
2017 - Present
Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1986
Yale University
Bachelors
1981
John's AGU Research
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Decadal Stability of Multi‐Scale Core‐Mantle Boundary in Core‐Reflections of Repeating Earthquakes
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
03 march 2026
Probing Seismicity Secrets with Five Nodal Arrays around the San Jacinto Fault
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIORS IN SEISMOLOGY: MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS FOR COMPLEXITY IN SEISMICITY, CRUSTAL MECHANICS, AND FAULTING I POSTER
seismology | 18 december 2025
Recent findings on the fine-scale structure of the Earth's inner core in space and time
EARTH AND PLANETARY CORES: INTERDISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS ON STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND EVOLUTION II POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 17 december 2025
Nonharmonic Oscillation of Inner Core Differential Rotation in Recent Decades
EARTH AND PLANETARY CORES: INTERDISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS ON STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND EVOLUTION II POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 17 december 2025
Earthquake Shaking Scales with Rupture Complexity
KINEMATIC, DYNAMIC, AND ANALYTICAL EARTHQUAKE SOURCE MODELING II ORAL
seismology | 16 december 2025
Scattering evidence for an ancient subducted slab using the novel raypath P*PKP
ADVANCES IN DEEP EARTH–SURFACE INTERACTIONS II ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 13 december 2024
Aftershocks on the planar rupture surface of the deep-focus MW 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake
SZ4D: INTERCONNECTED SUBDUCTION ZONE HAZARDS I POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 11 december 2024
No temporal change seen in high-frequency waves scattered near the CMB
DEEP CONNECTIONS: STRUCTURES, DYNAMICS, AND INTERACTIONS AT EARTH’S CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY III POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 10 december 2024
Volunteer Experience
2002 - 2003
President
Seismology Executive Committee
2000 - 2001
Member
Union Fellows Committee
2000 - 2001
President-Elect
Seismology Executive Committee
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Honors & Awards
Beno Gutenberg Lecture
Received December 2009
Union Fellow
Received January 1994
James B. Macelwane Medal
Received December 1994