The EMSC
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit association devoted to the rapid collection and dissemination of earthquake information and the promotion of seismological research. For more detailed information: History and activities of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (2024)
Initiated in 1975 upon the recommendation of the European Seismological Commission (ESC), then chaired by Stephan Müller, the EMSC started operating at the Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS) in 1976. Submitted in 1982, the EMSC official statutes were finally established in 1983. Ever since, the EMSC has operated a system for rapid collection, determination, and dissemination of earthquake parameters using seismic data contributed by seismological institutes around the world together with crowdsourced data from earthquake eyewitnesses.
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Today, the EMSC is the European infrastructure for seismological parameters and products in EPOS and member of the EPOS Seismology Consortium. It rests on several actors, each contributing to the functioning of such a European seismological data base and to the scientific cooperation among the European and Mediterranean countries in the field of earthquake research.
Download the EMSC Statutes (PDF) and Internal Rules (PDF).
EMSC membership
The EMSC Executive council is composed of an elected president, a first vice-president chosen from the hosting institute, several vice-presidents chosen among the key nodal members, several elected members chosen among the active members, and a few representatives chosen among the members by right.
EMSC excutive council | ||
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Päivi MANTYNIEMI
President | Coordination bureau 📍Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Finland ✉ |
Hélène HEBERT
First vice-president | Coordination bureau📍 DASE/LDG, France ✉ |
Rémy BOSSU
Secretary general | Coordination bureau📍 EMSC, France ✉ |
Joachim SAUL
Vice-president📍 GFZ, Germany |
Laura SCOGNAMIGLIO
Vice-president📍 INGV-Roma, Italy |
Mario LOCATI
Vice-president📍 INGV-Milano, Italy |
Juan Vicente CANTAVELLA NADAL
Vice-president 📍 IGN, Spain |
Margarita SEGOU
Elected member 📍 BGS, UK |
Nacer JABOUR
Elected member 📍 CNRST, Morocco |
Efthimios SOKOS
Elected member📍 Patras University, Greece |
Adrien OTH
Invited to the Executive council 📍 ECGS, Luxembourg |
Carlo Virgilio CAUZZI
Invited to the Executive council 📍 ORFEUS, Switzerland |
Dmitry STORCHAK
Invited to the Executive council 📍 ISC, UK |