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I am from Southern California so when I think of seismologists I think of think of the amazing Caltech professor- a woman who was always on the news explaining the magnitude, epicenter, etc. Ask anyone from Southern California and they will know who I am talking about.[/quote]

You are talking about Lucy Jones.  She is not a Caltech professor, but rather was a scientist at the USGS office in Pasadena (which sits in the Caltech seismology laboratory).  I believe she has retired from the USGS.  She wrote a book about the human effects of big disasters, titled "The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them) ".  I imagine she will be here in DC the week of the 10-14 as the fall American Geophysical Union Meeting will be in DC.

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Lucy Jones is giving a free public evening lecture on this stuff at the Carnegie Institution next week. I imagine it's already sold out, though - these lectures usually fill up pretty fast. [/quote]

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