New England: Solid as a Rock? Seismologist to Address Quake Risk

New Englanders don't often worry about earthquakes--but perhaps they should.

"Earthquakes do occur on a regular basis in New England," says Boston College geologist Alan L. Kafka, an authority on seismology, earthquake hazards and the science of "unexpected earthquakes."

Kafka will present "Where Will the Next Large Earthquake Occur in the Eastern United States?" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 15, in McConnell Hall 103, Smith College. His talk, part of the Five-College-University Geology Lecture Series, is free, open to the public and wheelchair-accessible.

Kafka, who is associate professor of geology and geophysics, is the author of numerous published studies. They include analyses of earthquakes in the Quabbin Reservoir area, among them the October 1994 earthquake in central Massachusetts.

January 31, 2000