Professor Mike Sandiford

Professor of Geology, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Seismic ears to the ground

A high precision seismic network is now able to detect about 400 earthquakes every year in Victoria’s Gippsland region, providing key information to protect people and infrastructure

Sciences & Technology

When Central Australia slipped and trembled

The 2016 magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Petermann Ranges gives researchers key insights into how some faults may break in Australia to produce larger earthquakes

Environment

Is Bhutan’s earthquake hiatus over?

After centuries with no major earthquake, new research suggests Bhutan’s luck may be running out