"There was a time when the weather belonged to the gods … There was a time when the earthquake was equally enveloped in mystery, and was forecast in the enigmatic phrases of the astrologer and oracle; and now that it too has passed from the shadow of the occult to the light of knowledge, the people of the civilized earth – the lay clients of the seismologist – would be glad to know whether the time has yet come for a scientific forecast of the impending tremor."

                                                                                                                             G. K. Gilbert (1909)

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We strive to integrate earthquake observations, physics-based numerical models and modern high-performance computing to gain mechanical insights into earthquake processes and to assess seismic hazard. 

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