Here's why Morocco's quake was so deadly — and what we can do for the next one
More than 2,500 people died when a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco on Sept. 8.
José A. Peláez Montilla
Professor of Geophysics, Universidad de Jaén
My research interests are in the areas of seismology in general, and seismic hazard, seismic forecasting, and seismotectonics studies in particular. My research has focused on studying these topics in the Ibero-Maghrebian region, including Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Algeria, although I have also published papers on these subjects in other regions, as Egypt and Mexico.
Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas y Doctor en Sismología por la Universidad de Granada. Profesor del Departamento de Física de la Universidad de Jaén desde 1990. Mis líneas de investigación son la Geofísica en general, y la Sismología, la peligrosidad sísmica y la sismotectónica, en particular. Miembro de la Seismological Society of America desde 1999, de la European Geosciences desde 2009, y de la American Geophysical Union desde 2011.
