His research interests are in the areas of earthquake hazard, earthquake source mechanisms, earthquake forecasting, wave propagation studies and determination of lithospheric structure. Since 1981 he has supervised the operations of the New England Seismic Network of Weston Observatory of Boston College, which spans the six New England states and is used to detect, locate, catalog and study all earthquakes that occur in New England and vicinity. His research has focused on studying the causes and effects of earthquakes in New England and vicinity, although he has also published papers on earthquake activity in other parts of the eastern United States and Canada, California, Europe, Mexico and the southwest Pacific. He has also conducted extensive research on methods for earthquake hazard computation and earthquake forecasting. These research efforts have resulted in the publication of one book and over 80 scientific papers, over 150 professional talks, and with numerous technical reports submitted to government agencies or private firms. His current and recent students have conducted research on earthquake source mechanisms, new methods for earthquake depth computations, earthquake statistics and earthquakes induced by oil and gas production.
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