The Seattle Emergency Management team is ready for the World Cup. You can be too by learning a few important preparedness tips to help you beat the summer heat, travel efficiently, and get alerted in case of emergencies.
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Plan on attending the World Cup? Great advice in this video. A little preparation goes a long way. 
The first match in Seattle is less than a week away! Stay tuned for some more PNSN sports seismology experiments beginning next Monday, when we’ll take a look at our seismometers in and around the stadium to see what happens during Belgium v. Egypt: pnsn.org/blog/experimen…
- PNSN welcomed Football Case Study to the SeismoLab to provide some seismological context for their portrait of Seattle Stadium ahead of the World Cup. Check it out on Instagram here: instagram.com/p/DZDXPQ9Fj-j/…
- Happy #FieldworkFriday! Field staff wrapped up work at station DAVN recently, where they were able to configure up our instruments to utilize StarLink. Staff were also able to enjoy lovely views of canola fields and rolling hills while working on the site!
- Check out this @SeattleMet profile of ShakeAlert system coordinator Natalia Ruppert, one of the USGS Earthquake Science Center staff at the Seattle Field Office. They work alongside us at PNSN HQ, so we benefit from their expertise—and enjoy their company!
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"About a year after Natalia Ruppert arrived in Fairbanks she was playing volleyball when the gymnasium around her began to shake. Everyone else knew what was going on—Alaska is the most seismologically active state in the country, after all—but it was new to the young PhD
The head of a national seismology program thinks she can catch the big one right as it starts. na2.hubs.ly/H05QnMB0 - PNSN reposted
Cascades Volcano Observatory update for Friday, May 29, 2026: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington were at normal background levels of activity for the last week. Small earthquakes were detected at Mount Rainier, Three Sisters, and Mount St. Helens. Field
- PNSN repostedA big volcano doesn't always mean risk of a bigger eruption. In this video, we want to help you understand how volcanoes are monitored and how you can get alerted. Visit mil.wa.gov/alerts to sign up for Volcano alerts.
00:00 - Happy #FieldworkFriday! If not a friend, then why friend-shaped? Some curious deer checked on our field staff at station HURR recently! While we're sure they are well acquainted with grazing on grassy fields, we're still deciding on their effectiveness on our fieldwork team.
