Earthquake Research in China (ERC) is an international English language quarterly 

journal, which was first published in 1987. ERC is now sponsored by China 

Earthquake Network Center and Co-sponsored by the School of Earth and Space 

Science, University of Science and Technology of China.

ERC aims at spreading advanced researches on earthquake in China and worldwide. 

A broad perspective includes fundamental seismological studies, applied earthquake

researches and earthquake related social sciences.

An outstanding editorial panel has been established for ERC.

The current Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Yong Chen,

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the four Deputy Editor-in-Chiefs are

Haitao Wang, Guiping Liu, Zhigang Peng and Baoshan Wang.

As the peer-reviewed journal, all submitted manuscripts to ERC are subject to strict review

process before being considered for publication.

We sincerely invite you to submit manuscripts to, but not limited to the following areas:

(1) Scientific and technical results of earthquake research;

(2) Different scientific points of views in earthquake research;

(3) Researches in earthquake-related science;

(4) Introduction of earthquake hazards-policy.

ISSN 0891-4176

Tel：010-58034057；58034056

E-mail：erc19871@seis.ac.cn

Submit on Line：http://erc.eq-j.cn/

Editor-in-chief

Yong Chen

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the World Academy

of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries

Professor of Nanjing University

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Haitao Wang

Chief Director of China Earthquake Networks Center

Guiping Liu

Vice Chief Director of China Earthquake Networks Center

Zhigang Peng

Professor of geophysics in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

at Georgia Institute of Technology

Baoshan Wang

Professor of the School of Earth and Space Science, University

of Science and Technology of China