Large scale global seismology has helped to identify areas at risk from earthquakes and tsunami.
The development of intensity as a tool thus predates instrumental seismology (although really not by very much ).
Interests in exploration seismology include ocean-bottom surveys, Q estimation, anisotropy, converted waves and AVO studies.
Professor James Jackson Geologist with an interest in earthquakes, using earthquake source seismology to examine how continents are deforming today.
The development of intensity as a tool thus predates instrumental seismology (although really not by very much).