The PATA Days conference series was established in 2009 by Klaus Reicherter (RWTH Aachen) and Pablo G. Silva (USAL) with a first meeting in Baelo Claudia (Spain). It’s a meeting with usually around 100 participants on all things paleoseismology, active tectonics, archaeoseismology, earthquake geology, and tsunami studies. The meetings are somewhat special for three reasons:
- We publish 4-page extended abstracts;
- We run a lot of field trips before, during, and after the meetings;
- We usually confine ourselves in a small venue rather than in a big city, in order to foster discussion and networking.
The PATA Days were, and still are, one of the core activities of the earthquake community within INQUA‘s TERPRO Commission (Terrestrial Processes). We thank INQUA for their continuous support!
At present, PATA Days are organized by TERPRO’s project CHAMP (Cascading Hazards and Mitigation Project) under the leadership of Tina Niemi, Yann Klinger, Gabriel Easton, and Shreya Arora.
In 2026, PATA Days were held in Guatemala to commemorate the 1976 M7.5 Guatemala Earthquake. Click here to read a summary.
In 2027, there will be no regular PATA Days because it’s the year of the INQUA Congress. Instead, there will be a small winter school from 24 – 27 January, coordinated with the congress. Check out the website and save the date: https://www.bates.edu/pata-2027-workshop/