The PATA Days conference series was established in 2009 by Klaus Reicherter. 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 2025, we plan a student summer school along the San Andreas Fault. More info on this, soon. In 2026, PATA Days will be held in Guatemala to commemorate the 1976 M7.5 Guatemala Earthquake. More info here.