In the Media
Earth scientists have an obligation to explain the science of natural phenomena and how they impact the public, whereby they play a direct role in enriching lives and inspiring future generations. Yet, explaining scientific concepts, experiments, and utility of results in an accessible language is challenging and requires constant thought and preparation. Here's some of our work on this front.
TV
SBS World Newa (30.06.2023), Commentary on the M4.7 aftershock of the 2021 M5.9 Woods Point, VIC earthquake (Link)
SBS World News (29.05.2023), commentary on the largest magnitude earthquake in Melbourne Metro in 90 years - The Sunbury M4 earthquake (Link)
Channel News Asia (06.02.2023), commentary on the devastating M7.8 earthquake in Turkey (Link)
ABC National News Bulletin (03.01.2022) on Monitoring Seismicity in the Gippsland Region (Link)
The AM Show, TV3/Discovery NZ (23.09.2021), Commentary on the M5.9 "Melbourne" earthquake (Link)
SBS News (22.09.2021), Commentary on the M5.9 "Melbourne" earthquake (Link)
Channel News Asia (22.09.2021), commentary on the M5.9 "Melbourne" earthquake, hazard media hype, and connection to climate change (Link)
Ticker News (05.03.2021), commentary on the M8.1 Kermadec earthquake that generated a Tsunami (Link)
RADIO
BBC World Service New Hour interview on the Turkey magnitude 7.8 earthquake of 06.02.2023 (Link)
3AW 7 am News Bulletin feature on seismic monitoring in Gippsland (Link)
Australia Today on LiSTNR with Steve Price (22.9.2021), Commentary on the M5.9 Woods Point ("Melbourne") earthquake (Link)
ABC Radio (Darwin) news, M6 Petermann Ranges earthquake (investigation), 06 July 2020 (Link)
ABC Radio (Darwin) news, M6 Petermann Ranges earthquake (forecasting), 06 July 2020 (Link)
Pulse Radio 94.7 fm, earthquakes in Australia and the Petermann earthquake, 09 June 2020 (Link)
ABC Radio, M7.2 earthquake in Banda Sea that was felt in Darwin, NT, 24 June 2019 (Link)
3RRR Radio 102.7 fm in Melbourne, On Dr. Shanes's Einstein a Go-Go Show about earthquake interactions in Australia, 16 June 2019 (Link)
ABC Radio 639's breakfast show with Paul Culliver about earthquakes in southeast Australia and the Flinders Ranges, 04 June 2019 (Link)
PRESS / NEWSLETTERS / POPULAR SCIENCE MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
Commentary on the largest aftershock of the 2021 Woods Point, VIC event and how earthquakes make gold (Link)
Attanayake, J., Jones, A., and Quigley, M. (2023). Monitoring Melbourne's Sunbury Earthquake, Pursuit (Link)
Commentary in AAPNews about the largest magnitude earthquake in Metropolitan Melbourne since 1932 (Link)
Commentary in New York Times live coverage of the 2023 Feb 06 M7.8 earthquake in Turkey with reporter Natasha Frost (Link)
Commentary in The Saturday Paper (19.11.2022), "How prepared is Australia for its next big earthquake?" (Link)
Commentary in the COSMOS Magazine weekly (11.03.2022), "Tracking earthquakes deep underground" (Link)
Attanayake, J., Jones, A., Mo, T., Gibson, G., and Sandiford, M. (2022). Seismic ears to the ground, Pursuit (Link)
ABC news feature (04.01.2022) on our seismic monitoring network in the Gippsland region (Link)
Commentary on the M5.9 Woods Point ("Melbourne") earthquake in The NewDaily (Link)
Commentary on the M5.9 Woods Point ("Melbourne") earthquake in The Guardian, (Link)
Quigley, M. and J. Attanayake, J., 2021. The earthquake that rattled Melbourne was among Australia’s biggest in half a century, but rock records reveal far mightier ones, The Conversation (Link)
Attanayake, J., and M. Quigley, 2021, Q&A: 4 Things you need to know about Victoria's earthquake, Pursuit (Link)
Commentary on the M5.9 Woods Point ("Melbourne") earthquake in AuScope's press release (Link)
Commentary on the M5.9 Woods Point ("Melbourne") earthquake in the Australian Financial Review (Link)
Quigley, M., A. King, B. Duffy, C. Vincent, I. Rutherford, J. Attanayake, L. Palmer, 2021, Double trouble: floods and COVID-19 have merged to pose great danger for Timor-Leste, The Conversation (Link)
Golodoniuc, P., J. Condon, J. Attanayake, and A. S. Jones, 2020, Developing the seismic network design app, AuScope (Link)
Santoro, H., 2020, Ancient rock structures guided rupture pathway in Australian quake, Temblor, http://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.104 (Link )
Jones, A. S., J. Attanayake, and D. Belton, 2020, Seismic drumroll for Hazelwood chimney departure (Link)
Australia's ancient geology controls the pathways of modern earthquakes, PHYS.ORG (Link) ScienceDaily (Link) The National Tribune (Link)
Attanayake, J., M. Quigley, T. K. King, A. Jones, and M. Sandiford, 2020, When Central Australia slipped and Trembled, Pursuit (Link)
Attanayake, J., M. Quigley, A. King, and F. Prideaux, 2020, The dual risks of natural disasters and COVID-19, Pursuit (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2019, Earthquakes that talk to each other, PURSUIT (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2019, When our political history is written in a few decades from now, The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2016, December 18. Is Sri Lanka protected from earthquakes? (in Sinhala), The Sunday Lankadeepa
Attanayake, J., 2016, October 9. Peering into the Earth's Solid Inner Core, The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2015, November 15. Bracing for a quake – The Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2015, May 24. Earthquakes, predictions and lies – The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2012, November 19. Sri Lanka cleared of earthquake threat – A reply, Daily News, Sri Lanka (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2007. North Korean nuclear test: A seismological perspective, Newsletter, Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 24, 1 and 2. (Link)
Attanayake, J., 2006. Two dimensional resistivity imaging for landslide monitoring, Newsletter, Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 23, 4, 3-5. (Link)