COMET Blog

COMET Blog


Science Diplomacy: Strengthening UK Links with the China Earthquake Administration 

In June 2025, COMET welcomed a delegation from the Institute of Geology at the China Earthquake Administration to formalise two decades of collaboration through a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

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COMET Guidelines for Safe, Inclusive and Equitable Research Fieldwork

These guidelines have been developed as part of the project Guidelines for Safe, Inclusive and Equitable Research Fieldwork, supported by a Research England Enhancing Research Culture Grant.


COMET event response overview:

Myanmar Earthquakes

17 April 2025



COMET Internship Blog – Kinematics of the Hindu Kush from InSAR Velocity Measurements Summer 2024

Rochelle Pun (Imperial College London)

Image: Sentinel-1, European Space Agency (ESA)


COMET Internship Blog – Methods to Measure Volcanic Plume Heights Summer 2023

Geri Peykova (University of Oxford)


COMET event response overview:

Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes

6 February 2023


How and why does COMET respond to earthquakes? 14 February 2023

A personal view from COMET Director, Professor Tim Wright (University of Leeds)

Image: Jens Aber on Unsplash


COMET event response overview:

Mindanao, Philippines: Oct-Dec 2019 Earthquake Sequence

16-31 October/15 December 2019


Developing LiCSAR – automated processing of Sentinel-1 data 10 October 2017

What is LiCSAR and how is it used?

Karsten Spaans, Scientific Programmer Emma Hatton, InSAR Facility Manager (University of Leeds)


COMET event response overview:

Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake

15 November 2016


COMET event response overview:

Apennines Earthquakes 

24 August/27 and 30 October 2016


COMET event response overview:

Nepal Earthquakes

25 April/12 May 2015


COMET event response overview:

August 2014 Mw 6.0 Napa Valley (California) earthquake

24 August 2014