Pradeep Talwani

Pradeep Talwani is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of South Carolina. He has over thirty years' experience researching intraplate earthquakes, particularly in the Eastern US and Canada, and is a leading authority on the largest intraplate earthquake to strike the Eastern US in recorded history: the 1886 event at Charleston, South Carolina. Professor Talwani served as Director of the South Carolina Seismic Network...See more

Pradeep Talwani is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of South Carolina. He has over thirty years' experience researching intraplate earthquakes, particularly in the Eastern US and Canada, and is a leading authority on the largest intraplate earthquake to strike the Eastern US in recorded history: the 1886 event at Charleston, South Carolina. Professor Talwani served as Director of the South Carolina Seismic Network from 1990 until 2009, when he retired, and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. See less