BSSA is the premier journal of advanced research in earthquake seismology and related disciplines. It first appeared in 1911 and was issued on a quarterly basis until 1963. Since 1963, it has appeared bimonthly (in February, April, June, August, October, and December). Subscriptions are sold by the annual volume only. Each issue is composed of scientific papers on the various aspects of seismology, including investigation of specific earthquakes, theoretical and observational studies of seismic waves, inverse methods for determining the structure of the Earth or the dynamics of the earthquake source, seismometry, earthquake hazard and risk estimation, seismotectonics, and earthquake engineering. In addition to full-length papers, each issue contains a section of "Short Notes" for comments on previously published items or for brief, topical contributions.

BSSA是地震地震學(xué)及相關(guān)學(xué)科高級(jí)研究的主要期刊。它于1911年首次出現(xiàn)，直到1963年才按季度發(fā)行。自1963年以來(lái)，它每?jī)蓚€(gè)月出現(xiàn)一次（2月、4月、6月、8月、10月和12月）。訂閱僅按年銷(xiāo)售量出售。每一期都由有關(guān)地震學(xué)各個(gè)方面的科學(xué)論文組成，包括特定地震的調(diào)查、地震波的理論和觀測(cè)研究、確定地球結(jié)構(gòu)或震源動(dòng)力學(xué)的逆方法、地震測(cè)量學(xué)、地震災(zāi)害和風(fēng)險(xiǎn)估計(jì)、地震技術(shù)以及地震工程。除了完整的論文外，每一期都包含一節(jié)“簡(jiǎn)短的筆記”，用于評(píng)論以前出版的項(xiàng)目或簡(jiǎn)短的專(zhuān)題文章。