4 pages, figures, Quantitively predicting earthquakes and tsunamis is a long-standing goal for seismological research. The behaviour of earthquake ruptures is not fully understood, and the differences between shallow and deep earthquakes often lead to underpredictions of tsunamis as a secondary hazard. Dr Valentí Sallarès and Dr César R. Ranero of the Institute of Marine Sciences, CSIC, in Spain have developed a new model that improves knowledge of earthquake rupture behaviour based on their depth within the crust. With an improved understanding of the characteristics of earthquakes, better prediction of tsunamis is possible, ZIP (reference 604713), funded by the E.C. in the call for proposals FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN. FRAME (reference CTM2015-71766-R), funded by the Spanish Plan of Research and Innovation