Several areas of emphasis received attention this year: Stress evolution and its effect on earthquake potential, Site and path effects on strong ground shaking ("Phase III") as well as the refinements of the Phase II report that this entails ("WG2000"). Construction of a three-dimensional seismic velocity model for use in strong motion modeling continued, and assimilated results from the LARSE experiment. Improvements on the crustal deformation map were sought as the SCIGN deployment nears completion.

During 2000 SCEC encouraged "Legacy" projects to integrate scientific results from SCEC's research activities over the past decade and present them in a lasting, accessible format.

In 2000, SCEC also reviewed findings related to the significant earthquakes that have occurred during the SCEC legacy time period. The focus was on the 1992 Landers, 1994 Northridge, and 1999 Hector Mine earthquakes, but participation in field studies worldwide should not be ignored if (1) such studies have brought new knowledge to SCEC, or (2) they can be used to demonstrate potential benefits of the SCEC approach. The goals were to summarize lessons learned from these events and how the SCEC group approach contributed to more comprehensive and innovative analysis. The lessons will include source studies, aftershocks studies, seismotectonics, ground motion studies, geodetic studies, and stress triggering.