SCEC Community Fault Model (CFM) 6.0 Released
It is our great pleasure to announce the release of the SCEC Community Fault Model version 6.0! CFM6.0 is a significant revision from the previous CFM version, incorporating feedback from an in-depth...
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The 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence in Turkey: Relations to California earthquakes, ground motion, and seismic risk
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Get to Know the SCEC Community
Dear SCEC Community, As part of my new role as an outreach partner with the SCEC Communication, Education and Outreach team, I am working with members of the SCEC Community to create...
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2022 SCEC Community Honors and Awards
Each year members of the SCEC Community are recognized with major awards and honors. This page is a collection of these recognitions announced or bestowed throughout 2022.  ...
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Shaping of the Rupture and Fault Zone Observatory
Community efforts continued this fall to hone the concept and design of the Rupture and Fault Zone Observatory (RuFZO), also known as the Near-Fault Observatory. RuFZO aims to collect geophysical and...
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Research Highlights

Mike Floyd: State of the Community Geodetic Model (more presentations)

The Community Geodetic Model (CGM) provides displacement time series and velocities of the Earth’s surface over southern California.

The Community Stress Drop Validation technical activity group is focused on resolving discrepancies in earthquake stress drop.

The Community Rheology Model (CRM) provides a three-dimensional description of the ductile rheology of southern California’s lithosphere.

Recent Publications

Fault damage zone effects on ground motions during the 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest, CA, earthquake Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B.
The 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence in Turkey: Relations to California earthquakes, ground motion, and seismic risk Elbanna, A. E., Milner, K. R., & Ben-Zion, Y.
Are Regionally Calibrated Seismicity Models More Informative than Global Models? Insights from California, New Zealand, and Italy Bayona, J. A., Savran, W. H., Iturrieta, P. C., Gerstenberger, M. C., Graham, K., Marzocchi, W., Schorlemmer, D., & Werner, M. J.
Comparison of Nonergodic Ground Motion Components from CyberShake and NGA-West2 Datasets in California Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Graves, R. W., & Callaghan, S.
Finite-Source Model of the 8 July 2021 M 6.0 Antelope Valley, California, Earthquake Wang, K., Dreger, D. S., Bürgmann, R., & Taira, T.

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Science Workshops

SCEC 2023 High-Performance Seismology (HPS) CyberTraining, May 9-12, 2023

SCEC Community Rheology Model (CRM) Workshop, February 27, 2023

2023 Stress Drop Validation TAG Workshop, January 26, 2023

Elisa Tinti: Brune Stress Drop vs. Finite Fault Stress Drop Estimates (more presentations)

Dynamic Rupture TAG 2023 Workshop – Investigating New Ideas in Earthquake Source Mechanics, January 12, 2023

Multiple Presenters: 2023 Dynamic Rupture Workshop Lightning Talks (more presentations)

SCEC Workshop on Advancing Simulations of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip, November 18, 2022

SCEC CFM5.3 Evaluation Workshop, April 7, 2022

SCEC Workshop on Coordinating Post-Earthquake Field Data Collection, January 12 & 14, 2022

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Education Programs

Supported Opportunities for Undergraduates and Researchers to Collaborate on Earthquake Science (SOURCES) offers a remotely-mentored research experience to college students nationwide.

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) pairs a student, one-on-one, to conduct research with a pre-eminent earthquake scientist or specialist.

Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology (UseIT) internship is a team-based undergraduate research program.

SCEC Transitions Program provides students and early-career scientists with resources and mentoring at major transitions in their educational and professional careers.

See more opportunities...

Recent Earthquakes

Earthquakes can happen at any time. See the USGS or SCEDC for real-time earthquake information.

Earthquake Preparedness

Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety
A step-by-step guide for staying safe before, during, and after an earthquake.

Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills
SCEC is the global coordinator for the world’s largest earthquake drill, when millions of people practice self-protection and other aspects of their emergency plans.

Earthquakes in the News

High-quality satellite imagery swiftly reveals post-earthquake details
Remote sensing imagery is widely used in disaster response due to its easy accessibility and timeliness and can clearly...
“Segment-Jumping” Ridgecrest Earthquakes Explored in New Study
Seismologists use supercomputer to reveal complex dynamics of multi-fault earthquake systems
Dynamics, interactions and delays of the 2019 Ridgecrest rupture sequence
Despite increasingly high-quality geodetic, seismic and field observations, data-driven earthquake imaging yields stark...
Using AI, researchers have created a new tsunami warning system
According to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Physics of Fluids, an early warning system is being developed...
Alaska scientists find novel way to aid earthquake magnitude determination
Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes...
World's most powerful earthquake ever recorded left 'whole Earth ringing like a bell'
More than 60 years ago, the world's most powerful earthquake ever recorded struck Chile - its devastating impact felt...
Recent large earthquakes near Lassen are just another day in the Basin and Range
Since May 11, 2023, a series of M5+ earthquakes and aftershocks have rattled the area around Lake Almanor, a reservoir...
Earthquake: Magnitude 5.6 quake reported near Fortuna, Calif.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake was reported Sunday at 11:44 a.m. 92 miles from Fortuna, Calif., according to the U.S....
Could the rush for lithium near the Salton Sea trigger earthquakes?
Some Southern Californians fear risks of these clean energy projects might outweigh benefits. The science is far from...
This wooden high rise wiggled its way through two devastating earthquakes
It’s a big step forward in proving that wood buildings can go tall in seismic zones.

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