Community Fault Model v5.3 Released with Updated Web Tools for Improved Access
We are pleased to announce the release of version 5.3 of the SCEC Community Fault Model (CFM5.3) — the most detailed and comprehensive three-dimensional representation of southern California faults...
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Opportunities from SCEC’s Experiential Learning and Career Advancement
A year into the pandemic, we continue to evaluate the extent of disruption to career growth due to suspended experiential learning and career advancement programs. Students and early career...
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Why California is Safer Because of the San Fernando Earthquake
No matter what else is going on in the world, earthquakes are always relevant in California because they are a constant threat that can occur anywhere and at any time. The topic has never been...
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Why do some faults appear to slip backwards?
Rarely can a two-day group field trip provide new information about the physics of earthquakes. Guided by satellite measurements of fault deformation, SCEC researchers from Scripps Institution of...
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How SCEC Helps People "ShakeOut" for Tsunamis
10 years ago this March, an unexpectedly-large M9.1 earthquake off Japan’s east coast generated an enormous tsunami. Experts all around the world were puzzled. People knew big earthquakes and...
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Research Highlights

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

The Committee for Utilization of Ground Motions Simulations (UGMS) developed site-specific response spectral acceleration maps for the Los Angeles region.

Recent Publications

Resolution and uncertainties in estimates of earthquake stress drop and energy release Abercrombie, R. E.
Propagation of large earthquakes as self-healing pulses or mild cracks. Lambert, V. R., Lapusta, N., & Perry, S. M.
Seismic Moment Accumulation Response to Lateral Crustal Variations of the San Andreas Fault System Ward, L. A., Smith-Konter, B. R., Xu, X., & Sandwell, D. T.
Toward Physics‐Based Nonergodic PSHA: A Prototype Fully Deterministic Seismic Hazard Model for Southern California Milner, K. R., Shaw, B. E., Goulet, C. A., Richards-Dinger, K. B., Callaghan, S., Jordan, T. H., Dieterich, J. H., & Field, E. H.
A Subset of CyberShake Ground Motion Time Series for Response History Analysis Baker, J. W., Rezaeian, S., Goulet, C. A., Luco, N., & Teng, G.

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Science Workshops

NEXT UP: Societal Shock Resilience, an NSF Convergence Accelerator Workshop,
June 7-8, 11, 2021

SCEC-IRIS-UNAVCO Community Workshop: Rupture and Fault Zone Observatory (RuFZO), April 13, 2021

Yehuda Ben-Zion: Scientific Motivation for the Rupture and Fault Zone Observatory (more presentations)

SCEC Dynamic Rupture TAG – 2020 Ingredients Workshop, October 2020

Alice Gabriel: Thermal pressurization 3D benchmark and results... (more presentations)

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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.

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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.

ShakeOut Earthquake Drills
ShakeOut Earthquake Drills are an opporuntity to practice how to prepare to survive and recover from the next damaging earthquake.

Earthquakes in the News

June 2021 WSSPC Monthly Bulletin
Tsunamis from uncommon sources, fracking-induced earthquakes in Texas, and examining "slow-slip" earthquakes - all in...
Study reveals the workings of nature’s own earthquake blocker
A new study finds a naturally occurring “earthquake gate” that decides which earthquakes are allowed to grow into...
Surprising recharacterization of earthquake risk along a strand of the San Andreas
A recent study indicates increased slip rates along the Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas Fault, suggesting a...
When it comes to earthquakes, size matters but so does the terrain
Earthquakes can be like Jell-O. A simple, yet often used analogy is that if you’re sitting in a valley or basin, it...
In major milestone, U.S. earthquake early warning system now covers entire West Coast
On Tuesday at 8 a.m., mobile users in Washington state finally gained access to the earthquake early warning system’s...

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