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
Science Workshops
SCEC CFM5.3 Evaluation Workshop, April 7, 2022
SCEC Workshop on Coordinating Post-Earthquake Field Data Collection, January 12 & 14, 2022
SCEC Workshop on Dynamic Rupture and Stress Conditions, December 3, 2021
2021 SCEC Community Geodetic Model Workshop, November 9-10, 2021
SCEC Community Workshop: Stress Drop Validation—Planning and Preliminary Results, November 4, 2021
Colin Pennington: Comparisons of Stress Drop Results: a Focus on the Prague, OK Sequence (more presentations)
SCEC Workshop on Advancing Simulations of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip, November 2, 2021
Societal Shock Resilience, an NSF Convergence Accelerator Workshop,
June 7-8, 11, 2021
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.
Recent Earthquakes
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.