11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering June 25 - 29
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute EERI and Southern California Earthquake Center SCEC are co-hosting this year's conference, which happens every four years. This conference's theme...
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Earthquakes: Separating Fact from Fiction
Unlike the sensationalized Hollywood depictions of earthquakes, researchers say there is still no way to predict how and when earthquakes will strike. John Vidale, Director of the Southern California...
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"Shake, Rattle, and Code" - Super Models Find Faults
"These experiments show that the physics-based model RSQSim can replicate the seismic hazard estimates derived from the empirical model, but with far fewer statistical assumptions," noted Jordan...
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Read Cray, Inc.'s Story on SCEC High-Performance Computing Work
Dr. Jordan and his team at the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) are developing methods to simulate how the ground will move in the event of an earthquake. Their research is...
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California's Tsunami Preparedness Week is March 26 - 30!
Join us at TsunamiZone.org in helping to make your family, workplace, or community safer from tsunamis. Each last week of March, California holds its annual tsunami preparedness week.
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Recent Publications

Monitoring reservoir response to earthquakes and fluid extraction, Salton Sea geothermal field, California Taira, T., Nayak, A., Brenguier, F., & Manga, M.
Uplift of the Western Transverse Ranges and Ventura Area of Southern California: A Four-Technique Geodetic Study Combining GPS, InSAR, Leveling, and Tide Gauges Hammond, W. C., Burgette, R. J., Johnson, K. M., & Blewitt, G.
Strong SH-to-Love Wave Scattering off the Southern California Continental Borderland Yu, C., Zhan, Z., Hauksson, E., & Cochran, E. S.
A bottom-driven mechanism for distributed faulting in the Gulf of California rift Persaud, P., Tan, E., Contreras, J., & Lavier, L. L.
Holocene slip rates along the San Andreas Fault System in the San Gorgonio Pass and implications for large earthquakes in southern California Yule, D., & Heermance, R. V.

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In The News

Global earthquake forecast passes test
A newly-accepted study by the journal, Seismological Research Letters, analyzes the Global Earthquake Activity Rate (...
How to earthquake proof your home or apartment for under $50
In the next 30 years, scientists predict California will have a massive earthquake. The big question is, are you...
The Latest: No reports of damage after huge Hawaii quake
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of a Hawaii volcano that sent molten lava through forest land and...
M 6.9 Earthquake - 16km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii, 2018-05-04 22:32:55 UTC, 5.0 km depth.
PAGER: Yellow for economic losses, Green for casualties. Overall, the population in this region resides in structures...
San Francisco’s Big Seismic Gamble
Sailors arriving in San Francisco in the 19th century used two giant redwood trees perched on a hill to help guide...

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Recent Earthquakes

Earthquakes can happen at any time! See recent earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in California and Nevada: