SCEC September 2023 Newsletter
Updates from SCEC's Directors, 20 years of community models, experience of a SCEC intern, and other updates
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New Perspectives on Hydrological Monitoring from Passive Seismic Interferometry
With climate change and population growth, securing freshwater supply is an imminent challenge faced by humanity worldwide [Figure 1]. An overarching component of freshwater resources is groundwater...
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SCEC Community Models Represent Over 20 years of Collaboration
The SCEC Community Models, now collectively known as CXM, have been a key component of the SCEC collaboration since the 1990’s. CXM has significantly expanded in recent years and is now a collection...
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My Experience with SCEC SOURCES
To say that the Southern California Earthquake Center's Supported Opportunities for Undergraduates and Researchers to Collaborate on Earthquake Science (SOURCES) 2022 Internship Program was a...
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SCEC2023 Meeting Materials Now Available!
SCEC2023 Poster Archive and plenary recordings are now available, for those who elected to publicly showcase their work! Plenary recordings can be found on the SCEC2023 agenda page.
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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

Effect of asymmetric topography on rupture propagation along fault stepovers Douilly, R.
Major southern San Andreas earthquakes modulated by lake-filling events Hill, R. G., Weingarten, M., Rockwell, T. K., & Fialko, Y.
Comparing Adjoint Waveform Tomography Models of California Using Different Starting Models Doody, C. D., Rodgers, A. J., Afanasiev, M., Boehm, C., Krischer, L., Chiang, A., & Simmons, N.
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.

See all publications...

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

See more workshops...

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

Shaking Up Earthquake Studies by Increasing Access to Data, Tools and Research Results
Scientists from SCEC at USC, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (...
Southern California earthquake was unlikely triggered by Hurricane Hilary
Meteorological data suggest that simultaneous heavy rainfall from Hurricane Hilary and an earthquake in Ojai,...
Preliminary 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck NorCal in Shasta County, USGS says
It hit the area of Fall River Mills, which is about 70 miles Northeast of Redding. No injuries have been reported. A...
California's winter waves may be increasing under climate change
New research used 90 years of seismic data to infer wave heights, creating an unprecedented record of the waves that...
Study ties fracking to another type of shaking
New research confirms fracking causes slow, small earthquakes or tremors, whose origin was previously a mystery to...
Is earthquake weather real? Dr. Lucy Jones sets the record straight
Dr. Lucy Jones, regarded by many as one of the most trusted authorities on the subject of earthquakes, spoke with KCAL...
8/20/23 Magnitude 5.1 near Ojai, CA
View maps of shaking intensity plus click "Did You Feel It" to share your experience.
Fiber-Optic Cables Are Natural Earthquake Detectors
Optical cables could give early warnings through dense, low-cost arrays
Global Earthquake Analysis Seeks Elusive Foreshock Signal
Spotting foreshocks for what they are could help seismologists forecast large earthquakes.
Study ties fracking to another type of earthquakes
New research confirms fracking causes slow, small earthquakes or tremors, whose origin was previously a mystery to...

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