2022 SCEC Science Plan solicits proposals
The SCEC Science Plan (aka RFP) reflects the research priorities articulated in the SCEC5 proposal, and the project plan approved by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Geological Survey....
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2021 Great ShakeOut: Resources for your class, office, or home drills!
SCEC's Communication, Education, and Outreach program has coordinated Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills since 2008, in partnership with local, national, and international colleagues and organizations...
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There is Plenty of Room in the Fault Zone!
The internal structure of fault zones in the upper continental crust exhibits considerable complexity. Mature faults consist of several basic structural elements including...
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The Walker Lane: A Potential Target for SCEC Studies?
Studies outside Southern California proper can further our understanding of aspects of the earthquake process that are the grist for development of seismic hazard maps in Southern California. It is...
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Improving Earthquake Simulation Modelling That May Save Lives
Christine Goulet, Executive Director for Applied Sciences (SCEC) at the University of Southern California (USC) improve how researchers simulate earthquakes using TACC’s Frontera supercomputer that...
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Research Highlights

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

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

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

Ridgecrest aftershocks at Coso suppressed by thermal destressing Im, K., Avouac, J., Heimisson, E. R., & Elsworth, D.
Communication Between the Northern and Southern Central San Andreas Fault via Dynamically Triggered Creep Hirao, B., Savage, H., & Brodsky, E. E.
Detailed traveltime tomography and seismic catalogue around the 2019 Mw7.1 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake using dense rapid-response seismic data White, M. C., Fang, H., Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Steidl, J. H., & Ben-Zion, Y.
Probabilistic Forecasting of Hydraulic Fracturing-Induced Seismicity Using an Injection-Rate Driven ETAS Model Mancini, S., Werner, M. J., Segou, M., & Baptie, B.
Propagation of large earthquakes as self-healing pulses or mild cracks. Lambert, V. R., Lapusta, N., & Perry, S. M.

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Science Workshops

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)

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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

MyShake App: Take Cover Before The Ground Shakes
Did you know there is an app on your phone that can alert you seconds before an earthquake hits giving you time to act...
Earthquake Retrofitting Los Angeles Homes: Is It Worth It?
Seismic retrofitting involves strengthening a structure to make it more resistant to earthquake shaking and damage. In...
How Technology is Changing Seismic Retrofitting
The world is changing. A couple of decades ago, the only seismic retrofitting done on a building was to install steel...
USGS Event Page: M4.3 Earthquake - 1km ESE of Carson, CA
2021-09-18 02:58:34 (UTC) 33.825°N 118.270°W 14.7 km depth
Hunger spikes in Haiti following deadly earthquake
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and has long been vulnerable on multiple...
Complex needs of earthquake survivors require continued specialised care
The greatest number of deaths and injuries from Haiti’s 14 August earthquake occurred in the country’s southernmost...
‘I don’t see my mum’: Haiti’s earthquake leaves new generation of orphans
“Most stay at a neighbour’s house, or in a makeshift shelter,” says Loraus, at a school on the outskirts of Les Cayes,...
Essential Earthquake Safety Tips
Millions of California homes are vulnerable to earthquake damage, and most are within 30 miles of an active fault. And...
IRIS Teachable Moment, M7.0 Mexico Earthquake (09/17/2021)
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has occurred in Acapulco, Mexico at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). One death has been reported...
IRIS Teachable Moment, M7.2 Haiti Earthquake (08/14/2021)
A M7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, reducing churches, hotels, and homes to rubble. This...

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