Overview

The SCEC/USGS Community Stress Drop Validation Study aims to understand the physical controls and methodological reasons for variance in earthquake stress drops, so that they can be used reliably by the earthquake science community. 

Since its conception in 2021, this initiative has engaged a wide international community, directly comparing methods, and seeking to understand the sources of the large variability both random and systematic that continue to limit their use in understanding earthquake physics and ground motions.

This early-career focused workshop will be tutorial based, showcasing different methods for estimating stress drop with two broad aims: to enable those wanting to measure earthquake source parameters to learn state-of-the-art practice, AND to provide the necessary understanding for informed use of these measurements by those wanting to include them in their own research. 

Due to time and space limitations, this workshop will only be open to 20 early-career researchers. Please let us know your interest (to date and proposed), experience and usage of stress drops and why you’d like to be involved in this workshop. 

For our broader community, we will schedule a general meet up at the SCEC Annual Meeting.