SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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07/25/2023
Q&A: Drying of the Salton Sea has staved off earthquakes, for now
A new study in the journal Nature has found that as the Salton Sea has dried up, it has eased the strain on this part of...
A new study in the journal Nature has found that as the Salton Sea has dried up, it has eased the strain on this part of...
Phys
07/20/2023
SCEC2023 Meeting Materials Now Available!
SCEC2023 Poster Archive and plenary recordings are now available, for those who elected to publicly showcase their work!...
SCEC2023 Poster Archive and plenary recordings are now available, for those who elected to publicly showcase their work!...
07/12/2023
Iceland volcano: Lava bursts through ground after intense earthquakes
A volcanic eruption has sent lava and smoke pouring out of the side of Mount Fagradalsfjall, near Iceland's capital Reyk...
A volcanic eruption has sent lava and smoke pouring out of the side of Mount Fagradalsfjall, near Iceland's capital Reyk...
BBC News
07/11/2023
Hiding in Plain Sight: Researchers Reveal Impact of Ancient Earthquake
Researchers from the University of Otago have uncovered a previously unidentified zone of coastal uplift in Rarangi, Mar...
Researchers from the University of Otago have uncovered a previously unidentified zone of coastal uplift in Rarangi, Mar...
SciTechDaily
07/11/2023
Discovery of ancient tsunami along Israel’s coast could help predict impact of future disasters
Landmark study provides first-ever evidence of a tsunami deposit on land and exposes the potential risk in the region fo...
Landmark study provides first-ever evidence of a tsunami deposit on land and exposes the potential risk in the region fo...
YNet News
06/22/2023
Q&A: How can the Chignik, Alaska, earthquake help predict future risk?
Jeffrey Freymueller, a professor in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University, is researching this ear...
Jeffrey Freymueller, a professor in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University, is researching this ear...
Phys
06/22/2023
A New Workflow to Image the 3D Structure of Active Faults
A new approach to illuminate 3D fault structures using earthquake hypocenters may improve our understanding of earthquak...
A new approach to illuminate 3D fault structures using earthquake hypocenters may improve our understanding of earthquak...
Eos
06/22/2023
Sinking seamount offers clues to slow motion earthquakes
New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that when seamounts sink, they leave behind a trail of soft se...
New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that when seamounts sink, they leave behind a trail of soft se...
Phys
06/19/2023
Everything is Relative: Precise Earthquake Location
Locating an earthquake in an absolute sense can come with considerable uncertainty, but locating earthquakes relative to...
Locating an earthquake in an absolute sense can come with considerable uncertainty, but locating earthquakes relative to...
USGS
06/15/2023
Intriguing correlation between earthquakes and cosmic radiation
There is a clear statistical correlation between global seismic activity and changes in the intensity of cosmic radiatio...
There is a clear statistical correlation between global seismic activity and changes in the intensity of cosmic radiatio...
Eurekalert
