SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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11/12/2022
Seismo Lab at Caltech celebrates 100 years
The goal of understanding earthquakes, and helping the public understand, is at the heart of what the Seismology Lab doe...
The goal of understanding earthquakes, and helping the public understand, is at the heart of what the Seismology Lab doe...
Whittier Daily News
11/12/2022
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes Nepal region
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck in Nepal on Saturday, shaking houses in the Himalayan country and neighboring Indi...
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck in Nepal on Saturday, shaking houses in the Himalayan country and neighboring Indi...
Reuters
11/11/2022
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Guatemala, no damage reported
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Guatemala late on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, though there were no ...
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Guatemala late on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, though there were no ...
Reuters
11/11/2022
This type of powerful earthquake is more common than previously thought; Are we due for a ‘big one?’
A devastating and violent type of earthquake once thought to be rare is actually much more common than previously though...
A devastating and violent type of earthquake once thought to be rare is actually much more common than previously though...
KTLA
11/10/2022
Carbon-storing rocks may lubricate the San Andreas
Did you know there’s a mineral that may prevent catastrophic earthquakes and sequester CO2 from Earth’s atmosphere? ...
Did you know there’s a mineral that may prevent catastrophic earthquakes and sequester CO2 from Earth’s atmosphere? ...
Temblor
11/09/2022
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake shakes Italy’s Adriatic coast
A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck off Italy’s Adriatic coast early on Wednesday, but caused no serious damag...
A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck off Italy’s Adriatic coast early on Wednesday, but caused no serious damag...
CNN
11/08/2022
New oneAPI Center of Excellence Focuses on Earthquake Research
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, in collaboration with SCEC, is hosting a new oneAPI Center of...
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, in collaboration with SCEC, is hosting a new oneAPI Center of...
UCSD Today
11/03/2022
Some California faults may have longer recurrence intervals than thought
Improved estimates of earthquake recurrence interval could account for an apparent earthquake hiatus in California. ...
Improved estimates of earthquake recurrence interval could account for an apparent earthquake hiatus in California. ...
Temblor
11/01/2022
Two Decades of High-Performance Computing at SCEC
SCEC began its journey into high performance computing in 2001, when Thomas Jordan, former Director of SCEC, received a ...
SCEC began its journey into high performance computing in 2001, when Thomas Jordan, former Director of SCEC, received a ...
10/27/2022
Bay Area earthquake came with early warning for 2.1 million ShakeAlert app users
Many San Francisco Bay Area residents were given several seconds’ warning before the shaking arrived from a magnitude ...
Many San Francisco Bay Area residents were given several seconds’ warning before the shaking arrived from a magnitude ...
Los Angeles Times