SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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05/31/2020
Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 REPORT
Compilation of latest findings on retrofit strategies with: Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2018 Interim report.&n...
Compilation of latest findings on retrofit strategies with: Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2018 Interim report.&n...
NIBS
05/28/2020
Could a major earthquake soon strike South Korea?
The Korean Peninsula is not typically an area of high seismic activity, but seismologists have been rattled by a recent ...
The Korean Peninsula is not typically an area of high seismic activity, but seismologists have been rattled by a recent ...
DW
05/21/2020
Seismic hazard increased following 2019 Ridgecrest event
Most Southern Californians are aware of the seismic risk posed by the San Andreas Fault. But a network of smaller faults...
Most Southern Californians are aware of the seismic risk posed by the San Andreas Fault. But a network of smaller faults...
Temblor
05/15/2020
M6.5 Earthquake Near Nevada / California Border
The May 15, 2020 M 6.5 earthquake 56 km west f Tonopah, Nevada, occurred as the result of strike slip faulting in the sh...
The May 15, 2020 M 6.5 earthquake 56 km west f Tonopah, Nevada, occurred as the result of strike slip faulting in the sh...
USGS
05/14/2020
Earthquake Sensor Tracks Passing Floats and Bands in the Rose Bowl Parade
Engineers at Caltech helped develop and deploy a citywide optic array late last year for mapping tremors and earthquakes...
Engineers at Caltech helped develop and deploy a citywide optic array late last year for mapping tremors and earthquakes...
Machine Design
05/07/2020
More Than Pretty Face, Bay View’s Big Red Spotted Dog
The Rocket character was created by The Hero In You Foundation members. Benaron teamed up with California-based artists ...
The Rocket character was created by The Hero In You Foundation members. Benaron teamed up with California-based artists ...
Bay View Compass
05/07/2020
'Wobble' may precede some great earthquakes, study shows
The land masses of Japan shifted from east to west to east again in the months before the strongest earthquake in the co...
The land masses of Japan shifted from east to west to east again in the months before the strongest earthquake in the co...
Phys.org
05/05/2020
Sizing up the beast
With help from DOE supercomputers, a USC-led team expands models of the fault system beneath its feet, aiming to predict...
With help from DOE supercomputers, a USC-led team expands models of the fault system beneath its feet, aiming to predict...
DOE
05/01/2020
Airborne Lidar and Electro‐Optical Imagery along Surface Ruptures of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence, Southern California
Surface rupture from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, initially associated with the Mw Mw 6.4 foreshock, o...
Surface rupture from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, initially associated with the Mw Mw 6.4 foreshock, o...
GeoScience World
05/01/2020
New Guide: Earthquake Safety at Home, FEMA P-530 (March 2020)
Half of all Americans live in areas subject to earthquake risk, and most Americans will travel to seismically active reg...
Half of all Americans live in areas subject to earthquake risk, and most Americans will travel to seismically active reg...
FEMA
