SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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01/07/2018
Bay Area earthquake rattled 9.8 million people — and offers a preview of something much worse
It was a sharp jolt but also a warning of something much more violent that could be coming. An estimated 9.8 millio...
It was a sharp jolt but also a warning of something much more violent that could be coming. An estimated 9.8 millio...
LA Times
01/07/2018
L.A. apura el mejoramiento antisísmico de edificios vulnerables antes del próximo gran terremot
Cuando, hace dos años, Los Ángeles aprobó las regulaciones de mejoramientos antisísmicos más radicales de la nació...
Cuando, hace dos años, Los Ángeles aprobó las regulaciones de mejoramientos antisísmicos más radicales de la nació...
LA Times
01/07/2018
L.A. races to fix vulnerable buildings before next major earthquake
When Los Angeles two years ago approved the nation’s most sweeping earthquake retrofitting regulations, officials kn...
When Los Angeles two years ago approved the nation’s most sweeping earthquake retrofitting regulations, officials kn...
LA Times
12/06/2017
SCSN Report: 12/06/2017, M4.0 near Julian, CA
Aftershocks: so far (06 Dec 2017, 06:15PM PST) there have been 26 aftershocks recorded, the largest M3.0 (smallest M0.6)...
Aftershocks: so far (06 Dec 2017, 06:15PM PST) there have been 26 aftershocks recorded, the largest M3.0 (smallest M0.6)...
SCSN
12/06/2017
Codes Developed by SDSC, SDSU, SCEC Used in Gordon Bell Prize Research
A Chinese team of researchers awarded this year’s prestigious Gordon Bell prize for simulating the devastating 1976 ea...
A Chinese team of researchers awarded this year’s prestigious Gordon Bell prize for simulating the devastating 1976 ea...
SDSC
11/23/2017
The real science behind the unreal predictions of major earthquakes in 2018
There is no way to predict an individual earthquake. Earthquakes occur when potential energy stored along cracks i...
There is no way to predict an individual earthquake. Earthquakes occur when potential energy stored along cracks i...
Washington Post
11/20/2017
Could the San Jacinto Fault Zone Rupture Sooner Than Expected?
A little-known section of the San Jacinto Fault in Southern California could erupt with a damaging earthquake a lot soon...
A little-known section of the San Jacinto Fault in Southern California could erupt with a damaging earthquake a lot soon...
KQED
10/24/2017
Anticipating Aftershocks
Southern California has the highest earthquake risk of any region in the U.S., but exactly how risky and where the great...
Southern California has the highest earthquake risk of any region in the U.S., but exactly how risky and where the great...
TACC
09/28/2017
Webinar: Recent Earthquakes and Tsunamis: Gathering, Understanding, and Sharing Information with the USGS and NOAA Websites
The GeoHazards Messaging Collaboratory GMC will host a free earthquake and tsunami science and alerts training for membe...
The GeoHazards Messaging Collaboratory GMC will host a free earthquake and tsunami science and alerts training for membe...
09/19/2017
M 7.1 Earthquake - 5km ENE of Raboso, Mexico
The September 19, 2017, M 7.1 earthquake in Central Mexico occurred as the result of normal faulting at a depth of appro...
The September 19, 2017, M 7.1 earthquake in Central Mexico occurred as the result of normal faulting at a depth of appro...
USGS
