SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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05/23/2016
Is the San Andreas “locked, loaded, and ready to go”?
Volkan and I presented and exhibited Temblor at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach last week. Prof. Thomas...
Volkan and I presented and exhibited Temblor at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach last week. Prof. Thomas...
Timblor
05/23/2016
New study shows humans have been causing earthquakes in Texas since the 1920s
Earthquakes triggered by human activity have been happening in Texas since at least 1925, and they have been widespread ...
Earthquakes triggered by human activity have been happening in Texas since at least 1925, and they have been widespread ...
SMU
05/23/2016
Tectonic Irregularity May Cause Southeast Temblors
In 2011, a powerful earthquake centered deep under central Virginia shook Hampton Roads and was felt by millions more fr...
In 2011, a powerful earthquake centered deep under central Virginia shook Hampton Roads and was felt by millions more fr...
05/23/2016
Earthquakes and Hand Grenades
When you pull the pin on a hand grenade, you have four seconds from the time you release the spoon — the aluminum leve...
When you pull the pin on a hand grenade, you have four seconds from the time you release the spoon — the aluminum leve...
Tech Crunch
05/19/2016
What are the odds of dying in an earthquake?
It's easy to be anxious about an earthquake. A leading seismic expert recently warned that Southern California's section...
It's easy to be anxious about an earthquake. A leading seismic expert recently warned that Southern California's section...
LA Times
05/05/2016
San Andreas fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll' with big earthquake, expert says
Southern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake...
Southern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake...
LA Times
05/03/2016
How to Sell Earthquake Insurance Policies by the Numbers
While it’s admittedly an oversimplification to think that you can sell insurance just by showing customers and prospec...
While it’s admittedly an oversimplification to think that you can sell insurance just by showing customers and prospec...
Insurance Journal
05/03/2016
MEDIA ADVISORY: National Earthquake Conference Set to Draw Experts from Across the Globe
Leaders will share and examine best practices and case studies in science, public outreach, building science, and ...
Leaders will share and examine best practices and case studies in science, public outreach, building science, and ...
04/29/2016
Building for Earthquakes
... there is a greater than 99% probability that one or more earthquakes of at least a 6.7 magnitude will occur in Calif...
... there is a greater than 99% probability that one or more earthquakes of at least a 6.7 magnitude will occur in Calif...
04/29/2016
Did the earth move for you? How GPS tracks the slow movements of a world in motion
If you feel that the earth beneath your feet is moving, it’s because it is. Since the late 1980s geophysicists includi...
If you feel that the earth beneath your feet is moving, it’s because it is. Since the late 1980s geophysicists includi...
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