SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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12/10/2015
Hidden Earthquake Discovery Challenges Tsunami Early-Warning Systems
Seismologists at the University of Liverpool studying the 2011 Chile earthquake have discovered a previously undetected ...
Seismologists at the University of Liverpool studying the 2011 Chile earthquake have discovered a previously undetected ...
University of Liverpool
12/10/2015
Scale Dependence of Rock Friction at High Work Rate
Large fault slips, which can produce strong ground motion and a huge tsunami, are associated with a remarkable decrease ...
Large fault slips, which can produce strong ground motion and a huge tsunami, are associated with a remarkable decrease ...
Futoshi Yamashita
12/10/2015
The Kathmandu Earthquake: Cultural Losses in Nepal
Along with immense human loss, there is also significant cultural loss following Nepal’s devastating earthquake last m...
Along with immense human loss, there is also significant cultural loss following Nepal’s devastating earthquake last m...
Polly Rider
12/08/2015
IRIS Teachable Moment: Magnitude 7.2 Tajikistan
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred in Tajikistan in a sparsely populated area approximately 349km (217mi) E of the ...
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred in Tajikistan in a sparsely populated area approximately 349km (217mi) E of the ...
IRIS
12/07/2015
Earthquake Detection Through Computationally Efficient Similarity Search, "Shazam for Earthquakes:"
Seismology is experiencing rapid growth in the quantity of data, which has outpaced the development of processing algori...
Seismology is experiencing rapid growth in the quantity of data, which has outpaced the development of processing algori...
Science Advances
12/07/2015
10 ways Advanced Computing Catalyzes Science
When researchers need to compare complex new genomes, or map new regions of the Arctic in high-resolution detail, or det...
When researchers need to compare complex new genomes, or map new regions of the Arctic in high-resolution detail, or det...
NSF
12/02/2015
SC15 Perspective from SCEC Research Programmer
As a SCEC software developer, I spend much of my time using high performance computing (HPC) to run the CyberShake proje...
As a SCEC software developer, I spend much of my time using high performance computing (HPC) to run the CyberShake proje...
Scott Callaghan
11/30/2015
Aftershocks of Old Quakes Still Shake New Madrid Seismic Zone
Geodetic data show that earthquakes in 1450 and 1811–1812 may be responsible for present-day seismic activity in the r...
Geodetic data show that earthquakes in 1450 and 1811–1812 may be responsible for present-day seismic activity in the r...
AGU EOS
11/23/2015
$104,000 Starting Salary For Geology - Salary Survey Reports
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists reports every year on average salaries spanning years experience and de...
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists reports every year on average salaries spanning years experience and de...
Forbes
11/20/2015
Quake Retrofit Grants Expanding to more California Single-Family Homes
State funding next year will allow 1,000 owners to receive grants of up to $3,000 to retrofit homes with a common earthq...
State funding next year will allow 1,000 owners to receive grants of up to $3,000 to retrofit homes with a common earthq...
LA Times
