Summary

The September 8, 2024 Community Stress Drop Validation workshop was a tutorial for early career researchers who want to measure, or use measurements of, earthquake stress drop. It was held in-person at the Hilton Palm Springs before the start of the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. The motivation for this Community Project is focused on understanding the nature and causes of discrepancies in earthquake stress drop, as well as where random and physical variability arises. The workshop provided tutorial-based demonstrations on various stress drop methods, targeting early career researchers or those without previous exposure to estimating stress drops. The overall aim was to showcase and demonstrate different methods for estimating stress drop, enabling participants to learn state-of-the-art practices for measuring earthquake source parameters and understand how to use these measurements in their own research. Due to space limitations, those interested were asked to apply in advance. Most of the 27 attendees were early career students and postdocs eager to learn about the mechanics of stress drop estimation and uses and applications of the estimates.