SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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01/10/2023
7.6 quake damages buildings in Indonesia, felt in Australia
A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early ...
A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early ...
Spectrum News
01/08/2023
Strong Quake Hits Vanuatu, Triggering Tsunami Warning
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, trig...
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, trig...
Bloomberg
01/03/2023
Civil engineering professor to chair advisory board for NSF center addressing natural hazards
The SimCenter, part of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), with joint center leadership fro...
The SimCenter, part of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), with joint center leadership fro...
Nevada Today
12/28/2022
California earthquake to cause $600m of economic loss in Humboldt County: RMSI
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake that jolted the northern coast of California near Ferndale on 20 December is set to cause $60...
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake that jolted the northern coast of California near Ferndale on 20 December is set to cause $60...
Reinsurance News
12/21/2022
New Tectonic Plate Model Could Improve Earthquake Risk Assessment
A new model of tectonic plates in New Zealand may identify areas of increased earthquake likelihood. ...
A new model of tectonic plates in New Zealand may identify areas of increased earthquake likelihood. ...
EOS
12/20/2022
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks Northern California, leaving tens of thousands without power
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting people awake, the U.S. Geological S...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting people awake, the U.S. Geological S...
CBS
12/19/2022
Study shows how machine learning could predict rare disastrous events, like earthquakes or pandemics
Researchers from Brown and MIT suggest how scientists can circumvent the need for massive data sets to forecast extreme ...
Researchers from Brown and MIT suggest how scientists can circumvent the need for massive data sets to forecast extreme ...
Brown News
12/19/2022
UTEP to Lead New Earthquake Center with Support from National Science Foundation
A $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will spur The University of Texas at El Paso’s efforts to help u...
A $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will spur The University of Texas at El Paso’s efforts to help u...
News Wise
12/13/2022
Speed kills: fast, potentially damaging earthquakes more common
A global survey of large strike-slip earthquakes (greater than magnitude 6.7) reveals that over a 20-year period, 14 per...
A global survey of large strike-slip earthquakes (greater than magnitude 6.7) reveals that over a 20-year period, 14 per...
Temblor
12/09/2022
From The Directors: The Only Constant is Change
SCEC NEWSLETTER In This Issue (December 2022) Two Decades of H...
SCEC NEWSLETTER In This Issue (December 2022) Two Decades of H...
