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SCEC Highlights and News

Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.

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02/01/2021
February 2021 WSSPC Bulletin
If you have an event or workshop you would like to see posted on in the WSSPC bulletins, please email us at wsspc@wsspc....
WSSPC
02/01/2021
Who’s Sharing? Inconsistent Eyewitness Accounts Can Affect How We Understand Earthquakes
Scientists rely on seismometers and eyewitness accounts to identify an earthquake’s location, time and magnitude. A ne...
USGS
02/01/2021
Federal Agencies Partner to Strengthen ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning Capacity Along the West Coast
A lone solar panel in the middle of California’s largest national forest is powering a seismometer able to detect Eart...
USGS
01/25/2021
Simulating 800,000 Years of California Earthquake History to Pinpoint Risks
Supercomputer-powered framework developed by SCEC provides new view of seismic hazard ...
TACC
01/20/2021
DISPATCHES FROM FRONTERA: Research teams use Frontera to run unprecedented simulations
The Southern California Earthquake Center, or SCEC, is one of the preeminent hubs of earth science research. For ov...
TACC
01/15/2021
The Northridge Earthquake anniversary serves as reminder for emergency preparedness
As the anniversary of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake approaches, it serves as a reminder of the importance of being prep...
The Signal
12/22/2020
Earthquake prediction becomes a top priority for USC-based research center
[Ben-Zion] wants to transform earthquake research by studying how faults change before, during and after a rupture....
12/21/2020
Rocket Rules: Earthquake Materials for Children
Since 2017, SCEC and the Hero and You Foundation have been working together to create earthquake education and preparedn...
12/21/2020
From the Director: Reflecting on 2020 (and early 2021)
Dear SCEC Community, The passing year will not go down in history as a good one. But as I reflect on 2020 and the nea...
12/21/2020
December 2020 SCEC Newsletter
Includes articles about Ridgecrest paleoseismic studies, a toolkit for evaluating earthquake forecasts, an summary ...