Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego

It's no secret that scientists have extracted an abundance of data from the National Science Foundation's EarthScope-USArray and its unique transportable seismic network of 400 sensor stations leapfrogging across the United States.



But now scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are

piggybacking onto the mobile network with instruments that go beyond…

Continue

Is the Risk of Big Earthquakes on the Rise?

S11A-2186 · Monday, Dec. 5, 8 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. · Moscone Halls A-C

From March's devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan to last year's 8.8 quake off Chile and the 9.0 Sumatra-Andaman event of 2004, seismologists have recently wondered whether such massive events are on the rise. Perhaps such giant quakes are not independent, random events, but rather somehow connected, even triggering one another?…

Continue

Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego

Japanese seismologists required approximately 20 minutes to accurately determine the full magnitude of last March's massive earthquake off Japan, precious moments for disaster response activation. Now scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are developing a next-generation detection system they believe could drastically shrink that assessment time down to two to three…

Continue

Industry-academia collaboration will help address critical gaps in earthquake monitoring and tsunami warning systems

Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego

Combining recently launched green technology for navigating the oceans with the need to address gaps in critical earthquake information across the globe, scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been… Continue

By Catherine Hockmuth and Ioana Patringenaru

Two graduate students look on as construction crews pour the roof slab on a…

Continue