01/03/2019 16:25:23
Q&A: Creating a "Virtual Seismologist"
Elise Cutts
Geologists and engineers team up to apply artificial intelligence to seismology.
Seismogram
10/17/2018 22:29:12
ShakeAlert No Longer Just a Prototype
Robert Perkins
Scientists and government officials celebrate milestone in West Coast's earthquake early warning system.
Adam Schiff, Judy Chu, and Thomas Heaton
08/09/2018 11:45:47
JPL News: New Satellite Map Shows Ground Deformation After Indonesian Quake
Satellite data reveals ground deformation following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia.
Map
12/20/2017 11:00:24
Modeling the Effects of Wastewater Injection
Robert Perkins
Scientists create a model for the maximum magnitude of an earthquake that can be caused through wastewater injection.
Rupture
09/01/2017 13:54:43
The Massively Big Picture
Mark Simons is part of a movement to add precise and panoramic perspectives to previously limited geographic observations.
Mark Simons
08/15/2017 13:52:32
How Friction Evolves During an Earthquake
Robert Perkins
Using high-speed photography and digital image correlation techniques, engineers study how friction along a faultline evolves during an earthquake.
Wind Tunnel
05/01/2017 08:21:50
Earthquakes Can Make Thrust Faults Open Violently and Snap Shut
Robert Perkins
Engineers and scientists experimentally observe surface twisting in thrust faults that can momentarily rip open the earth's surface.
Earthquake
06/30/2016 11:57:57
Community Seismic Network Detected Air Pulse From Refinery Explosion
Robert Perkins
Community Seismic Network sensors detected motion of each floor of a building in response to an air pulse from the 2015 ExxonMobil refinery explosion.
02/03/2016 12:31:06
White House Puts Spotlight on Earthquake Early-Warning System
Katie Neith
On February 2, 2016, the White House held the Earthquake Resilience Summit, signaling a new focus on earthquake safety and EEW systems.
11/19/2015 13:32:48
Schools Help Researchers Understand Quakes
Jessica Stoller-Conrad
A new collaboration between seismologists at Caltech and local public schools helps Los Angeles prepare for the "big one."
08/06/2015 11:01:43
Details of the April 2015 Earthquake in Nepal
Kimm Fesenmaier
A team of scientists led by Caltech has pieced together the first complete account of what physically happened during the Gorkha earthquake—a picture that explains how the large temblor left the majority of low-story buildings in Kathmandu unscathed.
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