Devin McPhillips, PhD
(He/him)As an earthquake geologist, I investigate fault systems, fault activity, and ground shaking intensity. I am particularly interested in records of past earthquakes that are preserved in the landscape. My research methods include field observation, geochronology, and quantitative analysis. My goals are to quantify seismic hazard and reduce risk.
Professional Experience
Research Geologist: USGS-ESC, 2023-present
Geologist: USGS-ESC, 2016-2023
Research Associate: Syracuse University, 2013-2105
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Vermont, 2011-2013
Education and Certifications
PhD: Yale University, 2011
BA: Carleton College, 2003
Science and Products
Precariously balanced rock data from northern New York and Vermont, USA
Data Release for the 2023 U.S. 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model - Overview
Data release for fault activity in the San Gabriel Mountains, USA: insights from landscape morphometrics, erosion rates, and fault-slip rates (ver. 2.0, November 2023)
Radiocarbon dates from the 2020 Bobcat Fire and 2013 Grand Fire, Western Transverse Ranges, California
Sediment properties, charcoal counts, and radiocarbon dates from the Pallett Creek paleoseismic site, San Gabriel Mountains, California (ver. 2.0, February 2024)
Beryllium-10 concentrations in depth profiles and surface clasts from terrace surfaces near Littlerock Creek, California
Remote survey of fragile geologic features for use as earthquake ground motion constraints, Oregon and Washington, USA
Data release for spatial and temporal analysis of geologically derived fault slip rates, Cucamonga Fault, California, USA
Updated Compilation of VS30 Data for the United States
Precariously balanced rocks in northern New York and Vermont, U.S.A.: Ground-motion constraints and implications for fault sources
Inbuilt age, residence time, and inherited age from radiocarbon dates of modern fires and late Holocene deposits, Western Transverse Ranges, California
Fault activity in the San Gabriel Mountains, southern California, USA: Insights from landscape morphometrics, erosion rates, and fault-slip rates
The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications
The USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. time‐independent earthquake rupture forecast
We present the 2023 U.S. Geological Survey time‐independent earthquake rupture forecast for the conterminous United States, which gives authoritative estimates of the magnitude, location, and time‐averaged frequency of potentially damaging earthquakes throughout the region. In addition to updating virtually all model components, a major focus has been to provide a better representation of epistemi
The Mojave section of the San Andreas fault (California), 1: Shaping the terrace stratigraphy of Littlerock Creek through the competition between rapid strike-slip faulting and lateral stream erosion over the last 40ka.
Spatial and temporal analysis of geologic slip rates, Cucamonga Fault, California, USA: Implications for along-strike applications and multi-fault rupture
Survey of fragile geologic features and their quasi-static earthquake ground-motion constraints, southern Oregon
Revised earthquake recurrence intervals in California, USA: New paleoseismic sites and application of event likelihoods
Toppling of a Trona Pinnacles Spire following the M5.5 RidgecrestaAftershock of June 2020
Holocene depositional history inferred from single-grain luminescence ages in southern California, North America
Prehistoric earthquakes on the Banning strand of the San Andreas fault, North Palm Springs, California
Science and Products
Precariously balanced rock data from northern New York and Vermont, USA
Data Release for the 2023 U.S. 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model - Overview
Data release for fault activity in the San Gabriel Mountains, USA: insights from landscape morphometrics, erosion rates, and fault-slip rates (ver. 2.0, November 2023)
Radiocarbon dates from the 2020 Bobcat Fire and 2013 Grand Fire, Western Transverse Ranges, California
Sediment properties, charcoal counts, and radiocarbon dates from the Pallett Creek paleoseismic site, San Gabriel Mountains, California (ver. 2.0, February 2024)
Beryllium-10 concentrations in depth profiles and surface clasts from terrace surfaces near Littlerock Creek, California
Remote survey of fragile geologic features for use as earthquake ground motion constraints, Oregon and Washington, USA
Data release for spatial and temporal analysis of geologically derived fault slip rates, Cucamonga Fault, California, USA
Updated Compilation of VS30 Data for the United States
Precariously balanced rocks in northern New York and Vermont, U.S.A.: Ground-motion constraints and implications for fault sources
Inbuilt age, residence time, and inherited age from radiocarbon dates of modern fires and late Holocene deposits, Western Transverse Ranges, California
Fault activity in the San Gabriel Mountains, southern California, USA: Insights from landscape morphometrics, erosion rates, and fault-slip rates
The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications
The USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. time‐independent earthquake rupture forecast
We present the 2023 U.S. Geological Survey time‐independent earthquake rupture forecast for the conterminous United States, which gives authoritative estimates of the magnitude, location, and time‐averaged frequency of potentially damaging earthquakes throughout the region. In addition to updating virtually all model components, a major focus has been to provide a better representation of epistemi