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SCIGN; new Southern California GPS network advances the study of earthquakes

Podcasts
USGS CoreCast

Hazard Roundup--February 2009
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Reconsidering earthquake scaling

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USGS To Map Hayward Fault Using Seismic Energy from Building Implosion
Satellite imagery
Landsat 3 First Light Image of San Jose

Landsat 3 First Light Image of San Jose
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Structural response to 3D simulated earthquake motions in San Bernardino Valley

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Updating the USGS seismic hazard maps for Alaska

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Yes! Yellowstone is a Volcano (Part 1 of 3)
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Surface displacement distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California earthquake ruptures

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Simulation of acceleration field of the Lushan earthquake (Ms7.0, April 20, 2013, China)

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Calculation of broadband time histories of ground motion, Part II: Kinematic and dynamic modeling using theoretical Green's functions and comparison with the 1994 northridge earthquake

Data Release
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Seismic Hazard, Risk, and Design for South America

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Guide to luminescence dating techniques and their application for paleoseismic research

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Attempting to bridge the gap between laboratory and seismic estimates of fracture energy

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Earthquakes in the Orozco transform zone: seismicity, source mechanisms, and tectonics

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A stochastic fault model. 2. Time-dependent case

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Sediment core data from offshore Palos Verdes, California

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Why earthquakes correlate weakly with the solid Earth tides: Effects of periodic stress on the rate and probability of earthquake occurrence

Podcasts
USGS CoreCast

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Strikes Haiti
Center News
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Volcano Watch — Contrasting the hazards of earthquakes and volcanoes

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Volcano Watch — Deep-diving submersible unveils secrets of the volcanoes

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The UCERF3 grand inversion: Solving for the long‐term rate of ruptures in a fault system

Center News
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Volcano Watch — Monitoring volcanic activity with electronc tiltmeters

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Geodesy- and geology-based slip-rate models for the Western United States (excluding California) national seismic hazard maps

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A review of recently active faults in Taiwan

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Faults and their potential hazards in Santa Cruz County, California

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Evidence for late Quaternary deformation along Crowley's Ridge, New Madrid seismic zone

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Frequency-magnitude statistics and spatial correlation dimensions of earthquakes at Long Valley caldera, California

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Volcano Awareness Month 2022 Seismology Update — 2021: A year of earthquake activity on the Island of Hawai‘i
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