alex grant
alex is a Research Engineer specializing in regional-scale landslide and liquefaction hazards and risk
Biography
alex got his Ph.D. in 2017 from the University of Washington where he studied coseismic landslide hazard and risk in Lebanon, New Zealand, Japan, and the Pacific Northwest of N. America. alex received his BSCE from Tufts University in 2013 and a MSE in 2014 from the University of Washington in Geotechnical Engineering. alex joined the USGS in 2018 to research earthquake-induced ground failures, and is actively working on projects in the Pacific Northwest and California.
Science and Products
USGS near-real-time products-and their use-for the 2018 Anchorage earthquake
In the minutes to hours after a major earthquake, such as the recent 2018 Mw">Mw 7.1 Anchorage event, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produces a suite of interconnected earthquake products that provides diverse information ranging from basic earthquake source parameters to loss estimates. The 2018 Anchorage earthquake is the first...
Thompson, Eric M.; McBride, Sara; Hayes, Gavin P.; Allstadt, Kate; Wald, Lisa; Wald, David J.; Knudsen, Keith L.; Worden, Charles; Marano, Kristin; Jibson, Randall W.; Grant, Alex Seismological, geological, and geotechnical engineering aspects of the 2018 MW 6.6 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi MW6.6 earthquake struck the southern coast of the north island of Japan in the early morning (3:08 AM JST) on September 6, 2018. The event had a hypocentral depth of 35 km, centered beneath the port city of Tomakomai. Extremely strong shaking with peak ground acceleration in excess of 0.5 g was felt in the...
Kayen, Robert; Wham, Brad; Grant, Alex; Atsushi, Mikami; Anderson, Donald; Zimmaro, Paolo; Wang, Pengfei; Tsai, Yi Tyan; Bachhuber, Jeff; Madugo, Chris L M; Sun, Joseph; Hitchcock, Christopher S.; Motto, Matthew