Michael Hearne
I design, develop, and deploy complex earthquake-related scientific models as applications that run 24x7 in a production environment. These systems run in near real-time and produce results that are posted to the ANSS ComCat event pages.
Mike has a Bachelor's degree in Aquatic Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and over 20 years of experience developing software for scientific organizations. He has experience with ocean color remote sensing, LIDAR, multi-spectral remote sensing for defense applications, and earthquake hazards applications.
Science and Products
National Landslide Damages and Losses National Landslide Damages and Losses
This National Landslide Damages and Losses (NLDL) database was developed by extracting relevant U.S. landslide loss and damage information from a variety of sources and compiling it within a consistent framework and database structure. Sources of information on economic losses, fatalities, and key event characteristics include, but are not limited to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open...
Ground motions from the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence Ground motions from the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence
This project involves the compilation of ground motions, their derived parameters, and metadata for 133 earthquakes in the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence. This dataset includes 22,991 records from 133 events from 4 July 2019 to 18 October 2019 with a magnitude range from 3.6 to 7.1.
Database of ground motions from in-slab earthquakes near Anchorage, Alaska, 2008-2019 Database of ground motions from in-slab earthquakes near Anchorage, Alaska, 2008-2019
The dataset contains earthquake ground motions from intermediate-depth (in-slab) earthquakes occurring within 350 km of Anchorage, Alaska 2008-2019. Ground motions are processed as described in the accompanying journal article for rotation-independent horizontal-component ground-shaking at oscillator periods between 0.1 and 10 s.
USGS automated ground motion processing software USGS automated ground motion processing software
The goal of this project is to update, restructure, and consolidate existing USGS ground-motion processing software to incorporate recent advances from researchers at the USGS, PEER, and others. It will standardize tools for multiple USGS ground-motion products and enable scientists within the USGS and the external community to develop and expand ground-motion datasets used in many...
ShakeMap v4 Software ShakeMap v4 Software
ShakeMap v4 Software and Documentation
groundfailure groundfailure
This software is for calculating earthquake-induced ground failure hazard (i.e., landslide and liquefaction). These models are intended for regional or global scale applications, and are intended to be distributed in near-real-time, triggered by the Shakemaps.
Filter Total Items: 22
Subduction zone earthquake catalog separation tool: Implementation in the USGS 2025 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model Subduction zone earthquake catalog separation tool: Implementation in the USGS 2025 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) periodically releases updates to National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) for the United States and its territories leveraging current scientific knowledge and methodologies to guide public policy, building codes, and risk assessments regarding potential ground shaking due to earthquakes that may result in infrastructure damage. In subduction zones, there is...
Authors
Kirstie Haynie, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, Gavin P. Hayes, David Shelly, Allison Shumway, Andrea Llenos, Andrew Michael, Peter Powers
International data gaps at the Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data International data gaps at the Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data
The Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data (CESMD) is utilized by seismologists, engineers, and disaster management professionals in the US and has historically achieved and distributed waveforms from across the globe for significant earthquakes. The increased access to the waveforms via Web API (Application Programming Interface) offers a unique opportunity to provide the community...
Authors
Han Shao, Jeff Brody, Lisa Schleicher, Kristin Marano, Jamison Steidl, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, James Luke Blair
Automated, near real-time ground-motion processing at the U.S. Geological Survey Automated, near real-time ground-motion processing at the U.S. Geological Survey
We describe automated ground‐motion processing software named gmprocess that has been developed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in support of near‐real‐time earthquake hazard products. Because of the open‐source development process, this software has benefitted from the involvement and contributions of a broad community and has been used for a wider range of applications than was...
Authors
Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, Brad Aagaard, J.M. Rekoske, Charles Worden, Morgan Moschetti, Heather Elizabeth Hunsinger, Gabe C. Ferragut, Grace Parker, James Smith, Kyle Ken Smith, Albert Kottke
Improving the Development Pipelines for USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Real-Time and Scenario Products Improving the Development Pipelines for USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Real-Time and Scenario Products
The real-time and scenario products of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program, such as the ComCat catalog, Did You Feel It?, ShakeMap, ShakeCast, and PAGER, are highly visible and used by a wide variety of stakeholders. We propose two significant enhancements to the development pipelines for the Earthquake Hazards Program real-time and scenario products that have...
Authors
Brad Aagaard, David Wald, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, Lisa Schleicher
The US Geological Survey ground failure product: Near-real-time estimates of earthquake-triggered landslides and liquefaction The US Geological Survey ground failure product: Near-real-time estimates of earthquake-triggered landslides and liquefaction
Since late 2018, the US Geological Survey (USGS) ground failure (GF) earthquake product has provided publicly available spatial estimates of earthquake-triggered landslide and liquefaction hazards, along with the qualitative hazard and population exposure-based alerts for M > 6 earthquakes worldwide and in near real time (within ∼30 min). Earthquake losses are oftentimes greatly...
Authors
Kate Allstadt, Eric Thompson, Randall W. Jibson, David Wald, Mike Hearne, Edward Hunter, Jeremy Fee, Heather Schovanec, Daniel Slosky, Kirstie Haynie
ShakeMap operations, policies, and procedures ShakeMap operations, policies, and procedures
The US Geological Survey’s ShakeMap is used domestically and globally for post-earthquake emergency management and response, engineering analyses, financial instruments, and other decision-making activities. Recent developments in the insurance, reinsurance, and catastrophe bond sectors link payouts of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to ShakeMap products. Similarly, building...
Authors
David Wald, Charles Worden, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne
The 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence ground motions: Processed records and derived intensity metrics The 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence ground motions: Processed records and derived intensity metrics
Following the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence, we compiled ground‐motion records from multiple data centers and processed these records using newly developed ground‐motion processing software that performs quality assurance checks, performs standard time series processing steps, and computes a wide range of ground‐motion metrics. In addition, we compute station and...
Authors
John Rekoske, Eric Thompson, Morgan Moschetti, Mike Hearne, Brad Aagaard, Grace Alexandra Parker
A domestic earthquake impact alert protocol based on the combined USGS PAGER and FEMA Hazus loss estimation systems A domestic earthquake impact alert protocol based on the combined USGS PAGER and FEMA Hazus loss estimation systems
The U.S. Geological Survey’s PAGER alert system provides rapid (10-20 min) but general loss estimates of ranges of fatalities and economic impact for significant global earthquakes. FEMA’s Hazus software, in contrast, provides time consuming (2-5 hours) but more detailed loss information quantified in terms of structural, social, and economic consequences estimated at a much higher...
Authors
David Wald, Hope Seligson, Jesse Rozelle, Jordan Burns, Kristin Marano, Kishor Jaiswal, Mike Hearne, Douglas Bausch
An update of USGS bear-real-time earthquake shaking and impact products An update of USGS bear-real-time earthquake shaking and impact products
We report on advancements in both hazard and consequence modeling that form the core of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) strategy to improve rapid earthquake shaking and loss estimates. Whereas our primary goal is to improve our operational capabilities of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, the science, software, and datasets behind these systems continue to advance uses...
Authors
David Wald, Kishor Jaiswal, Kristin Marano, Mike Hearne, Kuo-wan Lin, Daniel Slosky, Kate Allstadt, Eric Thompson, Charles Worden, Gavin Hayes, Vince Quitoriano
Earthquakes, ShakeMap Earthquakes, ShakeMap
ShakeMap® is an open-source software program employed to automatically produce a suite of maps and products that portray the geographical extent and severity of potentially damaging shaking following an earthquake. ShakeMap’s primary purpose is to provide post-earthquake situational awareness for emergency management and response as well as damage and loss estimation. The availability of...
Authors
David Wald, Charles Worden, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne
Ground-motion amplification in Cook Inlet region, Alaska from intermediate-depth earthquakes, including the 2018 MW=7.1 Anchorage earthquake Ground-motion amplification in Cook Inlet region, Alaska from intermediate-depth earthquakes, including the 2018 MW=7.1 Anchorage earthquake
We measure pseudospectral and peak ground motions from 44 intermediate‐depth Mw≥4.9 earthquakes in the Cook Inlet region of southern Alaska, including those from the 2018 Mw 7.1 earthquake near Anchorage, to identify regional amplification features (0.1–5 s period). Ground‐motion residuals are computed with respect to an empirical ground‐motion model for intraslab subduction...
Authors
Morgan Moschetti, Eric Thompson, John Rekoske, Mike Hearne, Peter Powers, Daniel McNamara, Carl Tape
Earthquakes, PAGER Earthquakes, PAGER
PAGER, short for Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response, is an automated system developed and run by the US Geological Survey (USGS) that produces information concerning the impact of significant earthquakes around the world within approximately 20 min of any magnitude 5.5 or larger event. PAGER rapidly assesses earthquake impacts by combining populations exposed to...
Authors
David Wald, Kishor Jaiswal, Kristin Marano, Mike Hearne
USGS automated ground motion processing software USGS automated ground motion processing software
The goal of this project is to update, restructure, and consolidate existing USGS ground-motion processing software to incorporate recent advances from researchers at the USGS, PEER, and others. It will standardize tools for multiple USGS ground-motion products and enable scientists within the USGS and the external community to develop and expand ground-motion datasets used in many...
ShakeMap v4 Software ShakeMap v4 Software
ShakeMap v4 Software and Documentation
groundfailure groundfailure
This software is for calculating earthquake-induced ground failure hazard (i.e., landslide and liquefaction). These models are intended for regional or global scale applications, and are intended to be distributed in near-real-time, triggered by the Shakemaps.
Science and Products
National Landslide Damages and Losses National Landslide Damages and Losses
This National Landslide Damages and Losses (NLDL) database was developed by extracting relevant U.S. landslide loss and damage information from a variety of sources and compiling it within a consistent framework and database structure. Sources of information on economic losses, fatalities, and key event characteristics include, but are not limited to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open...
Ground motions from the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence Ground motions from the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence
This project involves the compilation of ground motions, their derived parameters, and metadata for 133 earthquakes in the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence. This dataset includes 22,991 records from 133 events from 4 July 2019 to 18 October 2019 with a magnitude range from 3.6 to 7.1.
Database of ground motions from in-slab earthquakes near Anchorage, Alaska, 2008-2019 Database of ground motions from in-slab earthquakes near Anchorage, Alaska, 2008-2019
The dataset contains earthquake ground motions from intermediate-depth (in-slab) earthquakes occurring within 350 km of Anchorage, Alaska 2008-2019. Ground motions are processed as described in the accompanying journal article for rotation-independent horizontal-component ground-shaking at oscillator periods between 0.1 and 10 s.
USGS automated ground motion processing software USGS automated ground motion processing software
The goal of this project is to update, restructure, and consolidate existing USGS ground-motion processing software to incorporate recent advances from researchers at the USGS, PEER, and others. It will standardize tools for multiple USGS ground-motion products and enable scientists within the USGS and the external community to develop and expand ground-motion datasets used in many...
ShakeMap v4 Software ShakeMap v4 Software
ShakeMap v4 Software and Documentation
groundfailure groundfailure
This software is for calculating earthquake-induced ground failure hazard (i.e., landslide and liquefaction). These models are intended for regional or global scale applications, and are intended to be distributed in near-real-time, triggered by the Shakemaps.
Filter Total Items: 22
Subduction zone earthquake catalog separation tool: Implementation in the USGS 2025 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model Subduction zone earthquake catalog separation tool: Implementation in the USGS 2025 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) periodically releases updates to National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) for the United States and its territories leveraging current scientific knowledge and methodologies to guide public policy, building codes, and risk assessments regarding potential ground shaking due to earthquakes that may result in infrastructure damage. In subduction zones, there is...
Authors
Kirstie Haynie, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, Gavin P. Hayes, David Shelly, Allison Shumway, Andrea Llenos, Andrew Michael, Peter Powers
International data gaps at the Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data International data gaps at the Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data
The Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data (CESMD) is utilized by seismologists, engineers, and disaster management professionals in the US and has historically achieved and distributed waveforms from across the globe for significant earthquakes. The increased access to the waveforms via Web API (Application Programming Interface) offers a unique opportunity to provide the community...
Authors
Han Shao, Jeff Brody, Lisa Schleicher, Kristin Marano, Jamison Steidl, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, James Luke Blair
Automated, near real-time ground-motion processing at the U.S. Geological Survey Automated, near real-time ground-motion processing at the U.S. Geological Survey
We describe automated ground‐motion processing software named gmprocess that has been developed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in support of near‐real‐time earthquake hazard products. Because of the open‐source development process, this software has benefitted from the involvement and contributions of a broad community and has been used for a wider range of applications than was...
Authors
Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, Brad Aagaard, J.M. Rekoske, Charles Worden, Morgan Moschetti, Heather Elizabeth Hunsinger, Gabe C. Ferragut, Grace Parker, James Smith, Kyle Ken Smith, Albert Kottke
Improving the Development Pipelines for USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Real-Time and Scenario Products Improving the Development Pipelines for USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Real-Time and Scenario Products
The real-time and scenario products of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program, such as the ComCat catalog, Did You Feel It?, ShakeMap, ShakeCast, and PAGER, are highly visible and used by a wide variety of stakeholders. We propose two significant enhancements to the development pipelines for the Earthquake Hazards Program real-time and scenario products that have...
Authors
Brad Aagaard, David Wald, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne, Lisa Schleicher
The US Geological Survey ground failure product: Near-real-time estimates of earthquake-triggered landslides and liquefaction The US Geological Survey ground failure product: Near-real-time estimates of earthquake-triggered landslides and liquefaction
Since late 2018, the US Geological Survey (USGS) ground failure (GF) earthquake product has provided publicly available spatial estimates of earthquake-triggered landslide and liquefaction hazards, along with the qualitative hazard and population exposure-based alerts for M > 6 earthquakes worldwide and in near real time (within ∼30 min). Earthquake losses are oftentimes greatly...
Authors
Kate Allstadt, Eric Thompson, Randall W. Jibson, David Wald, Mike Hearne, Edward Hunter, Jeremy Fee, Heather Schovanec, Daniel Slosky, Kirstie Haynie
ShakeMap operations, policies, and procedures ShakeMap operations, policies, and procedures
The US Geological Survey’s ShakeMap is used domestically and globally for post-earthquake emergency management and response, engineering analyses, financial instruments, and other decision-making activities. Recent developments in the insurance, reinsurance, and catastrophe bond sectors link payouts of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to ShakeMap products. Similarly, building...
Authors
David Wald, Charles Worden, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne
The 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence ground motions: Processed records and derived intensity metrics The 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence ground motions: Processed records and derived intensity metrics
Following the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence, we compiled ground‐motion records from multiple data centers and processed these records using newly developed ground‐motion processing software that performs quality assurance checks, performs standard time series processing steps, and computes a wide range of ground‐motion metrics. In addition, we compute station and...
Authors
John Rekoske, Eric Thompson, Morgan Moschetti, Mike Hearne, Brad Aagaard, Grace Alexandra Parker
A domestic earthquake impact alert protocol based on the combined USGS PAGER and FEMA Hazus loss estimation systems A domestic earthquake impact alert protocol based on the combined USGS PAGER and FEMA Hazus loss estimation systems
The U.S. Geological Survey’s PAGER alert system provides rapid (10-20 min) but general loss estimates of ranges of fatalities and economic impact for significant global earthquakes. FEMA’s Hazus software, in contrast, provides time consuming (2-5 hours) but more detailed loss information quantified in terms of structural, social, and economic consequences estimated at a much higher...
Authors
David Wald, Hope Seligson, Jesse Rozelle, Jordan Burns, Kristin Marano, Kishor Jaiswal, Mike Hearne, Douglas Bausch
An update of USGS bear-real-time earthquake shaking and impact products An update of USGS bear-real-time earthquake shaking and impact products
We report on advancements in both hazard and consequence modeling that form the core of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) strategy to improve rapid earthquake shaking and loss estimates. Whereas our primary goal is to improve our operational capabilities of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, the science, software, and datasets behind these systems continue to advance uses...
Authors
David Wald, Kishor Jaiswal, Kristin Marano, Mike Hearne, Kuo-wan Lin, Daniel Slosky, Kate Allstadt, Eric Thompson, Charles Worden, Gavin Hayes, Vince Quitoriano
Earthquakes, ShakeMap Earthquakes, ShakeMap
ShakeMap® is an open-source software program employed to automatically produce a suite of maps and products that portray the geographical extent and severity of potentially damaging shaking following an earthquake. ShakeMap’s primary purpose is to provide post-earthquake situational awareness for emergency management and response as well as damage and loss estimation. The availability of...
Authors
David Wald, Charles Worden, Eric Thompson, Mike Hearne
Ground-motion amplification in Cook Inlet region, Alaska from intermediate-depth earthquakes, including the 2018 MW=7.1 Anchorage earthquake Ground-motion amplification in Cook Inlet region, Alaska from intermediate-depth earthquakes, including the 2018 MW=7.1 Anchorage earthquake
We measure pseudospectral and peak ground motions from 44 intermediate‐depth Mw≥4.9 earthquakes in the Cook Inlet region of southern Alaska, including those from the 2018 Mw 7.1 earthquake near Anchorage, to identify regional amplification features (0.1–5 s period). Ground‐motion residuals are computed with respect to an empirical ground‐motion model for intraslab subduction...
Authors
Morgan Moschetti, Eric Thompson, John Rekoske, Mike Hearne, Peter Powers, Daniel McNamara, Carl Tape
Earthquakes, PAGER Earthquakes, PAGER
PAGER, short for Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response, is an automated system developed and run by the US Geological Survey (USGS) that produces information concerning the impact of significant earthquakes around the world within approximately 20 min of any magnitude 5.5 or larger event. PAGER rapidly assesses earthquake impacts by combining populations exposed to...
Authors
David Wald, Kishor Jaiswal, Kristin Marano, Mike Hearne
USGS automated ground motion processing software USGS automated ground motion processing software
The goal of this project is to update, restructure, and consolidate existing USGS ground-motion processing software to incorporate recent advances from researchers at the USGS, PEER, and others. It will standardize tools for multiple USGS ground-motion products and enable scientists within the USGS and the external community to develop and expand ground-motion datasets used in many...
ShakeMap v4 Software ShakeMap v4 Software
ShakeMap v4 Software and Documentation
groundfailure groundfailure
This software is for calculating earthquake-induced ground failure hazard (i.e., landslide and liquefaction). These models are intended for regional or global scale applications, and are intended to be distributed in near-real-time, triggered by the Shakemaps.