Earthquake and Seismology

Scripps Geological Collections are an important cornerstone of Scripps Oceanography's invaluable scientific collections. Join collections manager Alex Hangsterfer and curator Richard Norris as they re...

Although many recent advances, such as building codes and construction techniques, have reduced some aspects of risk to natural disasters, other features of modern society— including population densit...

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes seismologist Lucy Jones for a discussion of science, natural disasters and public education. Topics covered: the trajectory of her career, attributes of a sc...

Most people think that in the United States, the area around the San Andreas Fault poses the highest risk for a large earthquake. But the risk for a "great earthquake" and tsunami is highest in the Pa...

If you live with the potential of earthquakes it is important to be prepared. Matthew Springer, UCSF Professor of Medicine, gives specific strategies about how to secure your home, yourself and your p...

Computer simulations of earthquake shaking can provide valuable information on the expected intensity of shaking from earthquakes. Arthur Rodgers, a seismologist/geophysicist at Lawrence Livermore Nat...

Richard Allen, professor and director of the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, discusses the lessons learned from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake which was centered on a section of the San Andreas...

Join Neal Driscoll for an illuminating look at how Scripps scientists are working to understand and monitor earthquakes. Learn how scientists model the potential impacts of major events in Southern Ca...

Join geophysicist Michael Hedlin as he describes how the exciting new field of atmospheric acoustics is allowing researchers to listen to Earth as never before. Discover how researchers tune into soun...

The probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area during the next 30 years is 63 percent, or about two out of three. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist Sean Ford ...

Go behind the scenes of the first-of-its-kind structural test conducted at UC San Diego as a five-story mockup of a hospital, including a surgical suite, is subjected to dramatic earthquakes and fire ...

When the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan last March, Scripps Oceanography was listening. The Institution operates local, national and international seismic observing systems, each finely...

From UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center comes this preview of the largest, most complex seismic test ever conducted, designed to test nonstructural systems in hospitals including t...

UC Berkeley's 1923 Memorial Stadium sits on top of an active earthquake fault. In case of a major quake, the Hayward fault could tear the ground apart below the stadium. A huge retrofit project is wel...

The nuclear crisis in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is confusing and frightening. Three Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists - Thomas McKone, Edward Morse and Rober...

The southern San Andreas Fault in California has not had a large earthquake in approximately 300 years, yet the average recurrence interval for the previous five ruptures is about 180 years. Join Scri...

Southern California hosts a number of active faults. Over the last 20 years, it has become the most seismically active area in the Western states, with magnitude 7 or greater events occurring around t...

See how UC San Diego helps advance and secure a green-energy future and go behind the scenes of yet another first-of-it's-kind structural test at UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Resear...

Join oceanographer Kevin Brown as he describes the phenomena that we experience as “earthquakes” and relates what scientists understand about the physics of these sudden and at times catastrophic move...

See all the action as industry and university researchers team up to find the limits of innovative metal building designs as they are subjected to some of the most extreme earthquake shaking ever reco...

How Fate and Fast-Tracking Secured a Unique Record of One of History's Biggest Earthquakes. Series: "Scripps Profiles" [Science] [Show ID: 19657]...

UC Berkeley engineers perform "shake tests" on a scale-model steel bridge to demonstrate a new bridge design that they say can better resist significant earthquake damage. The tests were conducted wit...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography seismic scientist Debi Kilb provides educators with hands-on tools and activities to engage and excite students with earth science curriculum. Series: "TeacherTECH"...

UC San Diego structural engineering experts Jose Restrepo and Tara Hutchinson share their insights on damage from the great Chilean earthquake of 2010. Series: "On Beyond" [Science] [Show ID: 18126]...

In this seismology-focused workshop, Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Debi Kilb provides educators with ways to make Earth Science curriculum exciting. Learn the basics of seismology, where to ac...

Explore innovative methods for investigating works of art developed by renowned UCSD researcher Maurizio Seracini, and new techniques from Scripps Institution of Oceanography for sensing seismic condi...

How are we protecting our buildings -- and ourselves -- from the next big earthquake? Find out when UCSD-TV joins universities and industry from around the country at UCSD’s Englekirk Center to perfor...

College students from around the country design, fabricate and subject scale model high-rise buildings to earthquake tests, marine mammal studies seek information about their survival habits, and a st...

Take a look at NEES, the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, as it strives to improve our understanding of earthquakes and their effects. Series: "Earthquake and Seismology Programs" [Scien...

Earth scientist Barbara Romanowicz discusses how she explores the deep structure and dynamics of the Earth using seismic tomography. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID...