Earthquake Drill Takes Place at 10:20 on 10/20
Are you ready to drop, cover, and hold on at 10:20 a.m. on Oct. 20 and join millions of Californians as they take part in a statewide earthquake drill?
View ArticleImproving Earthquake Forecasting
In a free public lecture on March 2, James Dieterich will explain how earthquake forecasting capabilities can be improved.
View ArticleEarthquake Drill Set for 10:18 on 10/18
The UC Riverside community will participate in a drill designed to prepare all Californians for the eventual Big One.
View ArticleUCR to Host Great East Japan Earthquake Photo Exhibition
UCR will host a photo exhibition that examines the effects of the 2011 earthquake.
View ArticleGeologists Simulate Deep Earthquakes in the Laboratory
In the Sept. 20 issue of the journal Science, geologist Harry Green at UC Riverside and colleagues show how deep earthquakes can be simulated in the laboratory. The experiments were performed using a...
View ArticleWhat Will You Be Doing at 10:17 a.m. on Oct. 17?
UC Riverside will participate in an earthquake drill designed to prepare all Californians for the eventual Big One.
View ArticleStudying Earthquakes and Faults From Space
UC Riverside's Gareth Funning will give a free public lecture on campus May 7, titled “Beyond Seismology: Studying Earthquakes and Faults From Space,”
View ArticleEarthquake Drill Set for 10:16 on 10/16
UC Riverside will participate in an earthquake drill on Oct. 16 that is designed to prepare all Californians for the eventual Big One.
View ArticleSeismic Experiment in Alaska Could Shed Light on Slow Earthquakes
An earthquake expert at UC Riverside is leading a team of seismologists and volcanologists to conduct an experiment in Alaska that will record a variety of seismic events in that state.
View ArticleStudy Proposes Common Mechanism for Shallow and Deep Earthquakes
A new study by a research team led by UC Riverside geologists reports that a universal sliding mechanism operates for earthquakes of all depths – from the deep ones all the way up to the crustal ones....
View ArticleComputer Models Show Significant Tsunami Strength for Ventura and Oxnard
Could Ventura and Oxnard in California be vulnerable to the effects of a local earthquake-generated tsunami? Yes, according to numerical 3D models used by UC Riverside seismologists of an earthquake...
View ArticleThe Top: Four Ways to Prepare for an Earthquake
This week, we partnered up with David Oglesby, professor of geophysics, to list the top ways Southern Californians can prepare for an earthquake.
View ArticleMark Your Calendar for 10:15 on 10/15
UC Riverside faculty, staff and students will join 10 million people expected to participate in the annual Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10:15 a.m.
View ArticleDouble Dose of Bad Earthquake News
A team of researchers, including one from the University of California, Riverside, has discovered that earthquake ruptures can jump much further than previously thought, a finding that could have...
View ArticleResearch and Scholarship
A team of scientists led by UCR's Wenbo Ma, associate professor of plant pathology, has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in an attempt to save the United States...
View ArticleBetter Understanding Post-Earthquake Fault Movement
Preparation and good timing enabled Gareth Funning and a team of researchers to collect a unique data set following the 2014 South Napa earthquake that showed different parts of the fault, sometimes...
View ArticleVentura Fault Could Cause Stronger Shaking, New Research Finds
A new study by a team of researchers, including one from the University of California, Riverside, found that the fault under Ventura, Calif., would likely cause stronger shaking during an earthquake...
View ArticleSlow Earthquakes Occur Continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone
UC Riverside seismologists studying earthquakes in the seismically and volcanically active Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone have found that “slow earthquakes” are occurring continuously, and could...
View ArticleTwo-Minute Earthquake Drill Set for 10:19 a.m. on 10/19
Faculty, staff, and students at the University of California, Riverside will join about 10 million people expected to participate in the annual Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill on Oct. 19 at...
View ArticleEarthquake Risk Elevated with Detection of Spontaneous Tectonic Tremor in...
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have detected a tectonic tremor — the signature of slow earthquakes deep below the earth’s surface — in the Anza Gap region of the San Jacinto...
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