Funded Research - Grants & Cooperative Agreements & Final Technical Reports

The Earthquake Hazards Program funds research in order to provide earth science data and information essential to mitigate earthquake losses.

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Award No. Principal Investigator(s) Region Project Title Institution Final Report Journal Publication(s) Year
G24AC00003 Michael West & Natalia Ruppert General Sustaining USArray-Enhanced Network Operations ($2,760,000; November 2023 through October 2025) University of Alaska Fairbanks Final Technical Report due January 2026 2024
G24AC00072 Yehuda Ben-Zion & Gregory Beroza General Statewide California Earthquake Center: SCEC 6 2024-2026 Proposal to the United States Geological Survey ($1,525,000; February 2024 to January 2026) Statewide California Earthquake Center Final Technical Report due April 2026 2024
G24AC00082 Maggie Ortiz-Millan General Assistance in Undertaking a Community Review of Kahramanmaras, Turkiye Earthquake Sequence Investigations (EERI)($32,389; February 2024 through December 2024) Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00043 Brandon Shuck & Suzanne Carbotte Pacific Northwest and Alaska Reprocessing Active-Source Seismic Data to Assess Hazards in Southern Cascadia: Collborative Research with Columbia University and the University of Texas at Austin ($83,651; January 2024 through December 2024) Columbia University Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00044 Sean Gulick Pacific Northwest and Alaska Reprocessing Active-Source Seismic Data to Assess Hazards in Southern Cascadia: Collborative Research with Columbia University and the University of Texas at Austin ($29,606; January 2024 through December 2024) University of Texas at Austin Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00049 Roland Burgmann & Takaaki Taira Northern California Temporal and Spatial Creep Variability: Detecting Decadal Changes in Fault Behavior in Northern California ($92,767; January 2024 through December 2024) University of California Berkeley Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00058 Norman Abrahamson Ground Motion Research Development of Intensity Prediction Equations (IPE) and Ground-Motion Intensity Conversion Equations (GMICE) for California ($88,382; January 2024 through December 2024) University of California Berkeley Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00059 Maximilian Werner Earthquake Source Processes Short-Term Earthquake Forecasting in California: Prospective Evaluation of a Decade of CSEP Models ($99,091.97; January 2024 through December 2024) University of Bristol Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00060 Allen Husker Earthquake Early Warning Towards the Inclusion of DAS into Real-Time EEW Operations ($75,116; January 2024 through December 2024) California Institute of Technology Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00062 Alberto Lopez-Venegas & Elizabeth Vanacore Central and Eastern U.S. Imaging Active Faults in Southwestern Puerto Rico using Seismic Reflection Methods: Collaborative Research with University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez and U.S. Geological Survey ($89,707; January 2024 through January 2025) University of Puerto Rico -Mayaguez Final Technical Report due April 2025 2024
G24AP00064 Michele Cooke Intermountain West Simulating the Evolution of Stress over the Past 7 ka along the Wasatch Fault System in Utah ($105,634.39; January 2024 through December 2024) University of Massachusetts Amherst Final Technical Report due March 2025 2024
G24AP00067 Patricia Persaud & Alan Juarez-Zuniga Southern California Development of a High-Resolution 3D Seismic Velocity Model of the San Fernando Valley for Improved Wave Propagation Simulations Using Nodel Deployments ($57,893; January 2024 through January 2025) University of Arizona Final Technical Report due April 2025 2024
G24AP00084 Susu Xuxu Engineering Seismology and Impacts Integrating Satellite Imagery and PAGER Loss Modeling for Improved Building Damage Estimates: Collaborative Research with Stony Brook University and USGS ($74,913; February 2024 through February 2025) John Hopkins University Final Technical Report due May 2025 2024
G24AP00092 Takaaki Taira Northern California Improving the USGS 3D Seismic Veolocity Model for the San Francisco Region with Joint Body and Surface Wave Tomography: Collaborative Research between University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of California Berkeley ($57,260; March 2024 through February 2025) University of California Berkeley Final Technical Report due May 2025 2024
G24AP00093 Clifford Thurber Northern California Improving the USGS 3D Seismic Veolocity Model for the San Francisco Region with Joint Body and Surface Wave Tomography: Collaborative Research between University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of California Berkeley ($122,323; March 2024 through February 2025) University of Wisconsin-Madison Final Technical Report due May 2025 2024
G24AP00158 Kyle Rollins Hazards, Impacts, and Risk Improvement of Probablistic Liquefacation Curves for Gravelly Soil ($101,674.76; May 2024 through April 2025) Brigham Young University Final Technical Report due July 2025 2024
G24AP00207 William Shinevar Southern California Southern California Community Thermal Model Constraining Temperature and Inherent Uncertainty Using WISTFUL, Community Velocity Models, and Multidisciplinary Geothermal Constraints ($85,886; May 2024 through April 2025) University of Colorado Boulder Final Technical Report due July 2025 2024
G24AP00211 Willian Frank Pacific Northwest and Alaska Single-Station Array Detection and Location of Tectonic Tremor ($99,936; June 2024 through May 2025) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Final Technical Report due August 2025 2024
G24AP00215 Martin Karrenbach Earthquake Early Warning Examining DAS EEW Aspects using the Arcata DAS Array ($99,183; May 2024 through April 2025) Seismics Unusual LLC Final Technical Report due July 2025 2024
G24AP00216 Heather Crume Northern California Filing the Gaps of Local Fault Creep Measurements on the San Andreas and Calaveras Faults in Central and Northern California to Investigate Shallow Creep Events and Environmental Effects ($89,091; May 2024 through April 2025) Santa Cruz Geophysics, Inc. Final Technical Report due July 2025 2024
G24AP00218 Brandon Schmandt Earthquake Source Processes Small Earthquake Moment Magnitudes and Evolving Seismicity Linked to Fluid Injection in the Raton Basin ($86,545; June 2024 through May 2025) University of New Mexico Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00226 Nicholas Harmon Central and Eastern U.S. A New 3-D Seismic Velocity Model for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands from Rayleigh Wave Tomorgraphy ($79,908; June 2024 through May 2025) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Final Technical Report due August 2025 2024
G24AP00227 Ivan Wong Intermountain West Working Group on Utah Earthquake Probabilities 2: Collaborative Research with Lettis Consultants International and the Utah Geological Survey ($80,309; May 2024 through MY 2025) Lettis Consultants International, Inc. Final Technical Report due July 2025 2024
G24AP00228 Domniki Asimaki & Houman Owhadi Ground Motion Research A Scalable Non-Ergodic Ground-Motion Model Framework with Physics-Informed Kernels and Continuous Updating Capabilities ($85,000; June 2024 through May 2025) California Institute of Technology Final Technical due August 2025 2024
G24AP00230 Monica Kohler Southern California Investigation of Basin Structure Models Developed with Chronostratigraphic, Lithologic, and Seismic Data Through Ground Motion Simulations: Collaborative Research with SDSU and Caltech ($24,322; July 2024 through June 2025) California Institute of Technology Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00232 Srisharan Shreedharan Earthquake Source Processes Laboratory Earthquakes in Heterogeneous, Meter-Scale Faults: Collaborative Research with Utah State University and the University of Texas at Austin ($62,208.28; June 2024 through May 2025) Utah State University Final Technical Report due August 2025 2024
G24AP00233 David Bolton Earthquake Source Processes Laboratory Earthquakes in Heterogeneous, Meter-Scale Faults: Collaborative Research with Utah State University and the University of Texas at Austin ($41,198; June 2024 through May 2025) University of Texas at Austin Final Technical Report due August 2025 2024
G24AP00234 Emily Kleber Intermountain West Working Group on Utah Earthquake Probabilities 2: Collaborative Research with Lettis Consultants International and the Utah Geological Survey ($27,793.62; May 2024 through May 2025) Utah Geological Survey Final Technical Report due July 2025 2024
G24AP00236 Jianhua Gong Pacific Northwest and Alaska Reassessment of Complex Fault Network Near Mendocino Triple Junction Using a High-Resolution Earthquake Catalog ($74,833; June 2024 through May 2025) Indiana University Final Technical Report due August 2025 2024
G24AP00238 Shihao Yuan & Eileen Martin Intermountain West Initial Investigation and Continuous Monitoring of Site-Specific Near-Surface Shear-Wave Structures in the Reno -Carson Urban Corridor using Seismic Rotational Measurement ($91,336; May 2024 through May 2025) Colorado School of Mines Final Technical Report due July 2025 2024
G24AP00252 Kim Olsen Southern California Investigation of Basin Structure Models Developed with Chronostratigraphic, Lithologic, and Seismic Data Through Ground Motion Simulations: Collaborative Research with SDSU and Caltech ($63,792; July 2024 through June 2025) San Diego State University Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00253 Srisharan Shreedharan & Alexis Ault Intermountain West Characterizing the Frictional Strength, Stability, and Fabric Evolution of the Wasatch Fault Zone Through Laboratory Experiments ($66,136.47; July 2024 through June 2025) Utah State University Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00270 Chris Cramer Ground Motion Research Horizontal and Vertical Site Amplification and CEUS Crustal Attenuation Models: Joint Tomorgraphy for Site Response and Q: Collaborative Research with the University of Memphis and Tetra Tech, Inc ($68,027; July 2024 through June 2025) University of Memphis Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00273 Weiwei Zhan Hazards, Impacts, and Risk Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading Displacement Models for PAGER ($93,987; July 2024 through June 2025) University of Central Florida Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00278 Nathaniel Lindsey Earthquake Early Warning Advancing Seismic Hazard Analysis using Distributed Acoustic Sensing ($157,886.66; June 2024 through May 2025) FiberSense LLC Final Technical Report due August 2025 2024
G24AP00279 Will Levandowski Central and Eastern U.S. Fault Slip Potential Models for CEUS Source Zones, Faults, and Class A, B., and C Structures ($68,915; May 2024 through May 2025) Tetra Tech, Inc. Final Technical Report due August 2025 2024
G24AP00280 Will Levandowski Ground Motion Research Horizontal and Vertical Site Amplification and CEUS Crustal Attenuation Models: Joint Tomorgraphy for Site Response and Q: Collaborative Research with the University of Memphis and Tetr Tech, Inc ($25,568; July 2024 through June 2024) Tetra Tech, Inc. Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00309 David Oglesby Southern California 3D Geometry, Segmentation, and Slip on the Newport-Inglewood Fault, Los Angeles, California and its Implications for Dynamic Rupture Propagation and Regional Earthquake Hazards: Collaborative Research with Harvard University and the University of California Riverside ($67,474; July 2024 through June 2025) University of California Riverside Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00310 John Shaw Southern California 3D Geometry, Segmentation, and Slip on the Newport-Inglewood Fault, Los Angeles, California and its Implications for Dynamic Rupture Propagation and Regional Earthquake Hazards: Collaborative Research with Harvard University and the University of California Riverside ($56,978; July 2024 through June 2025) Harvard University Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00313 Adam Hiscock & Tyler Knudsen Intermountain West Detailed Mapping of Late Quaternary-Active Traces of the Sevier Fault Zone and Other Regional Faults in Central Utah ($39,843.23; July 2024 through June 2025) Utah Geological Survey Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00314 Geoffrey Abers & Grace Barcheck Pacific Northwest and Alaska Understanding the 2021 M8.2 Chignik, Alaska Aftershock Sequence using Machine Learning, AACSE & Other Nearby Seismic Data ($99,803; July 2024 through June 2025) Cornell University Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00318 Zhigang Peng Central and Eastern U.S. Relocation and Focal Mechanisms of Microseismicity in Summerville, South Carolina ($79,669; June 2024 through June 2025) Georgia Institute of Technology Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00326 Bruce Shaw & Ned Field Earthquake Rupture Forecasting Earthquake Simulatros and Next Generation Hazard Models (CERF4): Collaborative Research with Columbia University and USGS Golden ($86,806; July 2024 through June 2025) Columbia University Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00346 Dare Baldwin Earthquake Early Warning The Great Family ShakeOut: A Novel Simulation Technique to Investigate Parent-Child Responding to ShakeAlert-Powered Earthquake Early Warning ($87,802; July 2024 through June 2025) University of Oregon Final Technical Report due September 2025 2024
G24AP00347 Guoqing Lin Pacific Northwest and Alaska Earthquake Location Improvements for the Aleutian-Alaska Subduction Zone by Using Waveform Cross-Correlation Data ($48,447; July 2024 through June 2026) University of Miami Final Technical Report due September 2026 2024

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