Seminars typically take place virtually at 10:30 AM (Pacific) on Wednesdays on Microsoft Teams.
We record most seminars. You can watch live or check the archives to view a past seminar.
January 2026
-
Serpentinized forearc mantles: Thermal and mineralogical stability and implications for the hydrology of the former deep forearc hydrology and seismicity of the San Andreas Fault System after the northward migration of the Mendocino Triple Junction
Stephen Kirby, USGS
-
Only Very Strong Shaking can Break a Tree
Susan Hough, USGS
-
Why are there differences in site-specific seismic hazard analyses for critical infrastructure and the National Seismic Hazard Model?
Ivan Wong, Lettis Consultants International
-
Forty Years of Controlled Source Crustal Imaging
Tom Brocher, USGS
February 2026
-
Crustal stresses and damage evolve throughout the seismic cycle of the Ridgecrest fault zone
Jared Bryan, MIT
-
Slow Slip and Sporadic Seismicity
Joan Gomberg, USGS
-
Evaluating GFAST-PGD’s Contributions to ShakeAlert® System Performance for Simulated Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes
Sydney Dybing, University of Washington
March 2026
-
Improving Real-Time Forecasts of Induced Seismicity Through Machine Learning-Based Event Classification
Avigyan Chaterjee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
-
Stress Evolution Modeling of Multiple Induced Seismicity Sequences
Rosie Ries, Stanford University
-
Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Rupture Interactions Across Multiple Asperities and Barriers
Yudong Sun, Stanford University
-
Deep interactions between faults, earthquakes, creep, and rock fabric: Why do seismicity and fault creep care about rock foliation?
Vera Schulte-Pelkum, University of Colorado Boulder
April 2026
-
Why firn (old snow) quakes - a continuum mechanics theory with granular legacy
Anne Voigtländer, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
-
The Role of Clays in Faults: From Earthquake Heating to San Andreas Fault creep
Julia Krogh, UC Santa Cruz