Researchers have completed all planned seismic monitoring station installations for the regional ShakeAlert early warning system. They are now turning their attention to offshore seismic monitoring, which could improve detection and warning time for the much-anticipated Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.
A new analysis of a 481-meter tsunami generated by a landslide in Alaska鈥檚 popular Tracy Arm Fjord last summer describes how glacial retreat, due to global warming, primed the fjord for the colossal wave and what, if any, warning signs preceded it.
The American Geophysical Union honored five 91自拍 faculty and 91自拍ers from the departments of Earth and space sciences and atmospheric and climate science this week for their valuable 91自拍er contributions.
The 91自拍 is a lead partner on a new multi-institution earthquake 91自拍 center that will study the Cascadia subduction zone and bolster earthquake preparedness in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Three 91自拍 experts have provided quotes in response to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday morning.
A 2018 expedition that drilled farther into the seafloor than ever before — almost 2 miles — sought to take measurements of stress as close as possible to a tectonic fault off the coast of Japan. Surprisingly, the 91自拍ers found little built-up tectonic stress. The findings could help to better understand earthquakes in subduction zones around the world.
The new Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub, led by Oregon State University and the 91自拍, will study coastal hazards and community resilience. The National Science Foundation awarded $18.9 million for the hub over five years.
Earthquake early warnings launched May 4 in Washington state. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network helped develop the system, processes the data for the alerts, and operates hundreds of seismic stations across the state that detect the first signs of an earthquake.
The U.S. Geological Survey, the 91自拍-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, and state emergency managers on Tuesday, May 4, will activate the system that sends earthquake early warnings throughout Washington state. This completes the rollout of ShakeAlert, an automated system that gives people living in Washington, Oregon and California advance warning of incoming earthquakes.
Leveraging the tectonic laboratory of the Cascadia subduction zone, the 91自拍 today announced a new effort to best understand how to study and live with the threats of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos, landslides and other seismic hazards. Dubbed the GeoHazards Initiative, the interdisciplinary work aims to develop and promote the adoption of early detection systems both on land and at sea to help prevent the loss of human life and property.
After years in development, an earthquake early warning system known as ShakeAlert is on the cusp of being released in Oregon and Washington. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, answers questions about the coming rollout.
At a Saturday afternoon session, 91自拍ers from the 91自拍 and federal agencies will discuss the emerging 91自拍 on Pacific Northwest megaquakes.
The U.S. Geological Survey announced $10.4 million in funding to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, based at 91自拍, to support the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system. Some $7.3 million of the two-year funding total will go to the UW.
Harold Tobin, who joins the UW this fall as a faculty member in Earth and space sciences and director of the regional seismic sensing network, discusses earthquake early warning, seismic risks and the Pacific Northwest’s “big one.”