Seismology at the American Geophysical Union

I will mostly be at geomagnetism-paleomagnetism session at the huge AGU Fall meeting (15,000 attendees next week).

Among the many seismology sessions:

S41B
Moscone South: Poster Hall
Thursday 0800h
Engaging Citizens in the Collection of Earthquake
Observations Using the Internet I Posters (joint
with NH)
Presiding: R Bossu, EMSC; R W Clayton, Caltech

0800h S41B-2010 POSTER ShakeMapple: Tapping
Embedded Motion Sensors to Map the Felt Extents of an
Earthquake: L Kamb, G McGilvary, J van Hemert, R Bossu

0800h S41B-2011 POSTER RICHTER: A Smartphone
Application for Rapid Collection of Geo-Tagged Pictures of
Earthquake Damage: H Skinnemoen, R Bossu, K Furuheim,
E Bjorgo

0800h S41B-2012 POSTER Raising Seismic Awareness
on- and off-campus with class-built seismometers: K J
Ferguson, K Van Wijk, T Channel, R Nuxoll

0800h S41B-2013 POSTER Community Seismic Network
(CSN): R W Clayton, T H Heaton, M D Kohler, M Chandy,
A Krause

0800h S41B-2014 POSTER The Quake-Catcher Network:
Improving Earthquake Strong Motion Observations
Through Community Engagement: E S Cochran, J F
Lawrence, C M Christensen, A I Chung, C Neighbors, J
Saltzman

S51E
Moscone West:
2007 Friday 0900h
Engaging Citizens in the Collection of Earthquake
Observations Using the Internet II (joint with NH)
Presiding: R Bossu, EMSC; P S Earle, USGS

0900h S51E-01 The USGS “Did You Feel It?” Internetbased
Macroseismic Intensity Maps: Lessons Learned from a
Decade of Online Data Collection (Invited): D J Wald, V RQuitoriano, M Hopper, S Mathias, J W Dewey

0915h S51E-02 iShake: Mobile Phones as Seismic Sensors
(Invited): S Dashti, J Reilly, J D Bray, A M Bayen, S D
Glaser, E Mari

0930h S51E-03 The NetQuakes Project – Research-quality
Seismic Data Transmitted via the Internet from Citizenhosted
Instruments (Invited): J H Luetgert, D H
Oppenheimer, J Hamilton

0945h S51E-04 Flashsourcing or Real-Time Mapping of
Earthquake Effects from Instantaneous Analysis of the
EMSC Website Traffic: R Bossu, S Gilles, F Roussel

Seismological Society of America Meeting

SSA 2010 Annual Meeting
21–23 April, Portland, Oregon

SSA’s 2010 Annual Meeting will provide a stimulating exchange of research on a wide range of topics with like-minded professionals from all over the world. Oral presentations, poster sessions, exhibits, field trips, business meetings and social gatherings all provide members the opportunity to meet and share with their peers.

Special Sessions:

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Advances in Seismic Hazard Mapping

At the Interface Between Earthquake Sciences and Earthquake Engineering in the Pacific Northwest

Building Code Uses of Seismic Hazard Data

Characterizing the Next Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami

Deterministic Simulated Ground Motion Records under ASCE 7-10 as a Bridge Between Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Industry

Earthquake Debates

Engaging Students and Teachers in Seismology: In Memory of John Lahr

The Evolution of Slow Slip and Tremor in Time and Space

Ground Motion: Observations and Theory    

The January/February 2010 Earthquakes in Haiti, Offshore Northern California, and Chile: Origins, Impacts and Lessons Learned

On January 10 2010, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake ruptured a fault within the Gorda plate off the coast of Northern California, ending 15 years of relative seismic quiescence on California's North Coast and causing over $40 million in losses in Humboldt County. Three days later, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred near Port-au-Prince, Haiti in an event that is likely to be listed as one of the great earthquake catastrophes of all time. We welcome papers addressing the mechanisms and tectonic settings of these earthquakes, the geotechnical factors, strong motion, remote sensing aspects, and direct observations of the earthquake zones including associated deformation, tsunami, landsliding and other evidence, as well as impacts and implications for regional seismic hazards. Addendum- This session will also include papers addressing these aspects of the Chile earthuake.

Joint Inversion of Multiple Geophysical Data Sets for Seismic Structure

Magnitude Scaling and Regional Variation of Ground Motion

Monitoring for Nuclear Explosions

Near-Surface Deformation Associated with Active Faults

Numerical Prediction of Earthquake Ground Motion

Operational Earthquake Forecasting

Quantification and Treatment of Uncertainty and Correlations in Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessments

Recent Advances in Source Parameters and Earthquake Magnitude Estimations

Seismic Hazard Mitigation Policy Development and Implementation

Seismic Imaging: Recent Advancement and Future Directions

Seismic Networks, Analysis Tools, and Instrumentation 

Seismic Structure and Geodynamics of the High Lava Plains and Greater Pacific NorthwestSeismicity and Seismotectonics 

The Seismo-Acoustic Wavefield: Fusion of Seismic and Infrasound Data

Seismology of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Cryosphere

State of Stress in Intraplate Regions

Statistics of Earthquakes

Subsurface Imaging for Urban Seismic Hazards at the Engineering Scale

Time Reversal in Geophysics

Volcanic Plumbing Systems: Results, Interpretations and Implications for Monitoring

Important Dates

Call for Special Sessions	1 October 2009
Travel Grant Application Deadline	30 November 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline	12 January 2010
Program w/ Abstracts Online	26 February 2010
Meeting Pre-registration Deadline	19 March 2010          TODAY
Hotel Reservation Cut-Off	29 March 2010
Online Registration Cut-Off	9 April 2010

Field Trip Information:
Both field trips will take place on Saturday, 24 April 2010 (the day following the close of the regular meeting program).
Field Trip #1: Portland Geology by Tram, Train, and Foot
Field Trip #2: Geology and Hazards of Mount Hood, Oregon 

Seismic art?

I'm still trying to figure out the meaning of this seismo-artistic installation:

The Parkfield Interventional EQ Fieldwork (PIEQF) was a geologically interactive, kinetic earthwork that was temporarily installed in the remote township of Parkfield, Central California. This machine controlled earthwork ran autonomously for 91 days between the 18th August and 16th November 2008. PIEQF was triggered by near real-time reported Californian earthquakes from Magnitude M 0.1 and above.

This conceptual machine earthwork was a feedback loop between the seismicity of California and a physical and mechanical representation of all Californian seismic events. Each time a Californian earthquake occurred, an array of 5/8 inch steel rods attached to an earthquake shake table oscillated and resonated reflecting the dynamic nature of the Californian landscape. On average 30-60 seismic events occur throughout California daily.

While I explore, maybe you can enlighten us?