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Earthquake Science Center Seminars
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Earthquake Science Center Seminars


1 The perturbing influence of small earthquakes on slow fault slip synchronization 1:00:00
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Gaspard Farge, University of California, Santa Cruz Tectonic tremor tracks the repeated slow rupture of certain major plate boundary faults. One of the most perplexing aspects of tremor activity is that some fault segments produce strongly periodic, spatially extensive tremor episodes, while others have more disorganized, asynchronous activity. Here we measure the size of segments that activate synchronously during tremor episodes and the relationship to regional earthquake rate on major plate boundaries. Tremor synchronization in space seems to be limited by the activity of small, nearby crustal and intraslab earthquakes. This observation can be explained by a competition between the self-synchronization of fault segments and perturbation by regional earthquakes. Our results imply previously unrecognized interactions across subduction systems, in which earthquake activity far from the fault influences whether it breaks in small or large segments.…
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1 Improving Subduction Zone Hazards Assessments Using the Coastal Stratigraphic Record 1:00:00
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Tina Dura, Virgina Tech Climate-driven sea-level rise is increasing flood risks worldwide, but sudden land subsidence from great (>M8) earthquakes remains an overlooked factor. Along the Washington, Oregon, and northern California coasts, the next Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) earthquake could cause 0.5-2 m of rapid subsidence, dramatically expanding floodplains and exposing communities to heightened flooding hazards. This talk explores the coastal geologic methods used to estimate coseismic subsidence along the CSZ, and then quantifies potential floodplain expansion across 24 Cascadia estuaries under low (~0.5 m), medium (~1 m), and high (~2 m) earthquake-driven subsidence scenarios—both today and by 2100, when compounded by climate-driven sea-level rise. We will also explore the implications for residents, infrastructure, and decision-makers preparing for the intersection of seismic and climate hazards.…
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1 How Global Warming Shakes the Earth: Multi-Decadal Global Microseism History and Ocean Wave Climate 1:00:00
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Rick Aster, Colorado State University The long-period seismic background microseism wavefield is a globally visible signal that is generated by the incessant forces of ocean waves upon the solid Earth and is excited via two distinct source processes. Extensive continuous digital seismic data archives enable the analysis of this signal across nearly four decades to assess trends and other features in global ocean wave energy. This seminar considers primary and secondary microseism intensity between 4 and 20 s period between 1988 and late 2024. 73 stations from 82.5 deg. N to 89.9 deg. S latitude with >20 years of data and >75% data completeness from the NSF/USGS Global Seismographic, GEOSCOPE, and New China Digital Networks. The primary microseism wavefield is excited at ocean wave periods through seafloor tractions induced by the dynamic pressures of traveling waves where bathymetric depths are less than about 300 m. The much stronger secondary wavefield is excited at half the ocean wave period through seafloor pressure variations generated by crossing seas. It is not restricted to shallower depths but is sensitive to acoustic resonance periods in the ocean water column. Acceleration power spectral densities are estimated using 50%-overlapping, 1-hr moving windows and are integrated in 2-s wide period bands to produce band-passed seismic amplitude and energy time series. Nonphysical outliers, earthquake signals, and Fourier series seasonal variations (with a fundamental period of 365.2422 d) are removed. Secular period-dependent trends are then estimated using L1 norm residual-minimizing regression. Increasing microseism amplitude is observed across most of the Earth for both the primary and secondary microseism bands, with average median-normalized trends of +0.15 and +0.10 %/yr, respectively. Primary and secondary band microseism secular change rates relative to station medians correlate across global seismic stations at R=0.65 and have a regression slope of 1.04 with secondary trends being systematically lower by about 0.05 %/yr. Multiyear and geographically extensive seismic intensity variations show globally observable interannual climate index (e.g., El Niño–Southern Oscillation) influence on large-scale storm and ocean wave energy. Microseism intensity histories in 2-s period bands exhibit regional to global correlations that reflect ocean-basin-scale teleconnected ocean swell, long-range Rayleigh wave propagation, and the large-scale reach of climate variation. Global secular intensity increases in recent decades occur across the entire 4 – 20 s microseism band and progressively greater intensification at longer periods, consistent with more frequent large-scale storm systems that generate ocean swell at the longest periods.…
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