Karen Felzer
Karen Felzer is a research scientist on the Earthquake Hazards team. Her direct supervisor is Dr. Ned Field.
Her research involves using statistical techniques to study earthquakes, with a focus on earthquake interaction. This has included work on long distance triggering of aftershocks by small earthquakes, stress shadows (or the lack thereof), foreshocks, multiplets, and secondary aftershocks. Karen has also worked with the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities.
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Papers and Abstracts
Submitted and In Press
Felzer, Karen R. and Debi Kilb, Is the footprint of an aftershock sequence larger than we think: A new view from the well recorded aftershocks of the 2001 and 2005 magnitude ~5 Anza, California earthquakes, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., submitted, 2008.
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Felzer, Karen R., Simulated aftershock sequences for a M 7.8 earthquake on the Southern San Andreas Fault, Seism. Res. Lett., in press, 2008.
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Publications
Gomberg, J. and K. Felzer, A model of earthquake triggering probabilities and application to dynamic deformations constrained by ground motion observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10317, doi:10.1029/2007JB005184, 2008.
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Hardebeck, J. L., K. R. Felzer, and A. J. Michael, Improved test results reveal that the accelerating moment release hypothesis is statistically insignificant, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B08310, doi:10.1029/2007JB005410, 2008.
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Felzer, K. R. and Cao, Tianqing, WGCEP Historical California earthuake catalog, Appendix H in The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, version 2 (UCERF 2): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1437H and California Geological Survey Special Report 203H, 127 pp., 2008.
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WGCEP Appendix H California Region 1850-2006 Catalog in ascii format
Felzer, K. R., Calculating California seismicity rates, Appendix I in The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Foreast, version 2 (UCERF 2): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1437I and California Geological Survey Special Report 203I, 42 pp., 2008.
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Felzer, K. R., Empirical estimation of regional time variation in seismicity rates, Appendix M in The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, version 2 (UCERF 2): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1437M and California Geological Survey Special Report 203M, 19 pp., 2008.
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Felzer, K. R. and E. E. Brodsky, Decay of aftershock density with distance indicates triggering by dynamic stress, Nature , 441, 735-738, 2006.
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Felzer, K. R., and E. E. Brodsky, Testing the stress shadow hypothesis, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B05S09, doi:1029/2004JB003277, 2005.
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Felzer, K. R., R. E. Abercrombie, and G. Ekström, A Common Origin for Aftershocks, Foreshocks, and Multiplets, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. , 94, 88-99, 2004.
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Felzer, K. R., R. E. Abercrombie, and G. Ekström, Secondary aftershocks and their importance for aftershock prediction, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 93, 1433-1448, 2003.
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Felzer, K. R., T. W. Becker, R. E. Abercrombie, G. Ekström, and J.
R. Rice, Triggering of the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake by aftershocks
of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 2190, doi:10.1029/2001JB000911, 2002.
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Abercrombie, R. E., Antolik, M. A., Felzer, K. R., and G. Ekström,
G., The 1994 Java earthquake: slip over a subducting seamount, J. Geophys.
Res., 106, 6595-6608, 2001. abstract
Felzer, K. R., and G. C. Beroza, Deep Structure of a fault discontinuity,
Geophysical Res. Letters, 26, 2121-2124, 1999. web
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Conference Abstracts
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Online Talks
SCEHAP Conference, 2007:
Universality of the Gutenberg-Richter Relationship
CalTech SeismoLab Seminar, January 2007:
The Wonderful World of Aftershocks
American Geophysical Union Meeting 2006:
Calculating the Gutenberg-Richter b Value
American Geophysical Union Meeting 2005:
Stress Change Amplitude Does Not Affect Aftershock Timing
Seismological Society of America Meeting 2005:
Decay rate of aftershock density with distance from the mainshock
Covers observations and physical implications of aftershock spatial decay
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2002:
"A Common Origin for Aftershocks, Foreshocks, and Multiplets"
Teaching Experience
Lecturer for summer school at UCLA: ESS 8, Earthquakes
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Grad School Teaching Experience
Fall 2001 Head Teaching Fellow for Professor Göran Ekström
for Science A43, Environmental
Risks and Disasters .
Fall 2000 Teaching Fellow for Science A43
Fall 1999 Teaching Fellow for Science A43
Spring 1999 Teaching Fellow for Earth and Planetary Sciences
6: Introduction to Environmental Science: The Solid Earth, with Professor
Göran Ekström
Resources for students
Recommended reading list for students interested in learning about earthquake interaction, triggering, and aftershocks References given in bibtex format.
kfelzer at gps.caltech.edu
office phone: 626-583-7822
U. S. Geological Survey, 525 S. Wilson, Pasadena, CA 91106
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