RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Estimating PGA from rigid body displacement: 2012 BSSA Article
Shaking distribution of the 2011 Mineral, VA, earthquake: 2012 SRL Article
US newspaper accounts of 1843 Lesser Antilles EQ: 2012 Earthquake Lites feature
1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes: 2011 JGR article
The Magnitude of the Problem: 2011 SRL Opinion
Localized damage in Port-au-Prince: Nature Geoscience article (en francaise)
Fieldwork in Port-au-Prince: The backstory
Historical earthquakes in India: 2010 BSSA article
A Seismological Retrospective of the Brady-Spence Prediction: 1/2010 SRL article
Cataloging the New Madrid sequence: 11/2009 SRL article
Past and future earthquakes in the Kashmir Valley 3/2009 American Scientist article
Chino Hills earthquake Nov-Dec, 2008 SRL article
California's largest historical earthquake? 4/2008 BSSA article
More on remotely triggered earthquakes: 2007 GSA article
Haiti Data
Aftershock data recorded by USGS instruments can be downloaded from the IRIS DMCStrong-motion (K2) recordings of larger aftershocks can be downloaded here
Earthquakes in the News
Working towards seismic safety in Burma
Earthquake Myths: Washington Post article
US Dept. of State official blog: Building partnerships in Haiti
Localized damage in Port-au-Prince
Illinois faults and the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes
BBC Forum: A World of Ideas (Haiti and more)
Less Recent Publications
Seismology and the IGY: 2008 SRL articleSeismic Hazard in Karachi: 11/2007 SRL article
Probing the Underworld: 2007 GSL article
Predicting the Unpredictable: 3/2005 Geotimes article
Remotely triggered earthquakes: 2/2005 SRL article
Wagon Loads of Sand Blows in the Wabash Valley: 6/2005 SRL article
Triggered Earthquakes in India: 5/2005 Current Science article
Putting the Pieces together: the 1811-1812 New Madrid sequence. 5/2004 Nature article
Book Review in Science: A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester
OWEN'S VALLEY: THEN AND NOW
The 1872 Owen's Valley Earthquake: New Results and a Scenic Tour (see article below)EARTHQUAKES ON THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
A brief commentary on recent activity along the San Andreas fault in Southern California.HISTORIC EARTHQUAKES
| Triggered earthquakes | 1906 San Francisco | India | Notes and Folklore | New Madrid |
GENERAL-INTEREST ARTICLES
-- Albert Einstein
| Petroglyphs and Earthquakes? | Natural History (3/2001) | Aftershocks are earthquakes! |
| Op-eds and More | Geotimes Highlights, 2003 |
SCENES FROM A PLANET
Perugia: 2007 IUGG
Istanbul: 8/2006 Workshop
Finding fault in California: The anniversary tour (April, 2006)
Photographs from Islamabad, March, 2006
Photographs from the Kangra Earthquake Centenary Seminar, Palampur, 2005
PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS (updated 7/2007)
EDUCATION
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Ph.D., Geophysics, July, 1987
- University of California at Berkeley
- A.B. with honors, Geophysics; June, 1982
