Exploration and Discovery in Yellowstone Lake: Results from High-resolution Sonar Imaging, Seismic Reflection Profiling, and Submersible Studies part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This journal article presents discoveries from multi-beam sonar mapping and seismic reflection surveys of Yellowstone Lake. It provides new insight into the extent of post-collapse volcanism and ...

Yellowstone National Park Region Seismicity Maps part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This University of Utah website provides numerous maps of the Yellowstone National Park area that show the location and magnitude of historical earthquakes. Time intervals include the previous day, ...

Seismic Evidence for Fluid Migration Accompanying Subsidence of the Yellowstone Caldera part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This report describes the largest earthquake swarm in Yellowstone National Park's recorded history. For a little over 3 months beginning in October 1985, the swarm contained more than 3000 ...

ANSS Recent Earthquakes in the US part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) site from the USGS features an interactive map of the last week's earthquakes in the US. Earthquakes are labeled by occurrence time and magnitude. ...

Corrections of the Indian gauge data used for early assessments of the great 26 December 2004 earthquake part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This resource is an abstract. This study re-evaluates slip velocity over the region of the December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. Using new data, the authors found that a mixed mode of slip ...

Tsunami warnings using ocean circulation models part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This resource is an abstract. This study uses numerical models that take advantage of digital seismometry and satellite radar altimetry to shed light on tsunami source and formation mechanisms. The ...

Listening to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami quake part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This resource is an abstract. This study tracks the movement of the rupture that caused the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami by comparing recordings of sound waves from five sensors located ...

Predicting catastrophic earthquakes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This resource provides an abstract. This article discusses a method based on the magnitude-frequency distribution of previous earthquakes in a region. It is used to examine the probability of a small ...

Reassessing the earthquake threat to San Francisco part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This resource provides an abstract. New research suggests that authorities may need to reassess the threat posed by the Hayward fault, the fault responsible for San Francisco's highly destructive ...

Molten rock makes big earthquakes bigger part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This resource provides an abstract. A modified friction welding device was used to spin one small cylinder of granite against another at high speed and pressure in order to simulate two plates ...