Spatial Changes in Earthquake Risk in Southern California
I decided to compare the change in earthquake risk in southern California from September 29,2012 through today, October 12, 2012, a time span of only about 2 weeks. From screen shots on both days, I made the below comparison. The red boxes show the change in spatial extent of the forecast (chance of an earthquake M>5 within 1 year). Small but increasing....
About OpenHazards Bloggers
Steven Ward is a Research Geophysicist at
the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UC Santa Cruz. He specializes in the quantification and simulation of
natural hazards. Read Steve's blog.
John Rundle is a Distinguished Professor of Physics
and Geology at UC Davis and
the Executive Director of the APEC Collaboration for Earthquake Simulations. He
chaired the Board of Advisors for the Southern California Earthquake Center from 1994 to 1996. Read John's blog.