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and Sensor Grids Community Grids Laboratory November 20 2008 Geoffrey Fox Community Grids Laboratory School of informatics Indiana University gcfindianaedu httpwwwinfomallorg. The Transamerica Pyramid, San Fransisco. It has been build pyramid shaped as this is hard to topple over. . http://. Footage of the transamerica pyramid. /. The Beijing National Stadium, China. To earthquake-proof the stadium, the bowl and roof were split into two separate elements and the bowl split into eight zones, each with its own stability system and effectively its own building. . Andrei Gabrielov. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN, USA. www.math.purdue.edu/~agabriel. San Francisco, April 18, 1906. Plate Tectonics. Major tectonic plates and world seismicity. Plate Tectonics. Analyzing Tweets for Real-Time Event Detection. Takehi. . Sakaki. Makoto Okazaki Yutaka Matsuo. @. tksakaki. @okazaki117 @. ymatsuo. . the University of Tokyo. Introduction. A Complex Rupture?. M. C. Chapman. Department of Geosciences. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. mcc. @ vt.edu. Meeting of the Eastern Section, Seismological. and . the contribution of array seismology. J.-P. . Ampuero. Caltech . Seismolab. Acknowledgements. : . Lingsen. . Meng. (now at UC Berkeley). Overview. Earthquake physics: how earthquakes start, propagate and stop? + broader impact. Locating Earthquakes. How do seismologists know when and where earthquakes begin? . They depend on earthquake-sensing instruments called seismographs. . Seismographs. are instruments located at or near the surface of the Earth that record seismic waves. . :. Analyzing Tweets for Real-Time Event Detection. Takehi. . Sakaki. Makoto Okazaki Yutaka Matsuo. @. tksakaki. @okazaki117 @. ymatsuo. . the University of Tokyo. Introduction. Occurred just before midday on 25 April 2015. 7.8 Magnitude at a depth of around 15 . kilometres. The . epicentre. was the village of . Barpak. in the . Gorkha. district. The tremors were felt as far away as India, Pakistan and Bhutan.. . T. sunami . eqs. ETS/slow slip. Source Time Function Calculation . currently finishing STF determination for Alaska/Kuriles/Sumatra/Java. reconciling STF indicated depths with revised EHB catalog. Briefly, “explain” the intent of this cartoon. Why do earthquakes occur?. Which of the following diagrams represents a normal fault? What is your evidence? . A.. B. .. TPS – What is going on here?. Brian Blake. Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium. MEMA SAR Planning Meeting. July 24, 2013. Senatobia, Mississippi . Overview of CUSEC. . Formed in 1983. Result of a growing body of research . Partnership effort between State and Federal Government. and humanitarian response. . L. essons . from Nepal. THE SCIENCE OF . AFTERSHOCK FORECASTING. Earthquakes can’t be predicted. However, aftershocks follow robust seismological . ‘laws’. Probability . earthquake. (also known as a . quake. , . tremor. or . temblor. ) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the . Earth's. . crust. that creates . seismic waves. . . The . seismicity. , . seismism. About 200 earthquakes occur in our region each year, mainly in southeast Missouri’s . New Madrid Seismic Zone. Missouri’s Great Quakes. Among the biggest earthquakes ever to hit the continental U.S.:.