QuakeSim Co-I, John Rundle, elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
QuakeSim member receives NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Jordan Van Aalsburg wins a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship and will be working directly on QuakeSim.
QuakeSim software receives awards Disloc and Simplex, NASA Space Act Board Award, 2005
GeoFESTv.4.3 finite element software, NASA Space Act Board Award, 2004
The Great Southern California ShakeOut
At 10:00 am, Thursday November 13, southern California will participate in the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history. Based on a simulated M 7.8 event on the southern San Andreas fault, the Great Southern California ShakeOut is meant to test the capability of disaster responders, the scientific community, and the general population to deal with a large, devastating earthquake in the region.
The following movie depicts the response of NASA/JPL researchers to such an event. Included in this scenario are components which include modeling using QuakeSim tools and immediate post-earthquake acquisition of InSAR and SAR data by UAVSAR (with future inclusion of continuous acquistion by the DESDynI mission).
QuakeSim is a project to develop a solid Earth science framework for modeling and understanding earthquake and tectonic processes. The multi-scale nature of earthquakes requires integrating many data types and models to fully simulate and understand the earthquake process. QuakeSim focuses on modeling the interseismic process through various boundary element, finite element, and analytic applications, which run on various platforms including desktop and high end computers.
We integrate and deliver the following data products through our QuakeTables database:
paleoseismic fault data
surface deformation data in the form of Global Positioning System (GPS) data
seismicity data
processed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) interferograms from existing satellites (in progress)
Making these data available to modelers is leading to significant improvements in earthquake forecast quality and thereby mitigating the danger from this natural hazard.
QuakeSim is sponsored by the Earth Science Technology Office, in partnership with Goddard Space Flight Center, with the full participation of the related science and technology communities. NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) develops technologies that enable a full range of scientific measurements, operational requirements, and practical applications that benefit society at large.
The QuakeSim Portal allows users to access the QuakeTables database and ingest the data into various modeling and visualization applications.
Quaketables is a database that contains faults and their information for modeling in the QuakeSim environment. Simply enter a fault name, select "Search By Fault Name," and click "Go" to continue.
NASA missions related to the QuakeSim project are summarized at the Solid Earth website.
For information on the latest QuakeSim related NASA mission please visit the DESDynI website.
