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Official account of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center
https://cascadiaquakes.org
Check out this article in the Seattle Times following the Seahawksâ win on Saturday! Seismologists even say the rumbles caused by the win rivaled the legendary Beast Quake during Marshawn Lynchâs legendary playoff run in 2011!
https://ow.ly/VAk450Y0X9v
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Did Seahawks fans unleash a new âBeast Quakeâ?
A seismologist breaks down how rumbles caused by Saturdayâs win stack up against Marshawn Lynchâs legendary playoff run in 2011.
https://ow.ly/VAk450Y0X9v
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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
1 day ago
Join us on Wednesday evening at @MOHAI for a special event about the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. PNSN Director Harold Tobin and other excellent panelists will speak about how we can be prepared for the next one. Let's
#FixTheBricks
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Are you looking to attend a training workshop or conference? Tomorrow is the last day to apply for a travel stipend! Open to US grad students & postdocs interested in a career in earthquake science & broadening participation. Learn more & apply:
https://cascadiaquakes.org/geoscience.../fellowship/
8 days ago
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New open-source QGIS tools for building realistic 3D, non-planar fault surfaces from geologic & geophysical data. Three interoperable plugins provide a full workflow from interpretation to interactive 3D visualizationâno proprietary software. Learn more:
https://cascadiaquakes.org/cfm/
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EarthScope Consortium
16 days ago
đ Dive into geophysics research this summerâapplications for RESESS are now open! RESESS is a paid summer internship for undergrads that offers the chance to conduct geophysics research with a faculty mentor at colleges and universities across the country. Apply! âĄď¸
https://loom.ly/f5-KCDY
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EarthScope Consortium
13 days ago
Looking for a summer field camp experience? Applications are now open for the 2026 Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE)âlearn geophysics by doing geophysics! Learn more & apply âĄď¸
https://loom.ly/Taww24E
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1 WEEK LEFT! Looking to attend a training workshop or professional conference this spring? Apply for a travel stipend for US grad students/postdocs interested in a career in earthquake science & broadening participation. Learn more & apply:
https://cascadiaquakes.org/geoscience.../fellowship/
14 days ago
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That's a wrap on CRESCENT at
#AGU25
! This was a remarkable opportunity to engage geoscientists in subduction zone science. Special thanks to Harold Tobin and OO SIG members Brian Boston, Jianhua Gong, and Zoe Krauss for co-convening the Cascadia sessions and promoting CRESCENT researchers!
about 1 month ago
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Join Dr. Erick Velasco-Reyes (OSU) for this week's CLiP webinar, presenting cutting-edge modeling that reveals how tsunamis can modify coastlines and damage infrastructure. Register here:
oregonstate.zoom.us/...
Learn more about the CLiP series:
cascadiaquakes.org/2...
about 1 month ago
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Check out the full list of CRESCENT researchers at AGU this year here:
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2025/12/05/crescent-agu-2025/
about 1 month ago
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CRESCENT is looking forward to joining fellow geoscientists at the #AGU2025 annual meeting in New Orleans! Don't miss the Cascadia-focused sessions on Thursday, and be sure to check out the full list of CRESCENT researchers at AGU here:
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2025/12/05/crescent-agu-2025/
about 1 month ago
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Are you looking to attend a training workshop or professional conference this spring? Apply for our travel stipend open to US grad students/postdocs interested in a career in earthquake science and broadening participation. Learn more and apply:
https://cascadiaquakes.org/geoscience.../fellowship/
about 1 month ago
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Passionate about mentoring the next generation of geoscientists? We are seeking mentor pairs to guide undergraduate students through a yearlong research project. Donât have a âTwinâ mentor? No problem â apply, and weâll help match you with one! Details & application âŹď¸
https://ow.ly/KhYz50XGxWp
about 1 month ago
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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network director Harold Tobin spoke on Fox 13 Seattle this week about how NOAA budget cuts could affect tsunami warning systems in the PNW. Check it out here:
www.fox13seattle.com/video/1750617
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PNW tsunami alerts affected by NOAA cuts
A decades-old contract between NOAA and the Alaska Earthquake Center came to an end over the weekend.
https://www.fox13seattle.com/video/1750617
about 2 months ago
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The USGS is investigating a false ShakeAlert message for a magnitude-5.9 earthquake issued yesterday in western Nevada. Hear more from the USGS physical scientist Robert de Groot here:
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/earthqu...
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Magnitude-5.9 Nevada earthquake notification was false alert, USGS says. What went wrong?
A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada near the California border was a false alert, the USGS said.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/earthquakes/nevada-earthquake-alert/3811568/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_LABrand&utm_social_post_id=614338162&utm_social_handle_id=90240021027&fbclid=IwY2xjawOgQ19leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFxSUZPYnJMdEZ5QlNoc1N3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsox8L4mHNISpJ8oND98qhuBYeJ37DgpSZPh1KqGR0purd5ahtD0rJqMQzKH_aem_GKHDU9D25jfdiJoJf1VdMQ
about 2 months ago
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Join tomorrow's Cascadia CoPes Hub virtual seminar to hear Tina Dura presenting on the seismic subsidence research that was published in PNAS earlier this year. Register in advance for the seminar âŹď¸
https://oregonstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/CPUXaJFORja09QwdtmX3RQ#/registration
about 2 months ago
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Another year of the CCASE program at Neah Bay HS is underway! The Makah CCASE teamâs fall visit brought hands-on quake lessons, student-made âearthquakes,â and time with the 9th-grade crew. Read more âŹď¸
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2025/11/25/1-makah-case-fall-visit/
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1. Makah CASE Fall Visit - Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center
1st visit of the 2025â2026 program. The team met students, teachers, and community members involved in CCASEâan exciting 1st trip for several of them.
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2025/11/25/1-makah-case-fall-visit/
about 2 months ago
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Congratulations to Team Cascadia (featuring CRESCENT-affiliated Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabriel) who've been awarded the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize in high-performance computing for their billion-parameter Cascadia Subduction Zone tsunami model using the worldâs fastest supercomputer, El Capitan!
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about 2 months ago
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In this weekâs CLiP webinar Brett Maurer (UW) shares research on historical and predicted liquefaction impacts of Cascadia earthquake events. Register here:
oregonstate.zoom.us/...
Learn more about the CLiP series:
cascadiaquakes.org/2...
2 months ago
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CRESCENT's Annual Meeting materials have been posted! Thank you to all the speakers and organizers who facilitated interdisciplinary collaboration, engagement, and advancement in subduction zone science. Check materials out here:
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2025/09/10/october-2025-annual-meeting/
2 months ago
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CRESCENT's November 2025 Newsletter available at:
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/11/17/n...
Read all about the Partnerships & Applications workshop outcomes and recent CRESCENT meetings!
2 months ago
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Meeting materials have now been posted online for the 2025 OO SIG Topical Workshop! Thank you to the speakers and organizers for making this workshop possible. Check materials out here:
cascadiaquakes.org/.../offshore...
2 months ago
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Register by January 15th, 2026 for CRESCENT's 2026 DET Topical Workshop, âAt the Shallow Frontier: Faulting, Deformation, and Tsunamigenesis in Cascadia." Visit our website to register:
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/01/20/d...
2 months ago
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CRESCENTâs first Undergraduate Twinning Program, a year-long research experience connecting undergraduate students with mentors to make advancements in geoscience, has concluded! Twinning Short Contributions:
cascadiaquakes.org/2024/10/22/2...
Twinning feature:
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/11/03/2...
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2024 Twinning Participants - Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center
Learn about this year's 6 Undergraduate Twinning interns and their projects!
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2024/10/22/2024-twinning-participants/
2 months ago
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Oregon Hazards Lab
3 months ago
Today is World Tsunami Awareness Day. If you are on the coast and feel shaking or get an earthquake early warning alert, you should
#DropCoverHoldOn
. Wait for shaking to stop. Then evacuate to high ground or inland. A tsunami may be coming! Learn about
#ShakeAlert
at
usgs.gov/FAQ/BeShakeAlertSafe
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CRESCENT's Twinning Program is seeking mentor pairs to guide undergraduate students through a yearlong research project. â° Applications close January 15, 2026 Program begins Fall 2026 Learn more and apply here âŹď¸
cascadiaquakes.org/2024/10/03/m...
3 months ago
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Washington Emergency Management Division
3 months ago
How could a major tsunami impact your community? Visit
mil.wa.gov/tsunami-reso...
to find new loss estimates for Washingtonâs greatest tsunami hazard, a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami.
#TsunamiDay
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Graduate Students: Unlock the Power of Research Mentoring! SCEC & CRESCENT are offering interactive training based on the evidence-backed Entering Mentoring curriculum to help you thrive in research. Learn more & register âŹď¸
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
3 months ago
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Thatâs a wrap on the 2025 CRESCENT Annual Meeting! Thank you to all of the speakers, organizers, and attendees for making it a success. Day 2 featured new insights in tsunami and landslide science, modeling, hazards, and geoscience education. Hereâs to another year of collaboration!
3 months ago
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Good morning from Day 2 of the CRESCENT Annual Meeting! Day 1 brought amazing science talks, a lively poster session (with great work from our Twinning Program undergrads!), & a networking lunch connecting students, postdocs, & leaders. Ready for another full day of talks, posters, & collaboration!
3 months ago
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Kicking off the CRESCENT Annual Meeting at UW Seattle! Excited to gather researchers, students, & collaborators for two days of talks, posters, and breakout sessions on the dynamic Cascadia Subduction Zone.
#CRESCENT2025
3 months ago
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The Offshore Observations Topical Workshop kickstarted CRESCENTâs Annual Meeting today. The Annual Meeting will continue through October 28-29th. Thank you to all of todayâs presenters and organizers that made this workshop possible! Stay tuned for more CRESCENT Annual Meeting updates this week!
3 months ago
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The CRESCENT Annual Meeting takes place next week in Seattle! Cascadia CoPes Hub's recent webinar "Updates on Tsunami Modeling" offers a great introduction to our Day 2 Session next week: Science of Tsunamis, Modeling, and Hazard Application. Watch it here:
media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_6d...
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October 23, 2025 - 4th Thursday Seminar - Cascadia CoPes Hub
Cascadia CoPes Hub Tsunami Research UpdateSpeakers: Randy LeVeque (UW), Bering Tse (UW), Yong Wei (NOAA), Erick Velasco-Reyes (OSU)Join us for a wide-ranging update on various aspects of ts...
https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_6df0d2qd
3 months ago
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Shoutout to Undergraduate Twinning students Baylor Goroski (Fort Lewis College) and Libby Tonn (University of Oregon) for presenting their projects at GSA this week! Twinning Program students receive support to present at national meetings, building professional experience and making connections.
3 months ago
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In this weekâs CLiP webinar Kelly Missett from UOâs Oregon Hazards Lab discusses applications of the USGS ShakeAlert Early Warning System for lifelines infrastructure. Register here:
oregonstate.zoom.us/...
Learn more about the CLiP series:
cascadiaquakes.org/2...
3 months ago
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Save the date for CRESCENT's 2026 DET Topical Workshop, âAt the Shallow Frontier: Faulting, Deformation, and Tsunamigenesis in Cascadia,â on May 28â29, 2026. Visit our website for updates:
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/01/20/d...
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DET Topical Workshop - Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center
This interdisciplinary workshop aims to integrate experimental, imaging, and modeling studies on shallow faulting and deformation and tsunamigenesis for the Cascadia Subduction Zone.⯠We welcome parti...
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2025/01/20/det-topical-workshop/
3 months ago
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EarthScope Consortium
3 months ago
It's International ShakeOut Day! Take a moment at 10:16 a.m. (local time) to practice your âDrop, Cover, and Hold On." If you live in an earthquake-prone region, it isnât a question of if, but when an earthquake will occur. Be sure to make a plan and be prepared! đ˝ď¸
https://loom.ly/Nh4BnmE
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Oregon Hazards Lab
3 months ago
Today is the
#ShakeOut
earthquake drill! Join us at the
@uoregon.bsky.social
Museum of Natural and Cultural History for a special Walk & Talk about earthquakes and preparedness. The program begins at 2pm at
@uomnch.bsky.social
. Learn more at
mnch.uoregon.edu/index.php/learn/great-oregon-shakeout
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CRESCENT postdoc Hanna Elston with Jack Loveless recently published this work on geodetic modeling variation based on model geometry. Influence of Subduction Interface Geometry on Surface Displacements and Slip Processes in Cascadia - Elston - 2025
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Influence of Subduction Interface Geometry on Surface Displacements and Slip Processes in Cascadia
The choice of subduction interface geometry impacts several classes of geophysical models, and their downstream products Interface geometries may differ at short wavelengths, but interseismic geo...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025EA004623
3 months ago
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Oregon Hazards Lab
3 months ago
ShakeOut is this Thursday! Are you participating in the worldâs largest earthquake drill? Register your family, school, or workplace to participate at
shakeout.org
. Learn about
#ShakeOut
events on the
@uoregon.bsky.social
on campus at
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/09/08/2025-great-oregon-shakeout
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Oregon Hazards Lab
3 months ago
Our week of events for
#ShakeOut
begins today! If you are a
@uoregon.bsky.social
student or employee, stop by our table in the EMU Fishbowl between 10am and 3pm to learn about earthquakes and preparedness!
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Oregon State University CEOAS
4 months ago
Chris Goldfinger,
#CEOAS
marine
#geologist
, uses deep-sea sediment cores that represent 3,100 years of geologic history to analyze historical earthquakes. 'Turbidite' layers are deposited by underwater landslides often triggered by
#earthquakes
. Learn more:
news.oregonstate.edu/news/twin-th...
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Twin threat: Cascadia and San Andreas faults may be seismically linked | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. â Two fault systems on North Americaâs West Coast â the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault â may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially triggering s...
https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/twin-threat-cascadia-and-san-andreas-faults-may-be-seismically-linked
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Oregon Hazards Lab
3 months ago
10/16 is
#ShakeOut
â the worldâs largest earthquake drill! Practice how to protect yourself during an earthquake. As soon as you feel shaking or get an alert from the
#ShakeAlert
#EEW
System,
#DropCoverHoldOn
! Register your drill at
shakeout.org
.
#SeismicSaturday
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Oregon Hazards Lab
3 months ago
Join emergency preparedness and earthquake experts for a Reddit AMA starting today at 11am!
reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/1o1sb2j/ama_were_pacific_northwest_earthquake_tsunami/
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Oregon Hazards Lab
4 months ago
Can your phone get
#ShakeAlert
#EEW
alerts? Check that emergency alerts are enabled in your settings! You can also download
@myshakeapp.bsky.social
. To get local and campus emergency alerts, register via
oralert.gov
and
safety.uoregon.edu/alerts
.
#ShakeOut
#DropCoverHoldOn
#SeismicSaturday
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Oregon Hazards Lab
4 months ago
Join us in the
#ShakeOut
earthquake drill on October 16! ShakeOut empowers you to practice
#DropCoverHoldOn
before you feel shaking or get a
#ShakeAlert
#EEW
alert. Learn about ShakeOut events on the
@uoregon.bsky.social
campus at
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/09/08/2025-great-oregon-shakeout
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Congratulations to Brandon Shuck et al. for the Cascadia Subduction Zone slab boundary research published in Science Advances this week.
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Congratulations to Brandon Shuck et al. for the Cascadia Subduction Zone slab boundary research published in Science Advances this week.
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4 months ago
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In the first of this yearâs CLiP webinar series, join Lori Dengler (Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group/Cal Poly Humboldt) to hear resilience lessons learned from the 7.29.25 Kamchatka Earthquake and tsunami. Register here:
oregonstate.zoom.us/...
Learn about the series here:
cascadiaquakes.org/2...
4 months ago
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Big thanks to co-host @earthscope.org and all of the incredible panelists and our moderator for sharing their time, insights, and career journeys yesterday. Your stories inspired and informed the next generation of geoscientists! đĽ Missed it? Watch the recording here:
cascadiaquakes.org/2...
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