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Official account of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center
https://cascadiaquakes.org
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!
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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...
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Register by January 15th, 2026 for CRESCENT's 2026 DET Topical Workshop, āAt the Shallow Frontier: Faulting, Deformation, and Tsunamigenesis in Cascadia." Visit our website to register:
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/01/20/d...
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CRESCENTās 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/
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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
12 days 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. ā° Applications close January 15, 2026 Program begins Fall 2026 Learn more and apply here ā¬ļø
cascadiaquakes.org/2024/10/03/m...
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reposted by
CRESCENT
Washington Emergency Management Division
13 days ago
How could a major tsunami impact your community? Visit
mil.wa.gov/tsunami-reso...
to find new loss estimates for Washingtonās 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 ā¬ļø
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Thatās 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. Hereās to another year of collaboration!
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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!
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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
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The Offshore Observations Topical Workshop kickstarted CRESCENTās Annual Meeting today. The Annual Meeting will continue through October 28-29th. Thank you to all of todayās presenters and organizers that made this workshop possible! Stay tuned for more CRESCENT Annual Meeting updates this week!
21 days 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
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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.
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In this weekās CLiP webinar Kelly Missett from UOās 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...
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Save the date for CRESCENT's 2026 DET Topical Workshop, āAt the Shallow Frontier: Faulting, Deformation, and Tsunamigenesis in Cascadia,ā on May 28ā29, 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/
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reposted by
CRESCENT
EarthScope Consortium
about 1 month ago
It's International ShakeOut Day! Take a moment at 10:16 a.m. (local time) to practice your āDrop, Cover, and Hold On." If you live in an earthquake-prone region, it isnāt a question of if, but when an earthquake will occur. Be sure to make a plan and be prepared! š½ļø
https://loom.ly/Nh4BnmE
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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
about 1 month 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
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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
about 1 month ago
ShakeOut is this Thursday! Are you participating in the worldās 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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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
about 1 month 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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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon State University CEOAS
about 1 month 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. ā Two fault systems on North Americaās West Coast ā the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault ā 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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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
about 1 month ago
10/16 is
#ShakeOut
ā the worldās 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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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
about 1 month 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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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
about 1 month 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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reposted by
CRESCENT
Oregon Hazards Lab
about 2 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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about 2 months ago
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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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about 2 months ago
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In the first of this yearās 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...
about 2 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! š„ Missed it? Watch the recording here:
cascadiaquakes.org/2...
2 months ago
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Congratulations to EarthScope!
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Get ready for 2025-26 Cascadia Lifelines Program (CLiP) Webinar Series! Coordinated in collaboration with CRESCENT they showcase advances in seismic hazard assessment, infrastructure design & earthquake resilience initiatives.
cascadiaquakes.org/2025/09/08/c...
cascadia.engineering.oregonstate.edu
2 months ago
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Governor Kotek Signs Executive Order to Prepare for Earthquake Risk
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Post - Newsroom
https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-signs-executive-order-to-prepare-for-earthquake-risk
2 months ago
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In case you missed it in our August Newsletter⦠Check out this feature story on our Cores to Code program! Hear directly from students about how the program has impacted their lives, their goals, and their futures. This is what real change looks like. Read the full story:
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2025 C2C Story - Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center
Shaping the Next Generation of Geoscientists
https://cascadiaquakes.org/2025/08/06/2025-c2c-story/
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CRESCENT
San Francisco Chronicle
3 months ago
A recent study reveals new details about a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Humboldt County.Ā The discovery could have implications for quake activity across Californiaās North Coast region.
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California scientists solved a 1954 quake puzzle. Hereās what it means for the next āBig Oneā
A recent study reveals new details about a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Humboldt County.Ā The discovery could have implications for quake activity across Californiaās North Coast region.
https://bit.ly/41vbxgx
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Shoutout to Cascadia-focused posters at the SCEC Annual Meeting this week ā especially those contributing to the CRESCENT CFM Working Group!
2 months ago
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Thinking about graduate school in the geosciences? The Geoscience Education & Mentorship Support (GEMS) program supports students applying to or exploring grad school. GEMS is seeking both mentees and mentors. Learn more and apply here:
gems-program.org/
2 months ago
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Welcome the new student cohort for 2025ā2026 Undergraduate Twinning Program who started this week! Congratulationsāand here's to a year of growth, discovery, and impact! Learn more about the students and their projects:
cascadiaquakes.org/.../2025-twi...
3 months ago
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š Where can a geoscience degree take you? Join
@earthscope.org
& CRESCENT for a virtual Geoscience Career Panel exploring careers in academia, industry, govāt, nonprofit & more! š Register:
earthscope-org.zoom.us/.../WN..
. š Panel info:
cascadiaquakes.org/.../earthsco...
3 months ago
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What a night at OMSI After Dark: Survival Guide! Shannon Fasola & Diego Melgar repped CRESCENT, shared quake prep tips, and Diegoās tsunami talk was a hit. Great seeing
@oregonhazardslab.bsky.social
, CFMās Ashley Streig & twinning student Daisy there too. Big thanks to
@omsiedu.bsky.social
!
3 months ago
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Twinning Spotlight: Lindsay Gross ā San Jose State University: Lindsay joined Mentor Amanda Thomas (UC Davis) and her research team for fieldwork at Mt. Rainier, helping install 50+ nodal seismometers to monitor debris flows. She wrapped up her trip at UC Davis, finalizing Twinning deliverables.
3 months ago
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@omsiedu.bsky.social
Next Wednesday, Aug 27th is the annual OMSI After Dark event, a 21+ night at the museum themed around disaster preparedness. CRESCENT director Diego Melgar will be giving a lecture about Tsunamis in Cascadia and CRESCENT will be tabling. Learn more here:
omsi.edu/events/omsi-...
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OMSI After Dark: Survival Guide
Grab a drink and roam the museum at OMSI After Dark. This month, we'll learn the importance of being prepared for natural disasters.
https://omsi.edu/events/omsi-after-dark-survival-guide/
3 months ago
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Congratulations to the seven recipients of the June 2025 Geoscience Professional Development Fellowship! This fellowship enables graduate students and postdocs to travel to professional development opportunities. The next review of applications will be January 15, 2026.
3 months ago
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Day 2 of the Community Fault Model Topical Workshop at the University of Oregon ā Portland! Discussing the current status of the CFM v1.0, including criteria for inclusion, how faults are represented in 3D, and ongoing work. Weāre inviting feedback from the community on model usage and improvements.
3 months ago
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Check out the August 2025 edition of CRESCENT's Quarterly Newsletter: Seismic Moment
mailchi.mp/uoregon/seis...
3 months ago
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Twinning Spotlight: Itzel Noriega! Itzel is spending 2 weeks at the University of Oregon with mentor Diego Melgar, learning to build an earthquake catalog. While on campus, Itzel got to visit CRESCENT headquarters and attend the Outdoor Track and Field Championships with our GEI Program Manager.
3 months ago
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Are you ready for the 2025 ShakeOut earthquake drill this October? Learn how to get your organization involved in the 2025 ShakeOut by attending an online forum hosted by the EPIcenter Partnership and USGS ShakeAlert! Learn more and register here:
omsi.edu/events/shak...
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ShakeOut 2025 Prep Forums
Get ready for ShakeOut by joining this Free-Choice Learning Environments Forum, hosted by EPIcenter partnership and USGS ShakeAlertĀ®.
https://omsi.edu/events/shakeout-2025-prep-forum/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLrd21leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTZFdYalRUQ1pwald0SVJuAR6H2Cdd2shIL5VJvk1dq8zDy3n_60LrAvSV_0BCl42DboPYResJRM3SSCq4_g_aem_OVcGi-IrtYsbma6VIxat1w
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Twinning Spotlight: Baylor Goroski -Fort Lewis College- spent 3 weeks at Louisiana State U. with mentor Eirini Poulaki collecting detailed electron microscopy & geochronology data. He got hands-on experience with cutting-edge equipment that is immensely valuable experience for his future career.
4 months ago
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An opinion piece by Diego Melgar on the recent Russia earthquake and early warning systems was featured on MSNBC today. Check it out here:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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CRESCENT'S Diego Melgar was featured in a Scientific American article about the recent magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Russia. Check it out here:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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Why the Russian Earthquake Didnāt Cause a Huge Tsunami
Russiaās magnitude 8.8 earthquake spawned serious tsunami warnings, but waves have been moderate so far. Hereās the geological reason why
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-tsunami-from-russia-earthquake-wasnt-as-large-as-feared/
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