Major Projects & Research

Results and Products


SCEC Reports and Proposals

Searchable abstract volumes:

2007 Annual Meeting
2006 Annual Meeting
2005 Annual Meeting


SCEC Animations and Movies

Crustal Motion Map, Version 3.0


Special Projects and Initiatives


PetaSHA (Petascale Cyberfacility for Physics-based Seismic Hazard Analysis)

CSEP (Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability)

CME (Community Modeling Environment)

WGCEP (Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities)

SoSAFE (Southern San Andreas Fault Evaluation)

Other Special Projects and Initiatives


Research Areas


Interdisciplinary Focus Areas

Unified Structural Representation - Fault and Rupture Mechanics - Crustal Deformation Modeling - Lithospheric Architecture and Dynamics -
Earthquake Forecasting and Predictability - Ground Motion Prediction -
Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis

Disciplinary Activities

Seismology - Tectonic Geodesy - Earthquake Geology

Past Research

SCEC2 (2002-2007):

Focus Groups
Disciplinary Committees
Short-Term Objectives


Implementation Interface
SCIGN (Southern California Integrated GPS Network)
SCEC Phase III Report
LARSE II
Borderland Working Group


Research Resources

• Databases, Maps, and other resources.
• SCEC Special Publication Series
• Bibliographic Database of papers published in research journals based on SCEC funded research.

Technical Resources

SCEC Publications Catalog

SCEC Animations and Movies

Crustal Motion Map, Version 3.0

Recommended Procedures for Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California

Ground-Shaking Amplification In Southern California: Wall Poster Now Available

Databases, Maps, and other resources.

Bibliographic Database of papers published in research journals based on SCEC funded research.

Abstracts of Recently Published Research Papers

SCEC Special Publications

Geowall @ SCEC