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Faults in Focus: Earthquake Science Advancements Since Northridge

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January 9, 2014, 10 am - 2 pm, News Conference at University of Southern California

Event Location:
University of Southern California
Southern California Earthquake Center
Zumberge Hall of Science Rm. 165
Los Angeles, CA 90089 (Map)

Speaker(s):
Tom Jordan, SCEC
Lucy Jones, USGS
Kate Long, Cal OES

Contact Person:
Mark Benthien, SCEC - USC, benthien@usc.edu, 2137400323


Summary:
Media briefing marking the 20th anniversary of the Northridge earthquake, highlighting scientific advances in our understanding of the faults beneath our feet, and the earthquakes they can create. How far have we come since then? Are we better at earthquake forecasting than we were two decades ago? In the digital age, how are cutting-edge supercomputers being used to simulate and understand earthquakes?


Full Description:
Media briefing marking the 20th anniversary of the Northridge earthquake, highlighting scientific advances in our understanding of the faults beneath our feet, and the earthquakes they can create. How far have we come since then? Are we better at earthquake forecasting than we were two decades ago? In the digital age, how are cutting-edge supercomputers being used to simulate and understand earthquakes?

Ideal for journalists covering earthquakes and disaster preparedness, or for those developing stories about the anniversary of the historic Northridge earthquake that killed 57 people and injured 8,700 others — and what we have learned since.

Briefing to include visual presentation and interview opportunities with leading scientists from the USC-based Southern California Earthquake Center, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Calif. Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

Briefing will include:
Maps showing the expansion of instrumentation networks in Southern California;
Maps and animations of known faults in 1994 compared to known faults today;
Graphics showing improvements in earthquake forecasts over the past 20 years.

WHEN:
10 a.m.: Briefing with presentations by experts listed above

10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Interview opportunities following the briefing. If you cannot attend the briefing but would like to interview one of the experts, please request a time (between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.) by emailing benthien@usc.edu.


FOR MEDIA:

For a map of USC, click here: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/#upc/

News vans enter from Exposition at Watt Way (Gate 1). News van parking is along Bloom Walk or Watt Way.

Other journalists may enter from Vermont Avenue at West 36th Place (Gate 6). Parking is in Parking Structure A (PSA). Allow for about 10 minutes to walk to Zumberge Hall.

To RSVP for the event or for day-of assistance, contact Mark Benthien at (213) 740-0323 or (213) 926-1683, benthien@usc.edu.



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