SCEC Media

This page contains a collection of media describing SCEC research.

Examples of SCEC Research Computing Science Communications

• SCEC RC Science Articles

Animations

• RSQSim animation of 240K Year of California Seismicity (53.3Mb)
  • Animation showing earthquake sequence over 200K years in California based on RSQSim simulations

• M8 Kinematic versus Dynamic Rupture (6.3Mb)
  • Side by side comparision of kinematic rupture and dynamic rupture slip for M8.0 earthquake

• M8 Wave Field Animation (240Mb)
  • Animation showing M8 rupture starting in central California propogating south towards Los Angeles and Salton Sea.

• Puente Hills Rupture Animation (60.8Mb)
  • Animation showing rupture on Puente Hills Fault and wave propagation across the Los Angeles Basin.

• Comparison between south to north and north to south San Andreas Ruptures (134Mb)
  • Scientific animation comparing North to south rupture to south to north rupture on San Andreas including time since origin, location of peak ground motion, distribution of strong ground motions in single animation.

• Impact of ground on steel watertank (184Kb)
  • Response of water tank model on ground motions from M8 simulation.

• Rupture Simulation on a Planar Fault (214Kb)
  • Example of a dynamic rupture models on a planar fault.

• Comparison of Kinematic and Dynamic Rupture Simulations (9.3Mb)
  • Animation showing collection of Dynamic Rupture Models compared to Kinematic Rupture Model.

• Wall-to-Wall San Andreas Rupture (49.5Mb)
  • Map view animation of south to north Wall-to-Wall rupture on San Andreas.

• TeraShake 2 Animation (1.2Mb)
  • Map view animation of south to north TeraShake 2 rupture on San Andreas showing cumulative ground motions.

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