Earthquakes: Predicting the Inevitable
UC Berkeley and ETH Zurich Joint Lawson Lecture.
An automobile lies crushed under the third story of this apartment building in the Marina District. The ground levels are no longer visible because of structural failure and sinking due to liquefaction. [J.K. Nakata, U.S. Geological Survey]
ETH Zurich meets UC Berkeley for Earthquakes: Predicting the inevitable. Stephan Wiemer will discuss earthquake forecasting versus prediction, Emily Brodsky will communicate seismological understanding of induced seismicity, with Richard Allen closing the event with an update on earthquake early warning efforts.
Program
Speakers
Stefan Wiemer, Director of the Swiss Seismological Service and
Professor of Seismology at ETH Zurich
Emily Brodsky, external pageProfessor, University of California Santa Cruz
Richard Allen, Director external pageBerkeley Seismological Laboratory, Chair and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Berkeley
