Latest Earthquake Podcast Episodes
Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three
Disaster Area - April 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Unraveling Multi-Scale Fault Zone Behaviors with Small Earthquake Focal Mechanisms
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - April 10, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsYifang Cheng, Tongji University, Shanghai Earthquake focal mechanisms offer insights into the architecture, kinematics, and stress at depth within fault zones, providing observations that complement surface geodetic measurements and seismicity statistics. We have improved the traditional focal...
Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two
Disaster Area - April 07, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Offshore Fault Damage and Slip Behavior: Insights from Microseismicity and Seismic Imaging
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - April 03, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTravis Alongi, U.S. Geological Survey Many of the world’s most damaging faults are offshore, presenting unique challenges and opportunities for studying earthquakes and faults. This talk explores how earthquake-generated (passive) and human-made (active) marine seismic methods improve ou...
Episode 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One
Disaster Area - March 31, 2024 19:19 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 711 ratingsIt's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell sm...
Variable short-term slip rate on the Imperial fault modulated by filling of the Salton Trough by Lake Cahuilla
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - March 27, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThomas Rockwell, San Diego State University The Salton Basin was free of significant water between about 100 BCE and 950 CE but has filled to the sill elevation of +13 m six times between ca 950 and 1730 CE. Based on a dense array of cone penetrometer (CPT) soundings across a small sag pond, t...
Mechanics of caldera collapse earthquakes and their seismic representations
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - March 20, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTaiyi Wang, Stanford University All instrumented basaltic caldera collapses generate Mw > 5 very long period earthquakes. However, previous studies of source dynamics have been limited to lumped models treating the caldera block as rigid, leaving open questions related to how ruptures initiate...
EP68 - The Texas City Industrial Accident
Destination Disaster - March 19, 2024 00:49 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, we're discussing the Texas City Industrial Accident. This disaster is considered the worst industrial accident in United States history. With over 600 dead, 5,000 injured, and over $1 billion dollars in property damage, justice wouldn't come soon enough. I want to thank you all for li...
What does the 2024 M 7.5 Noto Hanto, Japan, quake tell us about short-term forecasting and long-term hazard?
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - March 13, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsShinji Toda, Tohoku University The 1 Jan 2024 Noto Hanto earthquake launched a plethora of ills on the Noto Hanto population, taking 200 lives, and causing $25B in damage, only $5B of which was insured. These ills include a tsunami that arrived within a few minutes of the mainshock, as well a...
Tidally modulated icequake periodicity and its implication for rift zone dynamics
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - March 06, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMong-Han Huang, University of Maryland The Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) in Antarctica is the largest ice shelf in the world. As the RIS flows toward the Ross Sea, a buildup of tensile stress due to increasing ice flow velocity develops a series of flow-perpendicular rift zones. Although these rifts ar...
Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire
Disaster Area - March 06, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsThe deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871. Videos: Watch now: The story of the tabernacle in the Peshtigo Fire Lake Michigan shipwreck; sank during 1871 Peshtigo Fire Articl...
Adventures in Measuring Variations in High-Frequency Radiation for Small to Moderate Earthquakes
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - February 28, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPeter Shearer, University of California, San Diego Similar-sized earthquakes vary in the strength of their high-frequency radiation and various modeling assumptions can be used to translate these differences into stress-drop estimates. Empirical methods are widely applied to correct earthquake...
Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher
Disaster Area - February 28, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsOn April 9th, 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for depth tests in the Atlantic. It would never return. Videos: Second Saturday: The Loss of the USS Thresher Finding the Titanic | Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life Articles and books: U.S. ...
Empire State Building Plane Crash
Great Disasters - February 26, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 241 ratingsOn a foggy day in 1945, the busy streets of New York City were interrupted by a sound that shouldn't have been there - a plane, flying between the skyscrapers, and set on a collision course with the tallest building in the world. Visit www.greatdisasters.co.uk for the full transcript and more. ...
Episode 67 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Destination Disaster - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, we're discussing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the deadliest industrial accident to occur in the United States. 146 employees would lose their lives as a result of abysmal working conditions and locked exits, culminating in a perfect storm, ripe for death. Consider Joining t...
A decade of prospective evaluations of earthquake forecasting models in California: What have we learned and what can we do with it?
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - February 21, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsToño Bayona, University of Bristol The Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP) is a global community of scientists whose mission is to advance earthquake predictability research though the rigorous and prospective evaluation of probabilistic seismicity forecasts. One of...
Spatial correlation in ground motion intensities: Measurement, prediction, and seismic risk implications
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - February 14, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJack W. Baker, Stanford University The amplitude of ground shaking during an earthquake varies spatially, due to location-to-location differences in source features, wave propagation, and site effects. These variations have important impacts on infrastructure systems and other distributed asse...
Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire
Disaster Area - January 31, 2024 17:05 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsThe deadliest school fire in American history took place on - of all days - Ash Wednesday, March 8th, 1908, in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood just after first period ended. Within a half hour, 172 students and three adults would be dead, or close to it. Videos: Cleveland Public Library: C...
Episode 66 - The Monongah Coal Mine Disaster
Destination Disaster - January 29, 2024 05:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, we're discussing the Monongah Coal Mine Disaster, the worst mining disaster in United States history. 86% of miners in the mine that day would immediately die during the explosion or in the hours after, exposed to toxic gasses. Consider Joining the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com...
Short History of the Geology of Pennsylvania
PCPG's A Poorly Sorted but Well Rounded Series - January 26, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAnyone who has done geologic work in the Keystone State might wonder how things got so complicated. Pennsylvania’s geologic history is long and complex. Join us to explore how that complexity came about.
Probabilistic regional liquefaction hazard and risk analysis: A case study of residential buildings in Alameda, CA (In-person presentation)
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - January 24, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEmily Mongold, Stanford University The impact of liquefaction on a regional scale is not well understood or modeled with traditional approaches. This paper presents a method to quantitatively assess liquefaction hazard and risk on a regional scale, accounting for uncertainties in soil properti...
2023 In Review
Great Disasters - January 22, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 241 ratingsEvery year brings its share of tragic events. A few are somewhat predictable - we will always expect a number of hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones, for example - while others are more unusual. Some grab headlines and make history, and others are quickly forgotten. These are the events which shap...
The 17 January 1994 Northridge Earthquake: That was Then, This is Now
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - January 17, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratings(1) Susan Hough, (2) Kate Hutton, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, (2) Caltech (retired) On the 30th anniversary of the 17 January 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, we present a retrospective overview of an earthquake that had an enormous, multi-faceted impact in the greater Los Angeles area...
Episode 65 - The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Destination Disaster - January 15, 2024 16:36 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, we're discussing the2011 Tohoku Earthquake and subsequent nuclear disaster that would occur at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. A magnitude 9 earthquake would strike the island nation, bringing with it tsunami of up to 133 feet in height and washing away entire towns. These very sam...
Review: Society of the Snow
Disaster Area - January 11, 2024 06:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsJennifer stops rewatching the movie long enough to review the movie. Spoilers ahead!
Extremely Efficient Bayesian Inversions (or how to fit a model to data without the model or the data)
Earthquake Science Center Seminars - January 10, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSarah Minson, U.S. Geological Survey There are many underdetermined geophysical inverse problems. For example, when we try to infer earthquake fault slip, we find that there are many potential slip models that are consistent with our observations and our understanding of earthquake physics. ...
Episode 64 - The Dust Bowl
Destination Disaster - January 08, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, we're discussing the Dust Bowl, a particularly depressing decade for all living in the United States. Persistent drought, worldwide conflict, and abusive farming practices would lead to desolate lands. As heavy winds whipped across this very flat portion of the country, mile-high dust...
Episode 228: Dan Air Flight 0034
Disaster Area - January 01, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsYou'd think if your plane crashed fifty meters from the end of the runway, you'd be saved. You'd be wrong. Videos: Disaster Breakdown: Locked into Disaster Articles and books: The Lever of Death: The crash of Dan-Air flight 0034 Department of Trade report on the accident
Bonus: Society of the Snow
Disaster Area - December 19, 2023 05:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 711 ratingsJennifer talks about "Society of the Snow," the award-nominated adaptation of the Pablo Vierci book about the survival story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. "Society of the Snow" comes out in select theaters on December 22nd and on Netflix on January 4th. (No, Jennifer has not seen it yet. Al...
Episode 63 - The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Destination Disaster - December 15, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, we're discussing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and resulting environmental impacts this disaster caused. Over 4 million barrels of oil would leak over nearly 90 days, covering over 1,000 miles of gulf coastline. Even worse, while the cleanup was successful, a vast majority of the he...
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