For California residents, the threat of earthquakes is part of everyday life. While the state experiences small quakes on a daily basis, the threat of a catastrophic quake is always there. And the hardest part of this problem is that scientists can’t predict when and where an earthquake will strike.They do, however, have the ability to help us prepare for quakes by developing early-warning systems, conducting earthquake preparedness drills, engineering buildings for earthquake resilience, and conducting scientific simulations to shed light on what will happen when the earth starts shaking.This is where the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) enters the picture. The SCEC, based at the University of Southern California, coordinates fundamental research on earthquake processes using Southern California as its principal natural laboratory. It supports core research and education in seismology, tectonic geodesy, earthquake geology and computational science.To read this article in full, please click her
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