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Member Since 1982
Peter M. Shearer
Professor, University of California San Diego
Professional Experience
University of California San Diego
Professor
Education
Doctorate
1986
Honors & Awards
Inge Lehmann Medal
Received 2020
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Beno Gutenberg Lecture
Received 2005
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Union Fellow
Received 1999
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Publications
The Matrix Profile in Seismology: Template Matching of Everything With Everything

Template matching has proven to be an effective method for seismic event detection, but is biased toward identifying events similar to previously k...

February 20, 2024
AGU Abstracts
SKHASH: A Python Package for Computing Earthquake Focal Mechanisms
SEISMOLOGY GENERAL CONTRIBUTION: EARTHQUAKES IV ORAL
seismology | 13 december 2023
Robert Skoumal, Jeanne Hardebeck, Peter M. Shearer...
We introduce a Python package for computing focal mechanism solutions. This algorithm, which we refer to as SKHASH, is largely based on the HASH algor...
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Ruptures Often Extend Beyond the Metastable Olivine Wedge for Large Deep Earthquakes
SLOW-TO-FAST EARTHQUAKES FROM SHALLOW TO DEEP: OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, AND NUMERICAL MODELING IV POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2023
Zhe Jia, Wenyuan Fan, Wei Mao, Peter M. Shearer
The long-standing mystery of deep earthquake occurrence results from the seemingly prohibitive high temperature and pressure at the 500-700 km depth. ...
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A unified view of the complex dynamics of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, Mw 7.8-7.7 earthquake doublet
TECTONIC SETTING, GEOPHYSICS, SURFACE RUPTURES, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF 6 FEBRUARY 2023 EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE IN SOUTHERN TÜRKIYE AND NORTHWESTERN SYRIA II POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2023
Zhe Jia, Zeyu Jin, Mathilde Marchandon, Thomas Ulr...
The recent moment magnitude (Mw) 7.8-7.7 earthquake doublet ruptured multiple segments of the East Anatolian Fault system in Turkey and caused heavy d...
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Volunteer History
2013 - 2014
Immediate Past President
Seismology Executive Committee
2013 - 2014
Member
Seismology Fellows Committee
2013 - 2014
Web Editor
Seismology Executive Committee
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