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Leah Salditch
Research Geophysicist, USGS Geological Survey
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How Well Can Macroseismic Intensities Constrain Moment Magnitude?
THE VALUE OF MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA: FROM EARTHQUAKE SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION TO GROUND MOTION AND SEISMIC HAZARD ESTIMATION AND TESTING I ORAL
seismology | 14 december 2023
Madeleine C Lucas, Susan E. Hough, Seth Stein, Lea...
Macroseismic data are valuable, and often required, to constrain earthquake source parameters for historical (pre-instrumental) earthquakes. Current m...
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2023 U.S. 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model
SEISMOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS: EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS AND ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY III ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2022
Mark D. Petersen, Alison Shumway, Peter Powers, Ed...
We are developing the 2023 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model for all 50 states by applying new seismicity, fault rupture models, and ground motion as...
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Why does PSHA overpredict historically observed shaking data?
SEISMOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS: EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS AND ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY III ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2022
Leah Salditch, Molly M. Gallahue, James S. Neely,...
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessments (PSHA) based on current practice consistently appear to overpredict historically observed shaking data. Compa...
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A New Earthquake Recurrence Model that Better Reflects the Strain Accumulation and Release Processes that Produce Earthquakes
PLATE MOTION, CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION, AND INTERSEISMIC STRAIN ACCUMULATION II ORAL
geodesy | 13 december 2022
James S. Neely, Leah Salditch, Seth Stein, Bruce D...
Current earthquake recurrence models have two major limitations. First, they predict that the probability of a large earthquake stays constant or even...
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HEWG: A New AGU Working Group for Hazard Equity
ADVANCING EQUITABLE SCIENCE POLICY: FRAMEWORKS, STORIES, AND BEST PRACTICES I POSTER
science and society | 14 december 2021
Sebastian Cardona, Elizabeth A. Vanacore, Tiegan ...
Natural hazards have a significant impact on socio-economic development. Moreover, their frequency and severity are projected to increase over the com...
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Exploring site effects in probabilistic seismic hazard maps
SEISMOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS: EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS AND ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY I ORAL
seismology | 13 december 2021
Molly M. Gallahue, Leah Salditch, Madeleine C Luc...
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA) generates one of the most important products produced by the seismological community for earthquake haz...
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Assessment of seismic hazard map performance for California through comparison with historical shaking data
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT TO ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT: OUTSTANDING STUDENT PRESENTATION AWARD WINNERS FROM FALL MEETING 2019 VII ELIGHTNING
union | 15 december 2020
Molly M. Gallahue, Leah Salditch, Madeleine C Luc...
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessments are important for earthquake hazard mitigation. They forecast levels of earthquake shaking that should be exc...
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Should all of Nepal be treated as having the same earthquake hazard?
HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT AGU’S "SCIENCE FOR SOLUTIONS" TO ADDRESS SOCIETAL PROBLEMS
union | 11 december 2020
Leah Salditch, Seth Stein, Susan E. Hough
Current earthquake hazard maps for Nepal predict substantial variations in hazard within the nation, with noticeable differences between maps. An alte...
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