Research and Operations at the USGS Earthquake Science Center

Allison Faris, Christine A. Goulet, & Shane T. Detweiler

Submitted September 7, 2025, SCEC Contribution #14862, 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting Poster #TBD

The Earthquake Science Center (ESC) has been a flagship research center for the U.S. Geological Survey in the western United States for more than 50 years. It is one of the largest USGS research centers and its staff conducts global earthquake research and operates seismic and geodetic monitoring systems in collaboration with partners. ESC’s mission is to collect a wide range of data on earthquakes, faults, and crustal deformation; conduct research to increase our understanding of earthquake processes, occurrences, and effects; synthesize this knowledge into seismic hazard assessment products; and disseminate these data, research, and products to stakeholders and the public to support seismic resilience. ESC’s staff and activities are organized into Projects, each focused on a topical or regional area, like earthquake hazard assessment, induced seismicity or earthquake monitoring in Southern California to name a few. We present an overview of the Center’s Projects and highlight recent accomplishments that exemplify the work conducted at ESC, such as rapid nodal deployments to study active earthquake sequences, expansion of collaborators in earthquake early warning and public release of updated aftershock forecasting software.

Citation
Faris, A., Goulet, C. A., & Detweiler, S. T. (2025, 09). Research and Operations at the USGS Earthquake Science Center. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting.

Related Projects & Working Groups
Applied Science Implementation (ASI)