Rufus D. Catchings
United States Geological Survey
Research Geophysicist
Expertise: Seismology
About Me
Publications
McGuire, J. J., Lohman, R. B., Catchings, R. D., Rymer, M. J., & Goldman, M. R. (2014). Relationships between seismic velocity, metamorphism, seismic and aseismic fault slip in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field region. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 1957
Yoon, C. E., Skoumal, R. J., Hardebeck, J. L., Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Chan, J., & Sickler, R. R. (2024, 09). Precise aftershock locations and focal mechanisms for the 2023-05-11 Mw 5.5 Lake Almanor, Northern California, earthquake from a two-month nodal seismometer deployment. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13990
Fuis, G. S., Catchings, R. D., Scheirer, D. S., Bauer, K., Goldman, M. R., Earney, T. E., Lin, G., & Zhang, E. (2022, 09). Loma Prieta Again: Subsurface Geology and the San Andreas Fault, Santa Cruz Mountains, Central California. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12084
Omojola, J. B., Persaud, P., Nardoni, C., & Catchings, R. D. (2022, 09). Utilizing Automated Picks from the 2020 Mw 6.5 Monte Cristo Range Earthquake Sequence to Image the Aftershock Region. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12075
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2021, 08). Subsurface Damage Zones of the Sinistral Faults at Ridgecrest in the Eastern California Shear Zone Characterized by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11591
Omojola, J. B., Persaud, P., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2021, 08). Searching for Hidden Microearthquakes using Data-based, Physics-based, and Hybrid Models: Implications for Salt Dome Monitoring . Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11152
Fuis, G. S., Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Scheirer, D. S., Earney, T. E., Bauer, K., & Zhang, E. (2021, 07). New insights on subsurface fault and geologic structure at Loma Prieta, central California. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11065
Qiu, H., Ben‐Zion, Y., Catchings, R., Goldman, M. R., Allam, A. A., & Steidl, J. (2021). Seismic Imaging of the Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Rupture Zone From Data Recorded by Dense Linear Arrays. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(7). doi: 10.1029/2021JB022043. SCEC Contribution 10905
White, M. C., Fang, H., Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Steidl, J. H., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2021). Detailed traveltime tomography and seismic catalogue around the 2019 Mw7.1 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake using dense rapid-response seismic data. Geophysical Journal International, 227(1), 204-227. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab224. SCEC Contribution 10904
Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Steidl, J. H., Chan, J. H., Allam, A. A., Criley, C. J., Ma, Z., Langermann, D. S., Huddleston, G. J., McEvilly, A. T., Mongovin, D. D., Berg, E. M., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020). Nodal Seismograph Recordings of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(6), 3622-3633. doi: 10.1785/0220200203. SCEC Contribution 10899
Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., White, M. C., Qiu, H., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020, 08). Results from dense nodal-array recordings of the 2019 Ridgecrest Sequence aftershocks. Oral Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10597
Qiu, H., Ben-Zion, Y., Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Allam, A. A., & Steidl, J. H. (2020, 07). Detailed seismic imaging of the Mw7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake rupture zone from data recorded by dense linear arrays. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10186
White, M. C., Fang, H., Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Steidl, J. H., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020, 07). Detailed traveltime tomography and seismicity around the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest, CA, earthquake using dense rapid-response seismic data . Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10185
Allam, A. A., Catchings, R. D., Steidl, J. H., Berg, E. M., Downey, N., Ben-Zion, Y., Goldman, M. R., Chan, J. H., Criley, C. J., Langermann, D., McEvilly, A. T., Ma, Z., & Mongovin, D. D. (2019, 08). A Multiscale Seismic Deployment with 463 Sensors Following the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence in Eastern CA. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9756
Catchings, R. D., Goldman, M. R., Chan, J., Allam, A. A., Steidl, J. H., Ben-Zion, Y., Criley, C., Ma, Z., Langermann, D., McEvilly, A. T., & Mongovin, D. D. (2019, 08). Three-Component Nodal Array Aftershock Deployments for the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9333
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2019). Rupture Branching Structure of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa, California Earthquake Inferred from Explosion-Generated Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Bulletin Seismological Society of America, 109(5), 1907-1921. SCEC Contribution 8137
Fuis, G. S., Zhang, E., Catchings, R. D., Scheirer, D. S., Goldman, M. R., & Bauer, K. (2017, 08). A re-examination of the subsurface fault structure in the vicinity of the 1989 Loma Prieta Mw 6.9 earthquake, central California, from analysis of steep reflections, earthquakes, and potential-field data. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7502
Goldman, M. R., Catchings, R. D., Chan, J., Sickler, R. R., Criley, C., O'Leary, D., & Christensen, A. (2016, 08). Seismic Evidence for Splays of the Eureka Peak Fault beneath Yucca Valley, California. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7048
Catchings, R. D., Hernandez, J. L., Sickler, R. R., Goldman, M. R., Chan, J. H., & Criley, C. J. (2016, 08). Fault-Zone Exploration in Highly Urbanized Settings Using Guided Waves: An Example From the Raymond Fault, Los Angeles, California. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7037
Hernandez, J., Catchings, R. D., Sickler, R. R., & Goldman, M. R. (2016, 08). New Investigations on the Hollywood-Raymond Fault Zone, Los Angeles, California. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6496
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2016, 08). Fault Damage Zone of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa Earthquake, California, Viewed from Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6450
Fuis, G. S., Catchings, R. D., Scheirer, D. S., Goldman, M. R., & Zhang, E. (2016, 08). Structure of the San Andreas Fault Zone in the Salton Trough Region of Southern California: A Comparison with San Andreas Fault Structure in the Loma Prieta Area of Central California. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6446
Li, Y., Catchings, R. D., & Goldman, M. R. (2016). Subsurface Fault Damage Zone of the 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa Earthquake, California, Viewed from Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 106(No. 6). doi: doi:10.1785/0120160039. SCEC Contribution 6168
Rose, E. J., Fuis, G. S., Stock, J. M., Hole, J. A., Kell-Hills, A. M., Kent, G. M., Driscoll, N. W., Crum, S., Goldman, M. R., Reusch, A. M., Han, L., Sickler, R. R., Catchings, R. D., Rymer, M. J., Criley, C. J., Scheirer, D. S., Skinner, S. M., Slayday-Criley, C. J., Murphy, J. M., Jensen, E. G., McClearn, R., Ferguson, A. J., Butcher, L. A., Gardner, M., Emmons, I., Loughran, C. L., Svitek, J. R., Bastien, P. C., Cotton, J. A., Croker, D. S., Harding, A. J., Babcock, J. M., Harder, S. H., & Rosa, C. M. (2013). Borehole- explosion and air-gun data acquired in the 2011 Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP), southern California—Description of the Survey. Reston, VA., : U.S. Geological Survey. doi: 10.3133/ofr20131172. SCEC Contribution 1797
Fuis, G. S., Okaya, D. A., Clayton, R. W., Lutter, W. J., Ryberg, T., Brocher, T. M., Henyey, T., Benthien, M. L., Davis, P. M., Mori, J., Catchings, R. D., ten Brink, U. S., Kohler, M. D., Klitgord, K. D., & Bohannon, R. G. (1996). Images of Crust Beneath Southern California Will Aid Study of Earthquakes and Their Effects. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 77(18), 173-176. doi: 10.1029/96EO00112. SCEC Contribution 234
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
