Jorge G. Crempien

Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; CIGIDEN
Assistant Researcher II; Assistant Professor

Expertise: Earthquake Engineering, Engineering Seismology
 
 
About Me Publications
Marston, A., Ji, C., Moschetti, M. P., & Crempien, J. G. (2026, 08). Shallow Crustal Defocusing of Near-Fault S-Waves: A physical Origin for Distance attenuation. Poster Presentation at 2026 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 15576
Becerra-Carreño, V., Crempien, J. G., Moreno, M., & Benavente, R. (2026, 08). What mechanical coupling reveals about seismic potential: A case study in the Chilean Atacama Gap. Poster Presentation at 2026 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 15232
Crempien, J. G., & Archuleta, R. J. (2014). UCSB Method for Broadband Ground Motion for Kinematic Simulations of Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters, (accepted). SCEC Contribution 1980
Marchant-Cáceres, G., Benavente, R., Becerra-Carreño, V., Crempien, J. G., & Morales-Yañez, C. (2024). Characterizing the spatial correlation of coseismic slip distributions: a data driven Bayesian approach. Geophysical Journal International, 240(1), 763-778. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae406. SCEC Contribution 15189
Julve, J., Barbot, S. D., Moreno, M., Tassara, A., Araya, R., Catalán, N., Crempien, J. G., & Becerra-Carreño, V. (2023). Recurrence time and size of Chilean earthquakes influenced by geological structure. Nature Geoscience, 17(1), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01327-8. SCEC Contribution 15188
Crempien, J. G., Herrera, M., Moreno, M., & Cembrano, J. (2023, 09). Decoding 3D Geometry's Role in Earthquake Cycles: Application to the Central Chile subduction zone. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13176
Becerra-Carreño, V., Crempien, J. G., Benavente, R., & Moreno, M. (2022). Plate‐Locking, Uncertainty Estimation and Spatial Correlations Revealed With a Bayesian Model Selection Method: Application to the Central Chile Subduction Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023939. SCEC Contribution 15187
Crempien, J. G., & Archuleta, R. J. (2018, 08). Kinematic rupture simulations of earthquakes on multi-segment faults . Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8655
Crempien, J. G., & Archuleta, R. J. (2017). Within-Event and Between-Events Ground Motion Variability from Earthquake Rupture Scenarios. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174(9), 3451-3465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-017-1615-x. SCEC Contribution 8927
Crempien, J. G., & Archuleta, R. J. (2017, 08). Seismic source and path parameters in Central California estimated with recorded ground motion. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7774
Crempien, J. G., & Archuleta, R. J. (2016, 08). Simulation of multi-segment kinematic rupture of the 1992 Landers earthquake and ground motion validation of ground motion. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6989
Crempien, J. G., & Archuleta, R. J. (2015). UCSB Method for Simulation of Broadband Ground Motion from Kinematic Earthquake Sources. Seismological Research Letters, 86(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220140103. SCEC Contribution 2085

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