Devin McPhillips
Earthquake Science Center
United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
Research Geologist
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SCEC Board of Directors, Liaison Member (2025 - Present)
SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Liaison Member (2025 - Present)
SCEC Participation
SCEC Science Steering Committee, Liaison Member (2025 - Present)SCEC Board of Directors, Liaison Member (2025 - Present)
SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Liaison Member (2025 - Present)
Chen, Z., McPhillips, D., Scharer, K. M., & Ross, Z. E. (2025, 09). Mapping and Statistical Analysis of Precariously Balanced Rocks at Centennial Bluff, CA, Using UAV-Based 3D Semantic Mapping Method. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14738
Biasi, G. P., McPhillips, D., & Scharer, K. M. (2025, 09). Progress in modeling inherited age effects of charcoal on paleoseismic dates at Pallett Creek on the San Andreas fault. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14657
McPhillips, D., Chen, Z., & Klaboe, K. (2025, 09). Progress validating physics-engine simulations of precariously balanced rocks for hazards applications. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14624
Donnellan, A., Suarez, J., Asimaki, D., Goulet, C. A., McPhillips, D., Meng, X., Devine, S. C., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2021). Toppling of Trona Pinnacles in the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence and subsequent M5.6 Aftershock of June 2020. Seismological Research Letters, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 11006
Tucker, L. A., Chen, Z., McPhillips, D., Scharer, K. M., Hu, M., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Ross, Z. E. (2024, 09). Developing a machine learning dataset to facilitate fine-detail post-earthquake fault rupture mapping . Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13741
Hu, M., Chen, Z., McPhillips, D., Scharer, K. M., Tucker, L. A., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Ross, Z. E. (2024, 09). Advancing deep learning approaches to facilitate rapid post-earthquake fault mapping. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13738
Scharer, K. M., Biasi, G. P., McPhillips, D., & Kirby, M. E. (2024, 09). Removing Bias and Retaining Resolution for Paleoearthquake Dates Corrected by Inherited Age. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13725
McPhillips, D., Mere, A., & Marshall, S. T. (2024, 09). Implications for fault segmentation and rupture connectivity from high spatial-resolution geomorphic data, rupture forecasting, and Boundary Element Method modeling . Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13720
Field, E. H., Milner, K. R., Hatem, A., Powers, P. M., Pollitz, F. F., Llenos, A. L., Zeng, Y., Johnson, K. M., Shaw, B. E., McPhillips, D., Thompson, J., Shumway, A. M., Michael, A. J., Shen, Z., Evans, E. L., Hearn, E. H., Mueller, C. S., Frankel, A., Petersen, M. D., DuRoss, C. B., Briggs, R., Page, M. T., Rubinstein, J. L., & Herrick, J. (2023). The USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time‐Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120230120. SCEC Contribution 13392
Petersen, M. D., Shumway, A. M., Powers, P. M., Field, E. H., Moschetti, M. P., Jaiswal, K. S., Milner, K. R., Rezaeian, S., Frankel, A., Llenos, A. L., Michael, A. J., Altekruse, J., Ahdi, S. K., Withers, K. B., Mueller, C. S., Zeng, Y., Chase, R., Salditch, L., Luco, N., Rukstales, K. S., Herrick, J. A., Girot, D. L., Aagaard, B. T., Bender, A. M., Blanpied, M. L., Briggs, R., Boyd, O. S., Clayton, B. S., DuRoss, C. B., Evans, E. L., Haeussler, P., Hatem, A., Haynie, K. L., Hearn, E. H., Johnson, K. M., Kortum, Z. A., Kwong, N. S., Makdisi, A. J., Mason, B., McNamara, D., McPhillips, D., Okubo, P., Page, M. T., Pollitz, F. F., Rubinstein, J. L., Shaw, B. E., Shen, Z., Shiro, B., Smith, J. A., Stephenson, W. J., Thompson, E. M., Thompson Jobe, J. A., Wirth, E., & Witter, R. C. (2023). The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications. Earthquake Spectra,. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231215428. SCEC Contribution 13391
Moulin, A., Cowgill, E., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., & Heimsath, A. (2023). The Mojave section of the San Andreas Fault (California): 1. Shaping the terrace stratigraphy of the Little Rock Creek through the competition between rapid strike-slip faulting and lateral stream erosion over the last 40 k.y.. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems,. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC010869. SCEC Contribution 13317
McPhillips, D. (2022, 09). Revised Earthquake Recurrence Intervals in California, USA: New Paleoseismic Sites and Application of Event Likelihoods. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12217
Castillo, B. A., McGill, S. F., Scharer, K. M., Yule, D., McPhillips, D., McNeil, J., Saha, S., Brown, N. D., & Moon, S. (2022, 09). Prehistoric earthquakes on the Banning strand of the San Andreas fault, North Palm Springs, California . Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11990
McPhillips, D., Garcia Suarez, J., Gonzalez, E., Scharer, K. M., & Asimaki, D. (2021, 08). Testing the seismic response of rock pillars using in situ strength measurements. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11559
Scharer, K. M., Leidelmeijer, J., Kirby, M. E., Bonuso, N., & McPhillips, D. (2021, 08). Impact of fires, earthquakes, and climate on catchment response since 600 CE, Pallett Creek, San Gabriel Mountains, California USA. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11177
Burgette, R. J., Hanson, A. M., Scharer, K. M., Rittenour, T. M., & McPhillips, D. (2020). Late Quaternary slip rate of the Central Sierra Madre fault, southern California: Implications for slip partitioning and earthquake hazard. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115907. SCEC Contribution 9965
Ponti, D. J., Morelan, A. E., Padilla, S. E., Oskin, M. E., Olson, B., O'Neal, M., Nevitt, J. M., Nale, S., Mongovin, D. D., Philibosian, B., Milliner, C., McPhillips, D., McDonald, J., Mareschal, M., Madugo, C. M., Leeper, R. J., Ladinsky, T., patton, j. R., Pierce, I., Koehler, R. D., Jobe, J., Zimmerman, J., Zachariasen, J., Xu, X., Williams, A. M., Vanderwal, J., Valencia, F. N., Treiman, J. A., Swanson, B. J., Pridmore, C., Spangler, E., Smith-Konter, B. R., Singleton, D. M., Seitz, G. G., Scharer, K. M., Sandwell, D. T., Roth, N., Kozaci, O., Kendrick, K. J., Blair, J., Barth, N. C., Burgess, P., Bullard, T., Brooks, B. A., Bork, S., Blake, K., Bennett, S. E., Bacon, S., Dawson, T., Bachhuber, J. L., Avouac, J., Angster, S. J., Akciz, S. O., Pickering, A., Thomas, K., Rosa, C., Chupik, C., DeFrisco, M. J., Hudnut, K. W., Graehl, N. A., Holland, P., Hitchcock, C., Hernandez, J. L., Helms, J., Hatem, A., Haddon, E. K., Gutierrez, C., Gold, R. D., Delano, J., Funning, G. J., Frost, E., Ericksen, T., DuRoss, C. B., Donnellan, A., Dolan, J. F., DeLong, S., & Zinke, R. (2020). Documentation of Surface Fault Rupture and Ground-Deformation Features Produced by the 4 and 5 July 2019 Mw 6.4 and Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(5), 2942-2959. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190322. SCEC Contribution 10852
Stirling, M., Oskin, M. E., Arrowsmith, R., Rood, A. H., Goulet, C. A., Grant Ludwig, L., King, T., Kottke, A. R., Lozos, J. C., Madugo, C. M., McPhillips, D., Rood, D. H., Sleep, N. H., & Wittich, C. (2020). Evaluation of seismic hazard models with fragile geologic features. Seismological Research Letters, 92(1), 314-324. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200197. SCEC Contribution 10777
Burgette, R. J., Reed, M. P., Lifton, N., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., & Sholdt, R. (2020, 08). Resolving the late Quaternary slip rate of the Santa Susana fault with in situ cosmogenic 36Cl profile dating. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10643
McPhillips, D. (2020, 08). NEW 10BE SURFACE EXPOSURE AGES AND FAULT SLIP RATES, CUCAMONGA FAULT, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10576
Devine, S. C., Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Donnellan, A., McPhillips, D., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2020, 08). Developing a Database for the Fragile Geologic Features at the Trona Pinnacles National Monument. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10571
Donnellan, A., Goulet, C. A., Meng, X., Lyzenga, G. A., McPhillips, D., & Devine, S. C. (2020, 08). Database Development for the Trona Pinnacles Fragile Geologic Features. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10481
Skoumal, R., Cochran, E. S., Kroll, K., Rubinstein, J. L., & McPhillips, D. (2020, 08). Characterizing Stress Orientations in Southern Kansas. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10401
Cochran, E. S., Skoumal, R., McPhillips, D., Ross, Z. E., & Keranen, K. M. (2020, 08). Varied Fault Orientations in a Uniform Stress Field: The 2011 M5.7 Prague Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10400
DuRoss, C. B., Gold, R. D., Dawson, T., Scharer, K. M., Kendrick, K. J., Akciz, S. O., Angster, S. J., Bachhuber, J. L., Bacon, S., Bennett, S. E., Blair, L., Brooks, B. A., Bullard, T., Burgess, W. P., Chupik, C., DeFrisco, M. J., Delano, J., Dolan, J. F., Frost, E., Graehl, N. A., Haddon, E. K., Hatem, A., Hernandez, J. L., Hitchcock, C., Hudnut, K. W., Thompson Jobe, J., Koehler, R. D., Kozaci, O., Ladinsky, T., Madugo, C. M., McPhillips, D., Milliner, C., Morelan, A. E., Olson, B., patton, j. R., Philibosian, B., Pickering, A., Pierce, I., Ponti, D. J., Seitz, G. G., Spangler, E., Swanson, B. J., Thomas, K., Treiman, J. A., Valencia, F. N., Williams, A. M., & Zinke, R. (2020). Surface Displacement Distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 110(4), 1400-1418. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200058. SCEC Contribution 10110
Reed, M. P., Burgette, R. J., Scharer, K. M., Lifton, N., & McPhillips, D. (2019, 09). Assessment of slip and deformation along the Santa Susana fault, southern California using high resolution topography. Oral Presentation at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9989
Stewart, J. P., Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, P., Nweke, C., Hudson, K. S., Mazzoni, S., Bozorgnia, Y., Hudnut, K. W., Davis, C. A., Ahdi, S. K., Zareian, F., Fayaz, J., Koehler, R. D., Chupik, C., Pierce, I., Williams, A., Akciz, S. O., Hudson, M. B., Kishida, T., Brooks, B. A., Gold, R. D., Ponti, D. J., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., Ericksen, T., Hernandez, J., Patton, J. R., Olson, B., Dawson, T., Treiman, J. A., DuRoss, C. B., Blake, K., Bachhuber, J. L., Madugo, C. M., Sun, J., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Conway, E. M., & Goulet, C. A. (2019, 08). Engineering and Geological Effects of the July 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9907
Kendrick, K. J., Akciz, S. O., Angster, S. J., Avouac, J., Bachhuber, J. L., Bennett, S. E., Blake, K., Bork, S., Brooks, B. A., Burgess, P., Chupik, C., Dawson, T., DeFrisco, M. J., Delano, J., DeLong, S., Dolan, J. F., DuRoss, C. B., Ericksen, T., Frost, E., Gold, R. D., Graehl, N. A., Haddon, E. K., Hatem, A. E., Hernandez, J. L., Hitchcock, C., Hudnut, K. W., Koehler, R. D., Kozaci, O., Ladinsky, T., Madugo, C. M., Mareschal, M., McPhillips, D., Milliner, C., Morelan, A. E., Nevitt, J., Olson, B., Padilla, S. E., Patton, J. R., Philibosian, B., Pickering, A., Pierce, I., Ponti, D. J., Pridmore, C., Rosa, C., Roth, N., Scharer, K. M., Seitz, G. G., Spangler, E., Swanson, B. J., Thomas, K., Thompson Jobe, J., Treiman, J. A., Williams, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2019, 08). Geologic observations of surface fault rupture associated with the Ridgecrest M6.4 and M7.1 earthquake sequence by the Ridgecrest Rupture Mapping Group. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9779
McPhillips, D., & Scharer, K. M. (2019, 08). Preliminary survey of fragile geological features for use as ground motion constraints, southern Oregon. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9736
Saha, S., Moon, S., Brown, N. D., Rhodes, E. J., McGill, S. F., Castillo, B. A., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., & Yule, D. (2019, 08). Influence of sediment dynamics and alluvial fan formation on paleoseismic studies in southern California, North America. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9535
Reed, M. P., Burgette, R. J., Scharer, K. M., Lifton, N., & McPhillips, D. (2019, 08). Assessment of Slip and Deformation Along the Santa Susana Fault, Southern California, Using High Resolution Topography. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9450
Castillo, B. A., McGill, S. F., Scharer, K. M., Yule, D., McPhillips, D., McNeil, J. C., Saha, S., Brown, N. D., & Moon, S. (2019, 08). Ages of Prehistoric Earthquakes on the Banning Strand of the San Andreas Fault, Near North Palm Springs, California. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9361
Burgette, R. J., Scharer, K. M., Lifton, N., Hanson, A., McPhillips, D., & Rittenour, T. M. (2018, 08). Quaternary Slip History of the Central Sierra Madre Fault, Southern California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8447
Castillo, B. A., McGill, S. F., Scharer, K. M., Yule, D., McPhillips, D., McNeil, J. C., & Pace, A. (2018, 08). Preliminary ages of prehistoric earthquakes on the Banning Strand of the San Andreas Fault, near North Palm Springs, California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8431
McPhillips, D., & Scharer, K. M. (2018, 08). Quantifying uncertainty in cumulative surface slip along the Cucamonga Fault, a crustal thrust fault in southern California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8339
Yong, A., McPhillips, D., Herrick, J., & Dozal, J. (2018, 08). An Updated Compilation of VS30 in the United States. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8320
Reed, M. P., Burgette, R. J., Scharer, K. M., Lifton, N., & McPhillips, D. (2018, 08). Geomorphic and structural mapping in pursuit of a slip rate for the Santa Susana Fault, Southern California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8254
McPhillips, D., & Scharer, K. M. (2017, 08). Sources and Magnitudes of Uncertainty in Fault Slip Rate, Cucamonga Thrust Fault, Southern California. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7843
Castillo, B. A., McGill, S. F., Scharer, K. M., Yule, D., McPhillips, D., McNeil, J. C., & Pace, A. (2017, 08). Preliminary ages of prehistoric earthquakes on the Banning Strand of the San Andreas Fault, near North Palm Springs, California. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7828
McNeil, J. C., Yule, D., Scharer, K. M., McGill, S. F., McPhillips, D., Castillo, B. A., & Pace, A. (2017, 08). Assessing stratigraphic correlations and fault zone extent at the 18th Ave trench site, Banning strand of the San Andreas Fault, North Palm Springs, California. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7761
Lindvall, S. C., Kerwin, S., Evans, J. P., Tyson, J., Chestnut, J., Heron, C., Mass, K., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., Moore, D., Farr, M., Ballard, C., Williams, R. T., Bradbury, K. K., Rowe, C. D., & Savage, H. M. (2017, 08). San Andreas Fault Characterization at the LADWP Elizabeth Tunnel. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7668
Scharer, K. M., Burgette, R. J., Hanson, A., Lifton, N., Rittenour, T. M., & McPhillips, D. (2017, 08). Slip rate variation of the Central Sierra Madre fault, southern California over the past 200 ka. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7623
Burgette, R. J., Lifton, N., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., & Hanson, A. (2016, 08). Testing for slip rate changes on the Sierra Madre fault: Progress on dating an offset terrace surface of possible middle Pleistocene age. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6946
Yong, A., Martin, A., Pfau, J., McPhillips, D., Alvarez, M., Lydeen, S. S., Clerc, F., & Leue, N. (2016, 08). Preliminary report on site characterization using noninvasive single- and multi-station methods at southern California seismic stations. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6801
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