William L. Ellsworth
Stanford University
Professor Emeritus
Expertise: Active Faults, Earthquakes, Earthquake hazards
About Me
Publications
Knudsen, T. C., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2024). Source parameter analysis using maximum amplitudes in the time domain. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (under review). SCEC Contribution 14086
Abercrombie, R. E., Baltay, A. S., Chu, S., Taira, T., Bindi, D., Boyd, O. S., Chen, X., Cochran, E. S., Devin, E. G., Dreger, D. S., Ellsworth, W. L., Fan, W., Harrington, R. M., Huang, Y., Kemna, K., Liu, M., Oth, A., Parker, G. A., Pennington, C. N., Picozzi, M., Ruhl, C. J., Shearer, P. M., Spallarossa, D., Trugman, D. T., Vandevert, I., Wu, Q., Yoon, C. E., & Yu, E. (2024). Overview of The SCEC/USGS Community Stress Drop Validation Study Using the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 13471
Shearer, P. M., Vandevert, I., Fan, W., Abercrombie, R. E., Bindi, D., Calderoni, G., Chen, X., Ellsworth, W. L., Harrington, R. M., Huang, Y., Knudson, T. C., Rossbach, M., Supino, M., Satriano, C., Trugman, D. T., & Zhang, J. (2024). Earthquake source spectra estimates vary widely for two Ridgecrest aftershocks because of differences in attenuation corrections. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 13461
Yoon, C., Bergen, K., Rong, K., Elezabi, H., Ellsworth, W. L., Beroza, G. C., Bailis, P., & Levis, P. (2018). Unsupervised large-scale data mining for similar earthquake detection. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 8971
Yu, Y., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2024). Accuracy and Precision of Earthquake Location Programs: Insights from a Synthetic Controlled Experiment. Seismological Research Letters,. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220240354. SCEC Contribution 14069
Mao, S., Ellsworth, W. L., Zheng, Y., & Beroza, G. C. (2024, 09). How Fast, How Deep, and How Much? - Seismic Sensing of Groundwater Recharge from the Atmospheric-River Storms of 2023. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13847
Song, X., Meier, M., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2024, 09). Transformer-based joint-station seismological analysis applied to focal-mechanism determination.. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13772
Li, L., McBrearty, I. W., Tan, X., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2024, 09). Deep learning-enhanced catalog of microseismicity in The Geysers geothermal field. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13753
Ries, R., Beroza, G. C., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2024, 09). Analysis of physical mechanisms contributing to the spatial evolution of induced earthquake sequences in southern Kansas. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13735
Yu, Y., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2024, 09). Accuracy and Precision of Earthquake Location Programs: Insights from a Synthetic Controlled Experiment based on 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13716
Woo, J., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2023, 09). 2022 MW5.0 Range Hill earthquake, Midland Bain; reactivation of Precambrian fault within Midland Basin. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13252
Yu, Y., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2023, 09). Evaluating Relative Relocation Methods in a Synthetic Setting: The Case of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13103
Knudson, T. C., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2023, 09). Earthquake Source Parameter Analysis Using Peak Narrow Band Displacement Amplitudes. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13037
Woo, J., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2022, 09). Detection of seismic activity in South Korea using Machine learning. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12559
Park, Y., Beroza, G. C., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2022, 09). Caution: The prediction inconsistency of neural phase pickers should not be overlooked. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11939
Wang, K., Beroza, G. C., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2021, 08). New insights into the Rangely earthquake control experiment. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11426
Liu, X., Beroza, G. C., Yang, L., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2021). Ambient noise Love wave attenuation tomography for the LASSIE array across the Los Angeles basin. Science Advances, 7(22). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1030. SCEC Contribution 10983
Rubinstein, J. L., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2020, 08). Repeating Earthquakes Trigger Themselves. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10434
Ellsworth, W. L. (2020, 08). Foreshock Cascade to Failure in the M 6.4 July 4, 2019 Ridgecrest, California Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10244
Liu, M., Zhang, M., Zhu, W., Ellsworth, W. L., & Li, H. (2020). Rapid Characterization of the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence From Raw Seismic Data Using Machine‐Learning Phase Picker. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4). doi: 10.1029/2019GL086189. SCEC Contribution 10122
Park, Y., Mousavi, M., Zhu, W., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2019, 08). The Guy-Greenbrier seismic sequence revisited with deep learning. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9651
Wang, K., Zhu, W., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2019, 08). Earthquake Detection in Develocorder Films: An Image-based Detection Neural Network for Analog Seismograms. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9604
Chu, S., Beroza, G. C., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2018, 08). Source parameter variability of intraslab earthquakes as determined from the empirical Green's function method. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8633
Wang, K., Ellsworth, W. L., Beroza, G. C., Williams, G., Zhang, M., Schroeder, D., & Rubinstein, J. L. (2018, 08). Earthquake catalog reconstruction from analog seismograms: Application to the Rangely Experiment microfilms. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8384
Baltay, A. S., Ellsworth, W. L., Schoenball, M., & Beroza, G. C. (2017, 08). Proposed Community Stress Drop Validation Experiment. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7797
Yoshimitsu, N., Ellsworth, W. L., Beroza, G. C., & Schoenball, M. (2017, 08). Two years stress drop estimates for induced earthquakes in Oklahoma. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7729
Rubinstein, J. L., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2017, 08). Repeating Earthquakes Trigger Themselves in Parkfield. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7500
Schoenball, M., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2017, 08). A systematic assessment of the spatio-temporal evolution of fault activation through induced seismicity in Oklahoma and southern Kansas. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7473
Wang, K., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2017, 08). Reanalyzing the Rangely earthquake control experiment using machine learning . Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7460
Ellsworth, W. L., Boettcher, M. S., & Ogasawara, H. (2017, 08). A Test Case for the Source Inversion Validation: The 2014 ML 5.5 Orkney, South Africa Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7444
Moyer, P. A., Boettcher, M. S., Ellsworth, W. L., Ogasawara, H., Cichowicz, A., Birch, D., & van Aswegen, G. (2017). Call for Models—A Test Case for the Source Inversion Validation: The 2014 ML 5.5 Orkney, South Africa, Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, 88(5), 1333. doi: doi:10.1785/0220160218. SCEC Contribution 7299
Moyer, P. A., Boettcher, M. S., & Ellsworth, W. L. (2016, 08). Comparison of Source Inversions and Stress Drops with In-Situ Observations of Faulting. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6979
Shelly, D. R., Hardebeck, J. L., Ellsworth, W. L., & Hill, D. P. (2016, 08). A new strategy for earthquake focal mechanisms using waveform-correlation-derived relative polarities and cluster analysis: Application to a fluid-driven earthquake swarm. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6766
Yoon, C. E., Huang, Y., Ellsworth, W. L., & Beroza, G. C. (2016, 08). Earthquakes Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing and Wastewater Injection in Guy-Greenbrier, Arkansas. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6616
Shaw, B. E., Ellsworth, W. L., Yoshimitsu, N., Huang, Y., & Beroza, G. C. (2016, 08). Precise relative stress drops. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6613
Rubinstein, J. L., Ellsworth, W. L., & Dougherty, S. L. (2016, 08). Effects of regulation on induced seismicity in southern Kansas. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6485
Bakun, W., Aagaard, B. T., Dost, B., Ellsworth, W. L., Hardebeck, J. L., Harris, R. A., Ji, C., Johnston, M., Langbein, J. O., Lienkaemper, J. J., Michael, A. J., Murray, J. R., Nadeau, R. M., Reichle, M., Reasenberg, P., Roeloffs, E., Shakal, A., Simpson, R. W., & Waldhauser, F. (2005). Implications for prediction and hazard assessment from the 2004 Parkfield earthquake. Nature, 437(13 October 2005), 969-974. doi: 10.1038/nature04067. SCEC Contribution 920
Last updated Dec 03, 2024.