Ken Smith
NNSS
Senior Project Scientist
Expertise: Western Great Basin Seismotectonics
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Smith, K., Gochenour, J., Stanciu, A., Pennington, C. N., Turley, R., Zhang, M., Travers, A., & Scalise, M. (2026, 08). Observations of Seismicity in the Rock Valley Fault Zone, Southern NNSS, from deep core-hole DAS and Geophone Data. Poster Presentation at 2026 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 15645
Pennington, C. N., Walter, W., Snelson, C. M., Abbott, R., Stanciu, A., Miller, A., Pine, J., Freimuth, C., Gaynor, K., Carr, C., Falliner, J., Jewell, C., Alger, E., Dietel, M. C., Bonner, J., Smith, K., & Pyle, M. (2025, 09). The Rock Valley Direct Comparison: Deep Core Drilling in a Unconstrained Fault Zone and Seismometer Emplacement. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14416
Trugman, D., Savran, W. H., Ruhl, C. J., & Smith, K. (2023, 09). A remarkable sequence in a remote location: A detailed characterization of the 2014-2018 Sheldon, Nevada earthquake swarm. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13005
Louie, J. N., Eckert, E., Lewright, L. M., Scalise, M., Prathap, A., & Smith, K. (2022, 09). Exploring Basin Amplification within the Reno Metropolitan Area in Northern Nevada Using 3D Scenarios. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11968
Smith, K., Hatch, R. L., Ruhl, C. J., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2020, 08). Order and timing of high-angle conjugate strike-slip faulting in Walker Lane sequences. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10719
Bormann, J. M., Morton, E., Smith, K., Kent, G. M., Honjas, W., & Plank, G. (2020, 08). The Nevada Seismological Laboratory’s 2020 M6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada earthquake sequence rapid seismic deployment and data availability. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10602
Morton, E., Ruhl, C. J., Smith, K., Bormann, J. M., Hatch, R. L., & Ichinose, G. A. (2020, 08). The 2020 M6.5 Monte Cristo Range, NV Earthquake and Aftershock Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10588
Hatch, R. L., Smith, K. D., Abercrombie, R. E., Ruhl, C. J., Hammond, W. C., & Pierce, I. (2019, 08). Recent Damaging Earthquakes on Conjugate Structures in the Walker Lane: Characteristics of the The Nine Mile Ranch Sequence (2016-2019) and Comparison to the Ridgecrest Sequence of 2019. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9824
Hatch, R. L., Abercrombie, R. E., Ruhl, C. J., & Smith, K. D. (2018, 08). Characteristics of Three Small (Mw < 4.5) Urban Area Sequences in the Walker Lane: Earthquake Interaction, Fault Structure, and Source Properties. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8720
Maher, E. L., Smith, K. D., Hatch, R. L., Graham, K. M., Driscoll, N. W., & Conway, N. (2018, 08). Two Moho-Depth Earthquake Swarms along the Sierra Microplate Basin and Range Boundary Region. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8692
Ruhl, C. J., Abercrombie, R. E., & Smith, K. D. (2017). Spatiotemporal Variation of Stress Drop During the 2008 Mogul, Nevada, Earthquake Swarm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(10), 8163-8180. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014601. SCEC Contribution 8114
Hatch, R. L., Smith, K. D., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2017, 08). Analysis of Two Magnitude ~4 Earthquakes and Aftershocks Near Truckee, California, 2017. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7852
Abercrombie, R. E., Ruhl, C. J., & Smith, K. D. (2017, 08). Detailed observations of seismicity, stress drop and directivity on a complex fault structure in Mogul Nevada. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7808
Ruhl, C. J., Abercrombie, R. E., Smith, K. D., & Zaliapin, I. (2016). Complex spatiotemporal evolution of the 2008 Mw 4.9 Mogul earthquake swarm (Reno, Nevada): Interplay of fluid and faulting. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(11), 8196-8216. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013399. SCEC Contribution 8083
Hatch, R. L., Trugman, D. T., Smith, K. D., Shearer, P. M., & Abercrombie, R. E. (2016, 08). Characterizing Seismicity with High-Precision Relocations of Recent Earthquake Sequences in Eastern California and Western Nevada. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6799
Trugman, D. T., Shearer, P. M., & Smith, K. D. (2016, 09). GrowClust: A hierarchical clustering algorithm for relative earthquake relocation, with application to the Spanish Springs and Sheldon, Nevada, earthquake sequences. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6649
Last updated Aug 10, 2026.
