Yuehua Zeng
United States Geological Survey
Research Geophysicist
Expertise: GPS modeling, wave propagation, earthquake source, strong ground motion
About Me
Publications
Zeng, Y., Petersen, M. D., & Boyd, O. S. (2024, 09). Update of the Lower Seismogenic Depth Model for Western U.S. Earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13656
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,. doi: 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,. doi: 10.1177/87552930231215428. SCEC Contribution 13391
Zeng, Y., Petersen, M. D., & Boyd, O. S. (2023, 09). Lower Seismogenic Depth Model for Western U.S. Earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13218
Zeng, Y., Petersen, M. D., & Boyd, O. S. (2022, 09). Lower Seismogenic Depth Model of Western U.S. Earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12553
Zeng, Y., Petersen, M. D., & Shen, Z. (2019, 08). Spatiotemporal Evolution Pattern of Seismicity across California-Nevada and Its Implication for Future Large Earthquakes. Oral Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9345
Shen, Z., & Zeng, Y. (2018, 08). Decadal variation of crustal deformation in California inferred from EDM and GPS and its implication to seismic hazard. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8693
Zeng, Y., & Petersen, M. D. (2018, 08). Uncertainties in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for a Poisson Earthquake Occurrence Model. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8477
Zeng, Y., Petersen, M. D., & Shen, Z. (2017, 08). Earthquake Potential in California-Nevada Implied by Correlation of Strain Rate and Seismicity . Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7874
Field, E. H., Jordan, T. H., Page, M. T., Milner, K. R., Shaw, B. E., Dawson, T. E., Biasi, G. P., Parsons, T., Hardebeck, J. L., Michael, A. J., Weldon, R. J., Powers, P. M., Johnson, K. M., Zeng, Y., Felzer, K. R., van der Elst, N. J., Madden, C., Arrowsmith, R., Werner, M. J., & Thatcher, W. R. (2017). A Synoptic View of the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3). Seismological Research Letters, 88(5), 1259-1267. doi: 10.1785/0220170045. SCEC Contribution 7165
Zeng, Y., & Shen, Z. (2016). A Fault-Based Model for Crustal Deformation, Fault Slip Rates, and Off-Fault Strain Rate in California. Bulletine Seismological Society of America, 106(2). doi: 10.1785/0120140250. SCEC Contribution 7214
Sandwell, D. T., Zeng, Y., Shen, Z., Crowell, B. W., Murray, J. R., McCaffrey, R., & Xu, X. (2016, 08). The SCEC Community Geodetic Model V1: Horizontal Velocity Grid. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6967
Zeng, Y., Petersen, M. D., & Shen, Z. (2016, 08). Correlation between Strain Rate and Seismicity and Its Implication for Earthquake Rupture Potential in California and Nevada. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6825
Field, E. H., Biasi, G. P., Bird, P., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Jackson, D. D., Johnson, K. M., Jordan, T. H., Madden, C. L., Michael, A. J., Milner, K. R., Page, M. T., Parsons, T., Powers, P. M., Shaw, B. E., Thatcher, W. R., Weldon, R. J., & Zeng, Y. (2015). Long‐Term Time‐Dependent Probabilities for the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(2A), 511-543. doi: 10.1785/0120140093. SCEC Contribution 2099
Shen, Z., Wang, M., Zeng, Y., & Wang, F. (2015). Optimal Interpolation of Spatially Discretized Geodetic Data. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(4), 2117-2127. doi: 10.1785/0120140247. SCEC Contribution 2077
Field, E. H., Biasi, G. P., Bird, P., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Jackson, D. D., Johnson, K. M., Jordan, T. H., Madden, C. L., Michael, A. J., Milner, K. R., Page, M. T., Parsons, T., Powers, P. M., Shaw, B. E., Thatcher, W. R., Weldon, R. J., & Zeng, Y. (2015). Long-Term Time-Dependent Probabilities for the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF 3). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(2a), 511-543. doi: 10.1785/0120140093. SCEC Contribution 2066
Field, E. H., Biasi, G. P., Bird, P., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Jackson, D. D., Johnson, K. M., Jordan, T. H., Madden Madugo, C. L., Michael, A. J., Milner, K. R., Page, M. T., Parsons, T., Powers, P. M., Shaw, B. E., Thatcher, W. R., Weldon, R. J., & Zeng, Y. (2013). Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)—The Time-Independent Model (1165). , : . SCEC Contribution 1792
Somerville, P. G., Collins, N., Graves, R. W., Pitarka, A., Silva, W., & Zeng, Y. (2006). Simulation of Ground Motion Scaling Characteristics for the Next Generation Attenuation Project. . Presentation at 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 1611
Brune, J. N., Anooshehpoor, A., Shi, B., & Zeng, Y. (2004). Precarious Rock and Overturned Transformer Evidence for Ground Shaking in the Ms 7.7 Kern County Earthquake: An Analog for Disastrous Shaking from a Major Thrust Fault in the Los Angeles Basin. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94(6), 1993-2003. doi: 10.1785/0120030252. SCEC Contribution 779
Anooshehpoor, R., Brune, J. N., & Zeng, Y. (2004). Methodology for Obtaining Constraints on Ground Motion from Precariously Balanced Rocks. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94(1), 285-303. doi: 10.1785/0120020242. SCEC Contribution 724
Anderson, J. G., Sucuoglu, H., Zeng, Y., & Su, F. (2002). Generation of Synthetic Strong Earthquake Ground Motions Using a Composite Source Model and Synthetic Green's Functions. Presentation at OECD/NEA Workshop on the Relations Between Seismological Data and Seismic Engineering. SCEC Contribution 700
Zeng, Y. (2001). Viscoelastic Stress-Triggering of the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake by the 1992 Landers Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(15), 3007-3010. SCEC Contribution 629
Zeng, Y., & Chen, C. (2001). Fault Rupture Process of the 20 September 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(5), 1088-1098. doi: 10.1785/0120000743. SCEC Contribution 628
Lee, Y., Anderson, J. G., & Zeng, Y. (2000). Evaluation of Empirical Ground-Motion Relations in Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(6B), S136-S148. doi: 10.1785/0120000508. SCEC Contribution 547
Ni, S., Anderson, J. G., Zeng, Y., & Siddharthan, R. (2000). Expected Signature of Nonlinearity on Regression for Strong Ground Motion Parameters. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(6B), S53-S64. doi: 10.1785/0119980079. SCEC Contribution 545
Su, F., Anderson, J. G., & Zeng, Y. (1998). Study of Weak and Strong Ground Motion Including Nonlinearity from the Northridge, California, Earthquake Sequence. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88(6), 1141-1425. SCEC Contribution 439
Lee, Y., Zeng, Y., & Anderson, J. G. (1998). A Simple Strategy to Examine the Sources of Errors in Attenuation Relations. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88(1), 291-296. SCEC Contribution 411
Field, E. H., Johnson, P., Beresnev, I. A., & Zeng, Y. (1997). Nonlinear Ground-Motion Amplification by Sediments During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Nature, 390, 599-602. doi: 10.1038/37586. SCEC Contribution 393
Zeng, Y., & Anderson, J. G. (1996). A Composite Source Model of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake Using Genetic Algorithms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(1B, supplement), S71-S83. SCEC Contribution 245
Anderson, J. G., Lee, Y., Zeng, Y., & Day, S. M. (1996). Control of Strong Motion by the Upper 30 Meters. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(6), 1749-1759. SCEC Contribution 224
Yu, G., Khattri, K. N., Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N., & Zeng, Y. (1995). Strong Ground Motion from the Uttarkashi, Himalaya, India Earthquake: Comparison of Observations with Synthetics Using the Composite Source Model. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 85(1), 31-50. SCEC Contribution 240
Zeng, Y., Anderson, J. G., & Su, F. (1995). Variable Rake and Scattering Effects in Realistic Strong Ground Motion Simulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 22(1), 17-20. SCEC Contribution 190
Zeng, Y., & Anderson, J. G. (1994). A Composite Source Model for Computing Realistic Synthetic Ground Motions. Geophysical Research Letters, 21(8), 725-728. SCEC Contribution 189
Khattri, K., Zeng, Y., Anderson, J. G., & Brune, J. N. (1994). Inversion of Strong Motion Waveforms for Source Slip Function of 1991 Uttarkashi Earthquake, Himalaya. Journal of Himalayan Geology, 5(2), 163-191. SCEC Contribution 115
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