The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), headquartered at the University of Southern California, was founded in 1991 with a mission to:

• gather new information about earthquakes in Southern California;
• integrate this information into a comprehensive and predictive understanding of earthquake phenomena; and
• communicate this understanding to end-users and the general public in order to increase earthquake awareness, reduce economic losses, and save lives. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer

An outstanding community of over 600 scientists from 16 Core Institutions, 40 Participating Institutions, and elsewhere participate in SCEC (see list). SCEC also partners with a large number of other research and education/outreach organizations in many disciplines. Funding for SCEC activities is provided by the National Science Foundation and the United States Geological Survey. The National Science Foundation (NSF is a United States Government agency that supports fundamental Research and Education in all the non-medical The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

To support this community, SCEC engages in information technology research that will revolutionize our methods of doing collaborative research and distributing research products on-line. In addition, the SCEC Communication, Education, and Outreach Program offers student research experiences, web-based education tools, classroom curricula, museum displays, public information brochures, online newsletters, and technical workshops and publications.

Contents 1 Presentation 2 Core institutions 3 See also 4 External links

Presentation

Funding for SCEC activities is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The National Science Foundation (NSF is a United States Government agency that supports fundamental Research and Education in all the non-medical The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. An outstanding community of scientists from over 54 institutions throughout the country participate in SCEC. To support this community, SCEC engages in information technology research that will revolutionize our methods of doing collaborative research and distributing research products on-line. In addition, the SCEC Communication, Education, and Outreach Program offers student research experiences, web-based education tools, classroom curricula, museum displays, public information brochures, online newsletters, and technical workshops and publications.

Core institutions

SCEC is a consortium of fifteen core institutions:

• University of Southern California (headquarters)
• California Institute of Technology
• Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• San Diego State University
• University of California,
  • Los Angeles
  • Riverside
  • San Diego
  • Santa Barbara
• University of Nevada, Reno
• Harvard University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Stanford University
• U.S. Geological Survey
  • Golden
  • Menlo Park
  • Pasadena

See also

• Seismic performance
• Vibration control

External links

• http://www.scec.org/ Official SCEC site
• http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs.html Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
• http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm ShakeZone for Kids

The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, Coeducational research university located in Pasadena Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO is a research institution specializing in the Earth sciences and is part of Columbia University. History Established on March 13 1897 San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School intended to educate local future female elementary school teachers The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. The University of Nevada Reno ( Nevada) is a University located in Reno Nevada, USA and is known for its programs in agricultural research journalism Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. See also Earthquake engineering Earthquake or seismic performance is an execution of a Building 's or Structure 's ability to sustain their See also Earthquake engineering In Earthquake engineering, vibration control is a set of technical means aimed to mitigate Seismic Impacts

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