Collaborative Research: Investigating Seimogenesis and Faults in Eastern North America Usi — NSF Award to University of California
Earthquakes are known to occur at plate boundaries, yet these natural hazards can also occur within stable continental regions beyond the plate boundary, such as in eastern North America. The hazard and risk posed by earthquakes in eastern North America is great because the region includes half of the top ten most popu
| Award title | Collaborative Research: Investigating Seimogenesis and Faults in Eastern North America Usi |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2525871 |
| Awardee | University of California-Berkeley |
| City | BERKELEY |
| State | CA |
| Amount obligated | $139,058 |
| Principal investigator | Weiqiang Zhu |
| Program | SPSE-Study of Physics of Earth |
| Start date | 09/01/2025 |
| Abstract | Earthquakes are known to occur at plate boundaries, yet these natural hazards can also occur within stable continental regions beyond the plate boundary, such as in eastern North America. The hazard and risk posed by earthquakes in eastern North America is great because the region includes half of the top ten most populous metropolitan areas in the United States and generates 25% of its GDP. Though earthquakes are rare in the region, the recent April 2024 Mw4.8 earthquake in New Jersey highlight |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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