EarthScope Consortium Newsletter - October 2023

[Scott Johnson]

Instrument Center Subaward Staff Join EarthScope For the past 25 years the PASSCAL Instrument Center has been hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, operating under a subaward from EarthScope (formerly from IRIS). Now known as the EarthScope Primary Instrument Center (EPIC), this facility is the hub for both seismology and geodesy instrumentation activities, particularly those activities supporting the National Science Foundation-funded SAGE and GAGE awards. As part of this transition, the existing staff recently became direct EarthScope Consortium employees. They are continuing their current work at the EPIC uninterrupted, but we can now officially welcome them into the organization! You'll notice some changes on the EPIC website. GPS 🤝 InSAR To facilitate calibration of InSAR ground displacement measurements, NASA JPL corner reflectors have been deployed next to NOTA stations along the San Andreas Fault. Watch this video to learn more about the project! CHECK IT OUT CRESCENT EarthScope Consortium will be one of 16 institutions participating in the new NSF-funded Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), which will study the Cascadia subduction zone and improve earthquake resiliency and preparedness across the Pacific Northwest. READ MORE It's quiet... too quiet Seismic monitoring of Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser showed that signals appeared weaker in winter—because of snow cover. Cool research led by an alum of one of our internship programs! READ MORE Cascadia Slow Slip Two summer science communication interns wrote this introductory explainer on the episodic tremor and slip behavior observed in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. READ MORE New Tectonics Animations We have some new videos illustrating and explaining regional tectonic settings, like this one focused on the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone. While you're on our YouTube channel, please help us out by subscribing! CHECK IT OUT Webinars Our next webinar is Oct. 26 at 2p ET: "Linking Surface Deformation with Mantle Dynamics from Numerical Modeling with Data Assimilation" You can register for this and future webinars on our website. CHECK IT OUT https://www.earthscope.org/