On Feb. 6, 2023, a devastating earthquake sequence occurred within the East Anatolian fault system. A Mw 7.8 earthquake struck at 4:17 a.m. local time approximately 35 km northwest of …
The September 17th Mw 6.5 and September 18th Mw 6.9 Taiwan earthquakes occurred within the Longitudinal Valley near the town of Chihshang in southeast Taiwan. These events ruptured components of …
An interface subduction earthquake of Mw 7.7 occurred on September 19, 2022, along the Middle America trench megathrust near the central Pacific coast of Mexico in the state of Michoacán. …
A recent LCI project is featured in a ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine article this month describing the Replacement of Casa Loma Siphon Barrel No. 1 Project. Metropolitan Water District of …
Last month, a few brave LCI’ers participated in SPRAT (Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians) certification training. To become a SPRAT certified technician, all candidates are required to attend a …
Rick Ortiz, Principal Geologist and West Sacramento Office Manager, was nominated and elected to the GSA Council. The vote was put forth to all 22,000 members of GSA. He, and …
We are proud to announce our partial sponsorship for publication of the new special issue of Earthquake Spectra. This special issue includes a series of papers describing recent developments in …
Principal Geologist Stephen Thompson is coauthor of a recently published paper in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, titled Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Assessment (PFDHA) for Nuclear Installations …
Ian McGregor of LCI and Nate Onderdonk of CSULB are coauthors on a recently published paper in Geosphere, a journal of the Geological Society of America. The publication presents the …
LCI awarded a research grant to Ian McGregor, Chris Bloszies, and Jeff Unruh to evaluate land subsidence in southern Louisiana using stream gauge data. This study will constitute a “proof-of-concept” …
