Scientists Shed New Light on “Segment-Jumping” Ridgecrest Earthquakes
Propagation of seismic waves and unzipping of faults during the Ridgecrest, California, earthquake. Visualization of 15 TB of simulation data on a supercomputer. Credit: Greg Abram and Francesca Samsel (Texas Advanced Computing Center), and Alice Gabriel (UC San Diego/Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)Scientists use a supercomputer to unveil the intricate dynamics of multi-fault earthquake systems.In the early hours of July 4, 2019, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled Searles Valley in California’s Mojave Desert,…