
CRESCENT Topical Workshop
Cascading Hazards Workshop
March 6, 2025, 6:00 pm, Opening Dinner + March 7, 2025, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR
Workshop Goals

Cascading Hazards: Understanding Ground Failure in Cascadia
Shallow subsurface properties in the Pacific Northwest not only influence the characteristics of ground shaking from large earthquakes, but also control coseismic cascading hazards, e.g., landslides, liquefaction, lateral spreading and ground failure. Quantifying these subsurface properties is critical owing to the extensive alluvial deposits, unstable mountainous terrain, and significant precipitation in the region.
This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners concerned with shallow seismic hazards and landslides, liquefaction and ground failure impacts in Cascadia. This workshop will inform the efforts of related CRESCENT Working Groups to deliver societally relevant products.

Attendance

This workshop has concluded. If you are interested in the Ground Failure Special Interest Group, please sign up for the listserv or contact us at cascadiaquakes@uoregon.edu.
Meeting Information Packet

Contents:
- Full agenda
- Presenter bios
- Attendee list
Presentation slides – See links in agenda below for available slide decks
Agenda

Notes: All times Pacific Time. Agenda is tentative and subject to change.
Thursday, March 6
6:00 pm: Welcome Dinner at Local Ocean Seafoods
Friday, March 7
8:00 am: Coffee and Check-in
8:15 am: Optional tour of the Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building
9:00 am: Introductions and objectives for the day
9:20 am: Session 1 – Looking Back Talks
9:40 am: Looking Back Breakout
11:00 am: Lunch and Field Trip
1:20 pm: Session 2 – The Day of the Earthquake Talks
“Pertinent Issues in Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading Ground Failure Assessments” presented by Armin Stuedlein
“CGS Post-Earthquake Field Data Collection for the 2022 Ferndale (M6.4) and 2024 Cape Mendocino (M7.0) Earthquakes, Humboldt County, California” presented by Brian Olson
1:40 pm: The Day of the Earthquake Breakout
2:40 pm: Coffee Break
3:00 pm: Session 3 – Looking Forward Talks
“Coseismic Landslide Patterns in Three Subduction Earthquakes: Field Evidence and Cascadia Implications” presented by Joe Wartman
“Insights of ground failures from recent Chilean earthquakes” presented by Sergio Sepulveda
“Post-Disaster Recovery Operations Planning Considering Connectivity, Susceptibility, and Equipment Availability” presented by Joseph Louis & Chonnapat Opanasopit
3:20 pm: Looking Forward Breakout
4:20 pm: Conclusions and Next Steps
5:00 pm: Workshop adjourns
Workshop Planning Committee

CRESCENT’s Ground Failure Special Interest Group leaders bring expertise and connections from across the spectrum of engineering research and practice to guide the planning process.

Ben Leshchinsky
Oregon State University ben.leshchinsky@oregonstate.edu

Pieter-Ewald Share
Oregon State University
pieter.share@oregonstate.edu

Michael Olsen
Oregon State University
michael.olsen@oregonstate.edu