
CRESCENT Topical Workshop
Ground Motion Modeling
October 30, 2025, Seattle, WA
Workshop Goals

Ground Motion Modeling Topical Workshop
The goal of the Ground Motion Modeling Special Interest Group Topical Workshop is to define from a community perspective the broad needs, goals, and directions of ground motion modeling and hazard in Cascadia. The desired outcome is to write a peer reviewed roadmap or opinion piece for this frontier.

Attendance

Participation in this topical workshop will be by invitation. For more information, please contact us at cascadiaquakes@uoregon.edu.
Travel & Lodging

30 October 2025
HUB Room 334, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Venue
This CRESCENT Topical Workshop will be held at the University of Washington, in Room 334 of the Husky Union Building (HUB) located at 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195
Flights, ground transportation and parking
U District Light Rail station is 0.6 miles north of the HUB, 0.3 miles from the host hotels, and is served by regular 1LINE trains from SeaTac airport.
The following bus lines have routes that pass near the HUB and the host hotels: 67 and 45
For maps, directions, parking and other ground transportation information, see here.
Lodging
University Inn (4140 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105)
and Watertown Hotel (4242 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105)
are CRESCENT’s host hotels for overnight guests. Located less than a block apart from one another, they are on the west side of campus and a 0.7 mi (16 minute walk) to the HUB.
Book lodging in the CRESCENT hotel room block by following one of the links below:
Guests are to call 866.866.7977 before Friday, September 12, 2025, to secure their guest rooms. Guests should reference “CRESCENT” and specify which hotel (The University Inn or Watertown) to receive the Group rate. Reservations may also be made by using one of the booking links provided above by the hotels.
Workshop Planning Committee


Valerie Sahakian
University of Oregon
vjs@uoregon.edu

Alice Gabriel
University of California, San Diego
algabriel@ucsd.edu

Erin (Wirth) Moriarty
United States Geological Survey
emoriarty@usgs.gov

Emrah Yenier
University of Western Ontario
EYenier@haleyaldrich.com

Chih-Hsuan Sung
University of California, Berkeley
karensung@berkeley.edu

alex grant
United States Geological Survey
agrant@usgs.gov

Brett Maurer
University of Washington
bwmaurer@uw.edu

Norman Abrahamson
University of California, Berkeley
abrahamson@berkeley.edu

Morgan Moschetti
United States Geological Survey
mmoschetti@usgs.gov